Skip to content
  • About Us
    • Spooky Belfast
    • Spooky Birmingham
    • Spooky Bristol
    • Spooky Cardiff
    • Spooky Cornwall
    • Spooky Dublin
    • Spooky Edinburgh
    • Spooky Essex
    • Spooky Glasgow
    • Spooky Hertfordshire
    • Spooky Ireland
    • Spooky Kent
    • Spooky Leeds
    • Spooky Leicester
    • Spooky London
    • Spooky Manchester
    • Spooky Nottingham
    • Spooky Sussex
    • Spook York
    • Spooky Yorkshire
  • Subscribe To Free Newsletter
  • Listen To Podcast
  • Join Our Community
  • Contact Us
  • Write For Us
Spooky Isles
Spooky Isles
  • Paranormal
    • Cryptozoology
    • Esoteric Arts
    • Ghosts & Hauntings
    • Haunted Hotels & Pubs
    • Mysterious Phenomena
    • Paranormal Reality TV
    • Paranormal Research
  • Dark History
    • Cemeteries & Burial Places
    • True Crime
  • Folklore
    • Mysterious Creatures
    • Superstitions
  • Horror & Fantasy Films
    • Film Reviews
  • Television
  • Literature
  • Music
  • UFOs/Aliens
Spooky Isles
  • Paranormal
    • Cryptozoology
    • Esoteric Arts
    • Ghosts & Hauntings
    • Haunted Hotels & Pubs
    • Mysterious Phenomena
    • Paranormal Reality TV
    • Paranormal Research
  • Dark History
    • Cemeteries & Burial Places
    • True Crime
  • Folklore
    • Mysterious Creatures
    • Superstitions
  • Horror & Fantasy Films
    • Film Reviews
  • Television
  • Literature
  • Music
  • UFOs/Aliens

Jamaica Inn, Most Haunted REVIEW

4 August 202323 March 2015 by Becky Keane
Most Haunted - Mary King's Close

Guest reviewer BECKY KEANE takes a look back at Most Haunted: Jamaica Inn

Categories Paranormal Reality TV, Paranormal Research, Television Tags Cornwall, Jamaica Inn, Most Haunted, South-West England Leave a comment

The Shining 1980 REVIEW

28 December 202022 March 2015 by Ann Massey McElroy
The Shining 1980 REVIEW 1

The Shining 1980 didn’t live up to the hype according to reviewer ANN MASSEY

Categories Film Reviews 2 Comments

Mysterious Overtoun Bridge Where Scottish Dogs Go To Die

4 February 202522 March 2015 by MJ Steel Collins
Overton Bridge Dog Suicides

MJ STEEL COLLINS asks why is the Overtoun Bridge in Dumbarton in Scotland a magnet for canine suicides?

Categories Mysterious Phenomena Tags Dunbartonshire, Scotland Leave a comment

Coronation Street (With Simon Gregson and Sue Cleaver), Most Haunted REVIEW

4 August 202321 March 2015 by Guest Writer
Most Haunted - Mary King's Close

BRIAN LANGSTON takes his first look at Most Haunted with the 97th episode, Coronation Street (With Simon Gregson & Sue Cleaver)

Categories Paranormal Reality TV, Paranormal Research, Television Tags Greater Manchester, Most Haunted, North-West England Leave a comment

Newcastle’s Haunted Victoria Tunnel

4 August 202321 March 2015 by LH Davies
Victoria Tunnel Newcastle

L.H. DAVIES describes the dark history of Newcastle-on-Tyne’s spooky Victoria Tunnel

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North-East England, Tyne and Wear Leave a comment

Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge REVIEW

15 July 202320 March 2015 by Andrew Garvey
Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge REVIEW 2

ANDREW GARVEY takes a look at James Herbert Award nominee Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge

Categories Literature Tags Book Reviews Leave a comment

Peg Entwistle, The Welsh Woman Who Haunts The Hollywood Sign

7 August 202320 March 2015 by Terry Sherwood
Peg Entwistle, The Welsh Woman Who Haunts The Hollywood Sign 3

TERRY SHERWOOD recounts the story of the Port Talbot-born actress Peg Entwistle whose Hollywood dreams ended in tears

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Wales Leave a comment

Royal Tunbridge Wells: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

4 August 202319 March 2015 by Nia Jones
Royal Tunbridge Wells

NIA JONES checks out five of Royal Tunbridge Wells’s spookiest places…

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Haunted Places to Visit in England, Kent, South-East England Leave a comment

Ghostly Dunwich and Coastal Horrors

4 August 202318 March 2015 by David Senior
Marshland outside Dunwich

Guest writer DAVID SENIOR takes a look at Suffolk’s eerie village of Dunwich

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags East of England, Norfolk, Suffolk 1 Comment

Scars Of Dracula 1970 REVIEW

25 July 202317 March 2015 by Richard Phillips-Jones
Scars of Dracula 1970

RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES says Scars of Dracula (1970) isn’t as bad as you would think

Categories Film Reviews Tags Christopher Lee, Christopher Lee Films, Dracula, Dracula Films, Hammer Film Productions, Hammer Horror Films, Michael Ripper, Michael Ripper Films, Roy Ward Baker Films, Vampire Films, Vampires 2 Comments

6 Magical St Patrick Places to Visit

4 February 202217 March 2015 by Sarah Blair-Dickinson
st patrick's cathedral

SARAH BLAIR-DICKINSON celebrates St Patrick’s Day by pointing to the places important in the life of Ireland’s patron saint

