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Plas Teg Hall In Pontblyddyn, North Wales’ Most Haunted House

6 October 202328 February 2014 by Nia Jones
Plas Teg

Plas Teg Hall is the most famous haunted house in North Wales. NIA JONES tells us about its grim and spooky history…

Categories Paranormal Research Tags Flintshire, Wales 1 Comment

Hooray! Ripper Street Has Been Saved!

16 September 202326 February 2014 by David Saunderson
Hooray! Ripper Street Has Been Saved! 1

Following our 40,000+ petition and community support, Ripper Street has been saved and is set to return to our screens!

Categories Television Tags Jack the Ripper, Ripper Street 2 Comments

Who was the Wizard Earl of Kildare?

20 February 202315 February 2014 by Ann Massey McElroy
Who was the Wizard Earl of Kildare? 2

ANN MASSEY recounts the folklore surrounding the mysterious Earl Gerald Fitzgerald

Categories Folklore Tags Ireland, Kildare, Leinster, Occult 1 Comment

Dracula Has Risen From The Grave 1968 REVIEW

25 July 202314 February 2014 by Richard Phillips-Jones
Dracula has risen from the grave review

Dracula Has Risen From The Grave 1968 is unlike any other Hammer horror production. RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES explains…

Categories Film Reviews Tags Christopher Lee, Christopher Lee Films, Dracula, Dracula Films, Freddie Francis, Freddie Francis Films, Hammer Film Productions, Hammer Horror Films, Vampire Films, Vampires, Veronica Carlson, Veronica Carlson Films 1 Comment

Dracula TV Series 2012 REVIEW

19 December 202212 February 2014 by Andrew Garvey
Dracula TV Series 2012 REVIEW 3

ANDREW GARVEY has watched the first series of Dracula starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers and this is what he thought…

Categories Television Tags Dracula Leave a comment

Sunderland’s Ghostly Cauld Lad of Hylton

8 October 20239 February 2014 by LH Davies
Hylton Castle

The Cauld Lad of Hylton, the pathetic ghost of a murdered stable hand, still haunts Hylton Castle in Sunderland, L.H. DAVIES reports 

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags County Durham, North-West England, Tyne and Wear 1 Comment

A Guide to Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone BOOK REVIEW

14 January 20238 February 2014 by Sarah Blair-Dickinson
A Guide to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone BOOK REVIEW 4

SARAH BLAIR-DICKINSON begins her series into JK Rowling’s Harry Potter books with Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Categories Literature Tags Book Reviews, Guide to Harry Potter, Harry Potter 2 Comments

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone 2001 REVIEW

14 January 20238 February 2014 by Sarah Blair-Dickinson
Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) with Hedwig in Harry Potter and the Philiosopher's Stone 2001

SARAH BLAIR-DICKINSON reviews Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone 2001

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

Berberian Sound Studio 2012 REVIEW

28 December 20206 February 2014 by Howard Jackson
Berberian Sound Studio 2012 REVIEW 5

Berberian Sound Studio 2012 is a British tribute to Italian Giallo films of the 1970s. Review by HOWARD JACKSON

Categories Film Reviews 1 Comment

The Body Snatcher 1945 REVIEW

4 August 20233 February 2014 by Ann Massey McElroy
Body Snatcher 1945 Boris Karloff

The Body Snatcher 1945 starring Boris Karloff is the definition of psychological horror, says ANN MASSEY

Categories Film Reviews Tags Bela Lugosi, Bela Lugosi Films, Boris Karloff, Boris Karloff Films, Burke and Hare, Edinburgh, Robert Louis Stevenson Leave a comment

Y Tylwyth Teg: Do You Believe in Welsh Faeries?

9 July 202329 January 2014 by Nia Jones
Tylwyth Teg

Tylwyth Teg are Welsh fairies. NIA JONES takes a look at the compelling folklore surrounding the fair folk

Categories Mysterious Creatures Tags Fairies, King Arthur, Wales 1 Comment

County Cork: Top 5 Haunted Places to Visit

9 February 20239 January 2014 by Ann Massey McElroy
Cork Gaol

County Cork is full of ghosts – ANN MASSEY picks the five most haunted places to visit.

