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Grissel Jaffray, Dundee’s Last Witch Burning

28 July 20235 November 2014 by Frances Abbot
Grissell Jaffray

FRANCES ABBOT remembers Grissel Jaffray, the victim of Dundee’s last witch burning

Categories Dark History Tags Dundee, Occult, Scotland, Witchcraft 1 Comment

Avebury Stones And The Red Lion: Most Haunted REVIEW

4 August 20235 November 2014 by Andrew Homer
Most Haunted - Mary King's Close

ANDREW HOMER looks back on Most Haunted: Avebury Stones and The Red Lion

Categories Paranormal Reality TV, Paranormal Research, Television Tags Ancient Sites, Most Haunted, South-West England, Stone Circles, Wiltshire Leave a comment

Stitches 2012 REVIEW

7 February 20224 November 2014 by Paul Moynihan
Stitches 2012

PAUL MOYNIHAN reviews Irish horror hit Stitches 2012

Categories Film Reviews Tags Irish Horror Films Leave a comment

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007 REVIEW

2 March 20224 November 2014 by Sarah Blair-Dickinson
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007 REVIEW

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007 reviewed by SARAH BLAIR-DICKINSON

Categories Film Reviews Tags Harry Potter, Harry Potter Films Leave a comment

A Guide to Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix BOOK REVIEW

2 March 20224 November 2014 by Sarah Blair-Dickinson
A Guide to Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix BOOK REVIEW 1

SARAH BLAIR-DICKINSON looks at Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Categories Literature Tags Book Reviews, Guide to Harry Potter, Harry Potter 1 Comment

The Silent Pool’s Legacy of Medieval Surrey Murder

30 August 20234 November 2014 by Matthew Forde
Silent Pool

MATTHEW FORDE tells the dark tale that haunts a Surrey watering hole, The Silent Pool

Categories Dark History Tags South-East England, Surrey 1 Comment

The Return of Dracula 1958 REVIEW

2 August 20233 November 2014 by Terry Sherwood
The Return of Dracula 1958

TERRY SHERWOOD reviews The Return of Dracula (1958)

Categories Film Reviews Tags Dracula, Dracula Films, Vampire Films, Vampires Leave a comment

Anne Lamont, Down Paranormal, Interview

22 July 20253 November 2014 by Paul Moynihan
Anne Lamont, Down Paranormal, Interview 2

PAUL MOYNIHAN talks to Anne Lamont, a paranormal investigator based in County Down

Categories Paranormal Research Tags Down, Northern Ireland, Ulster Leave a comment

House of Dracula 1945 REVIEW

26 July 20233 November 2014 by Simon Ball
House of Dracula 1945 REVIEW 3

House of Dracula 1945 reviewed by SIMON BALL

Categories Film Reviews Tags Dracula, Dracula Films, Frankenstein, Lionel Atwill, Lionel Atwill Films, Lon Chaney Jr, Universal Horror Films, Universal Pictures, Vampire Films 1 Comment

Dark and Mysterious Castlemilk House, Glasgow

3 August 20233 November 2014 by Guest Writer
Dark and Mysterious Castlemilk House, Glasgow 4

Glasgow writer CATHIE DEVITT talks about growing up near the notoriously creepy Castlemilk House

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Leave a comment

John George Haigh’s vampire circus of blood and acid

14 January 20232 November 2014 by Paul Adams
John George Haigh’s vampire circus of blood and acid 5

PAUL ADAMS looks at the horrific crimes of ‘vampire’ murderer John George Haigh in London during the 1940s

Categories True Crime Tags London, Vampires Leave a comment

She 2014 REVIEW

13 February 20222 November 2014 by Emma Dark
She 2014 REVIEW 6

She 2014 is a bold and uncompromising short horror film, says EMMA DARK

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St Stephen’s Green, Dublin: A Centre Of Spooks And Spectres!