Categories Folklore Tags Antrim, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Saints, St Patrick, Ulster Leave a comment

10 Haunted Irish Pubs to Visit for St Patrick’s Day

6 October 202317 March 2015 by Ann Massey McElroy
St Patrick's Day

As we celebrate St Patrick’s Day, ANN MASSEY invites you into these haunted Irish pubs

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings, Haunted Hotels and Pubs Tags Haunted Pubs, Ireland Leave a comment

17 Things You Didn’t Know About Saint Patrick 

31 October 202316 March 2015 by Ann Massey McElroy
17 Things You Didn’t Know About Saint Patrick  4

Celebrate St Patrick’s Day with this list of things ANN MASSEY thought you should know about Ireland’s patron saint

Categories Folklore Tags Antrim, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Saints, St Patrick, Ulster 1 Comment

Censored Again! Classic Brit Horror Hits Video

4 August 202316 March 2015 by Richard Phillips-Jones
British Censorship

RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES concludes his series on film classification in a 1980s video store

Categories Horror and Fantasy Films Tags Horror Film Memories, The Brit Crypt Leave a comment

Kirkcaldy, Fife: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

8 December 202115 March 2015 by Gregor Stewart
Haunted Kirkcaldy

GREGOR STEWART, author of Haunted Kirkcaldy, picks five of his favourite hauntings from the Scottish town for Spooky Isles

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Fife, Haunted Places to Visit in Scotland, Scotland 5 Comments

Ireland’s 7 Darkest Goddesses Who Inspire Revenge And Death

4 August 202314 March 2015 by Ann Massey McElroy
Ireland’s 7 Darkest Goddesses Who Inspire Revenge And Death 5

Irish Goddesses are the perfect woman’s guide to revenge, infidelity, intoxication and death, says ANN MASSEY

Categories Folklore Tags Ireland, Wicked Women Week 2 Comments

Who is your Favourite British Horror Actress?

25 July 202314 March 2015 by David Saunderson
Who is your Favourite British Horror Actress? 6

As we conclude Wicked Women Week, we turn our eyes to the women who have entertained us in British horror

Categories Horror and Fantasy Films Tags Wicked Women Week 3 Comments

Mary Pearcey, the Hampstead Murderess

4 August 202314 March 2015 by Jon Rees
Mary Pearcy

Mary Pearcey committed crimes were so horrific that she’s been suspected of being Jack the Ripper, says JON REES

Categories True Crime Tags London, North London, South-East England, Wicked Women Week Leave a comment

To the Devil a Daughter 1976 REVIEW

25 July 202313 March 2015 by David Saunderson
To the Devil a Daughter 1976

To the Devil a Daughter 1976 is one of Hammer’s least successful horrors but it’s better than you think, says DAVID SAUNDERSON

Categories Film Reviews Tags Christopher Lee, Christopher Lee Films, Dennis Wheatley, Hammer Film Productions, Hammer Horror Films, Occult Leave a comment

Catherine Wilson, The Killer Nurse

4 August 202313 March 2015 by LH Davies
Execution of Catherine Wilson

Poison was the preferred method of murder for 19th century Lincolnshire-born killer Catherine Wilson, says L.H. DAVIES

Categories True Crime Tags East Midlands, Lincolnshire, Murder, Wicked Women Week Leave a comment

13 Shades of Fear: Ireland’s Most Colourful Female Ghosts

3 August 202313 March 2015 by Ann Massey McElroy
13 Shades of Fear: Ireland's Most Colourful Female Ghosts 7

ANN MASSEY look at 13 of Ireland’s female ghosts recognised by colour.

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Ireland Leave a comment

Dearg Due, Demon Brides And Other Irish Femme Fatale

4 August 202312 March 2015 by Ann Massey McElroy
Irish Vampire Dearg Due

ANN MASSEY takes a look at the supernatural Irish Femme Fatale.

Categories Folklore, Mysterious Creatures Tags Ireland, Wicked Women Week Leave a comment

7 Creepiest Female Characters In British Horror Film History

8 December 202112 March 2015 by Paul Moynihan
7 Creepiest Female Characters In British Horror Film History 8

PAUL MOYNIHAN makes a list of creepy women in British horror films

Categories Horror and Fantasy Films Tags Horror Film Memories, Wicked Women Week Leave a comment

Dracula at the New Vic REVIEW

15 July 202311 March 2015 by Andrew Garvey
Dracula New Vic

ANDREW GARVEY reviews the latest production of Dracula at Staffordshire’s New Vic Theatre

Categories Literature Tags Dracula, Staffordshire, Vampires Leave a comment
Older posts
Newer posts
← Previous Page1 … Page102 Page103 Page104 … Page143 Next →

Search Spooky ISLES

BROWSE TOPICS

BROWSE Categories

BROWSE Archives

Spooky Isles is the UK and Ireland’s leading independent horror and paranormal online magazine. We're dedicated to exploring all the dark history, horror, folklore and mysterious phenomena our islands have to offer.

Spooky Isles 2011 - 2025

About us

Write for us

contact us

Privacy policy

  • Paranormal
    • Cryptozoology
    • Esoteric Arts
    • Ghosts & Hauntings
    • Haunted Hotels & Pubs
    • Mysterious Phenomena
    • Paranormal Reality TV
    • Paranormal Research
  • Dark History
    • Cemeteries & Burial Places
    • True Crime
  • Folklore
    • Mysterious Creatures
    • Superstitions
  • Horror & Fantasy Films
    • Film Reviews
  • Television
  • Literature
  • Music
  • UFOs/Aliens