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

The Haunting of Percy Shelley

9 January 202523 December 2013 by Guest Writer
Percy Shelley

Author LYNN SHEPHERD says classic English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley’s life was marked with his obsession with demons, ghosts and death

Categories Literature, Paranormal Tags Mary Shelley Leave a comment

What Happens in Newgrange on Winter Solstice?

3 August 202321 December 2013 by Ann Massey McElroy
Newgrange in Ireland

Today is Winter Solstice – the shortest day and longest night of the year. Newgrange in County Meath is a magical place to visit on this very special day, ANN MASSEY reports.

Categories Folklore Tags Ireland, Leinster, Meath 1 Comment

Long Melford’s Mysterious and Ghostly History

4 August 202320 December 2013 by Tracy Monger
Bull Inn Long Melford

TRACY MONGER recounts the supernatural history of Long Melford, Suffolk

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags East of England, Suffolk 5 Comments

Renfrew Victory Baths, Strange Haunted At The Heart Of Scotland

3 August 202330 November 2013 by MJ Steel Collins
Renfrew Victory Baths, Strange Haunted At The Heart Of Scotland 6

Renfrew’s Victory Baths has a fascinating yet tragic history, says MJ STEEL COLLINS

Categories Paranormal Research Tags Renfrewshire, Scotland 2 Comments

Curse of the Paisley Witches

6 August 202329 November 2013 by MJ Steel Collins
Gallow Green Paisley Witches

A dark curse from the Paisley Witches may still hang over the heads of MJ STEEL COLLINS’ hometown of Paisley

Categories Dark History Tags Renfrewshire, Scotland, Witch Trials, Witchcraft 3 Comments

High Moor Audiobook Review

15 January 202322 November 2013 by Andrew Garvey
High Moor Cover

ANDREW GARVEY reviews High Moor audiobook by Graeme Reynolds

Categories Literature Tags Book Reviews, Werewolves 3 Comments

Blythswood Square’s Haunted Bathroom

17 July 202321 November 2013 by MJ Steel Collins
Blythswood

MJ STEEL COLLINS describes a strange Glasgow haunting at Blythswood Square

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Elliot O'Donnell, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland 2 Comments

13 Fantastic Hammer Horror Poster Tag Lines

16 September 202320 November 2013 by Spooky Isles
13 Fantastic Hammer Horror Poster Tag Lines 7

Here are a selection of brilliant slogans on some of Hammer Horror’s top films

Categories Horror and Fantasy Films Tags Hammer Film Productions Leave a comment

PĂºca, Ireland’s Fearsome Shapeshifter that chills the blood!

19 December 202218 November 2013 by Ann Massey McElroy
Puca

The Puca is a fearsome Irish shapeshifter that goes by many other names across the world, says ANN MASSEY

Categories Folklore Tags Ireland, Ulster 2 Comments

The Ghosts of The Tron Theatre, Glasgow

22 July 202315 November 2013 by MJ Steel Collins
Tron Theatre Glasgow

MJ STEEL COLLINS tells us about the ghostly goings on at the Glasgow’s Tron Theatre, warning us to beware the theatre’s boiler room!

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

Captain Clegg 1962 REVIEW

17 October 202413 November 2013 by Guest Writer
Captain Clegg Poster

Captain Clegg 1962 is a gem among the non-traditional Hammer productions, writes CARL SYKES

Categories Film Reviews Tags Hammer Film Productions, Hammer Horror Films, Michael Ripper, Michael Ripper Films, Oliver Reed, Oliver Reed Films, Peter Cushing, Peter Cushing Films 3 Comments

Belfast ghost stories that will make you cry

18 December 202113 November 2013 by Guest Writer
Cavehill Belfast

WARREN COATES, the founder of the Northern Ireland Paranormal Research Association, tells us about some Belfast ghost stories that will tug at your heartstrings…

Categories Paranormal Research Tags Antrim, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Ulster 1 Comment
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