Welcome to spooky isles
The Battle of the Bloodsuckers: A Tale of Two Draculas
David Turnbull
8 August 2026
The Hanging Cell, Walton Jail’s Chilling Ghost Legend
Spooky Isles
4 August 2026
Halloween is coming!
Why FEAR at Avon Valley leads the UK scare scene
2 November 2025
FEAR at Avon Valley delivers the UK’s most consistently thrilling and immersive Halloween event, balancing theatre-quality storytelling with a genuine festival atmosphere, writes PM BUCHAN
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Ireland Halloween: 5 Spookiest Places To Visit
25 October 2023
5 Reasons to Thank Ireland for Halloween
30 October 2013
Jack O’Lantern: 13 Things You Didn’t Know
7 October 2018
ghosts & hauntings
Bucket of Blood Pub: Macabre Story Behind Gruesome Name
29 December 2018
Does Tantallon Castle Photo Prove Ghosts Are Real?
22 July 2023
The Black Monk and Grey Lady of Belle Tout Lighthouse
17 September 2025
Ghosts and horror haunt Cornwall’s Kennall Vale
27 December 2018
Tragic ghosts haunt MacDonald Bear Hotel in Woodstock
2 December 2018
5 Haunted Places in Caerphilly
24 October 2025
horror & fantasy films
11 August 2013
Michael Ripper, A Hammer Horror Mainstay
5 August 2017
Boris Karloff: 18 Amazing Things You Didn’t Know
10 September 2018
18 October 2013
The Iguana With The Tongue Of Fire 1971 REVIEW
24 May 2019
television
Ace of Wands: Forgotten Cult Classic That Refuses To Die
23 February 2025
A Lot to Take In: Ghosts BBC (S3, E2) REVIEW
18 September 2024
En Francais: Ghosts BBC (S5, E4) EPISODE REVIEW
27 October 2023
The Tractate Middoth: 10 Things You Didn’t Know
23 December 2017
1 January 2023
Armchair Thriller (S2, E19-22): High Tide REVIEW
2 February 2025
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
Mugwort: 9 Traditional Uses and Superstitions You Must Know
18 September 2023
St Werburgh: The Goose-Taming Saint of Chester
13 August 2025
Dark Origins of Halloween: The Night The Dead Haunts The Living
29 October 2012
What Lurks At The Written Stone, Longridge?
27 October 2022
4 June 2015
King Arthur’s Adventures In The Underworld
2 July 2014
Dark history
Jack the Ripper Scares During Autumn of Terror
4 September 2012
The Last King To Die On English Soil
15 September 2013
CSI Exchange Street: The Murder of Brother Francis
6 November 2012
Route 666, On The Trail Of The Devil In Ireland
30 August 2015
London’s Plague Pits: A Grim Guide
6 July 2024
5 English Pubs With Skulls And Other Dark Objects
18 January 2022
Literature
Who is Dracula’s Father? BOOK REVIEW
15 April 2026
D.E.V.I.L by Jill Lincoln BOOK REVIEW
18 March 2026
UFOS & ALIENS
Weirdest England UFO Encounters from History
31 March 2019
Europe’s Roswell: 40 Years Since Impact BOOK REVIEW
11 November 2023
Phantoms In The Night Or ETs? BOOK REVIEW
17 November 2023
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
In Search of Gef The Talking Mongoose
18 September 2023
Trewint Tor: A Tale Of Scaredy Cats On Bodmin Moor
19 August 2020
Loch Ness Monster Mania – 1933-style
18 May 2012
Cryptid Worms: Legend and Lore
4 January 2019
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
Pype Hayes Park Murder Coincidences Mystify Experts
21 February 2023
The Time Slips of Bold Street, Liverpool
22 May 2022
1 March 2022
Is Spontaneous Human Combustion Real?
16 February 2015
28 October 2022