3 August 202330 October 2014 by Paul Moynihan
St Stephen's Green Dublin

St Stephen’s Green in Dublin is a source of all things supernatural, writes PAUL MOYNIHAN

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Dublin, Ireland, Leinster Leave a comment

British Gothic Horror meets 1970s Blaxploitation Cinema

26 July 202329 October 2014 by Richard Phillips-Jones
Joe DeSue in the monster in Blackenstein 1973, one of the key Blaxploitation horror films of the 1970s.

British Gothic Horror gets funky with 1970s Blaxploitation. RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES gets in the groove…

Categories Horror and Fantasy Films Tags American International Pictures (AIP), Blaxploitation Horror Films 1 Comment

Scream Queen Jessica Ann Bonner Interview

28 December 202028 October 2014 by Emma Dark
Scream Queen Jessica Ann Bonner Interview 7

EMMA DARK interviews up and coming scream queen Jessica Ann Bonner

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Doctor Who British Gothic Horror Connections

16 July 202327 October 2014 by Simon Ball
Doctor Who Gothic Connections

SIMON BALL goes back in time to search out horror films with Doctor Who!

Categories Horror and Fantasy Films, Television Tags BBC, Doctor Who Leave a comment

Duckett’s Grove, Carlow’s Hidden Haunted Hotspot

3 August 202326 October 2014 by Paul Moynihan
Duckett's Grove, Carlow's Hidden Haunted Hotspot 8

Carlow holds one of haunted Ireland’s hidden hotspots, a place called Duckett’s Grove, writes PAUL MOYNIHAN

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Carlow, Ireland, Leinster Leave a comment

Edward Pritchard, the Poisoning Philanderer

1 November 202225 October 2014 by MJ Steel Collins
Edward Pritchard

Edward Pritchard was the last person to be publicly hanged in Scotland, MJ STEEL COLLINS tells his story…

Categories True Crime Tags Executions, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Leave a comment

Link 1986 REVIEW

5 February 202224 October 2014 by Simon Ball
Elizbabeth Shue and friend in Link 1986

Link 1986 was supposed to be “Jaws with Primates” but it didn’t get close, says SIMON BALL

Categories Film Reviews 1 Comment

County Clare: 5 Haunted Places To Visit

8 July 202323 October 2014 by Ann Massey McElroy
County Clare: 5 Haunted Places To Visit 9

ANN MASSEY tells us why the haunting scenery is not the only otherworldly reason to visit County Clare.

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Clare, Haunted Places to Visit in Ireland, Ireland, Munster Leave a comment

Michael Benson, Wexford Paranormal Interview

18 January 202323 October 2014 by Spooky Isles
Michael Benson, Wexford Paranormal Interview 10

PAUL MOYNIHAN talks to Michael Benson, founder of Wexford Paranormal and author of Haunted Wexford

Categories Paranormal Research Tags Ghost Hunting, Ireland, Leinster, Paranormal Investigators, Wexford Leave a comment

Ireland’s Legend Seekers: Barry Fitzgerald and Cormac Strain

18 December 202122 October 2014 by Paul Moynihan
Ireland's Legend Seekers: Barry Fitzgerald and Cormac Strain 11

PAUL MOYNIHAN chats with to The Legend Seekers, Ireland’s most interesting and innovative paranormal researchers

Categories Paranormal Research Tags Connacht, Ghost Hunting, Ireland, Kilkenny, Leinster, Roscommon Leave a comment

Belfast’s Most Terrifying Ghosts and Hauntings

22 January 202321 October 2014 by Guest Writer
Belfast's Most Terrifying Ghosts and Hauntings 12

ANDREW TIPPING picks the most spooky places to visit in Haunted Belfast

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Antrim, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Ulster 3 Comments

The Undead Revenants of Britain and Romania

23 September 202320 October 2014 by Jon Kaneko-James
The Undead Revenants of Britain and Romania 13

JON KANEKO-JAMES returns from the land of Dracula to tell you about Romania’s undead, Revenants!

Categories Folklore Tags Dracula, Vampires Leave a comment
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