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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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Spooky Isles Halloween Radio Show 2021
26 October 2021
How To Make An Authentic Turnip Jack o’Lantern for Halloween
15 October 2022
Samhain: A New Witch’s Perspective
30 October 2024
ghosts & hauntings
Swintsy Hall: Dark History Behind Gareth Southgate’s Haunted Mansion
28 November 2022
Hever Castle, Kent: Beware Anne Boleyn’s Ghost!
10 May 2022
Was Langenhoe The Most Haunted Church In England?
4 March 2015
10 Haunted England Cathedrals to Give You Chills
25 November 2024
The Ghosts of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk AUTHOR INTERVIEW
20 October 2021
horror & fantasy films
21 January 2025
19 October 2019
Top 10 She Monsters in British Horror
10 March 2015
29 August 2023
19 January 2022
television
Shadows (S3, E2): The Rose of Puddle Fratrum
29 May 2023
Uncanny Case 3: The Oxford Exorcism TV REVIEW
1 November 2023
Armchair Thriller (S2, E19-22): High Tide REVIEW
2 February 2025
How Boris Karloff Voiced How the Grinch Stole Christmas
17 December 2016
Uncanny Case 2: The Bearpark Poltergeist TV REVIEW
24 October 2023
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
Who was St Patrick? We Profile Ireland’s Patron Saint
17 March 2013
Nine Ladies Stone Circle: Where The Witches Dance
7 September 2012
St Dunstan And His Devil-Beating Tongs
7 June 2012
Nos Galan Gaeaf, Halloween in Wales’ Strangest Customs
5 October 2023
10 Scariest Banshee Hauntings in Ireland
7 July 2019
Shocking Child Demonic Possession Cases in Medieval England
29 August 2017
Dark history
Aberdeen Witch Trials Frenzy Sparks Terror
4 August 2024
30 May 2012
26 February 2015
Meet The Gypsy Queen of Norwood
5 September 2022
Psychic Stain Plagues 16 Wardle Brook Avenue Murder Site
30 March 2023
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
Neil Nixon: Why We Still Don’t Know the Truth About UFOs
16 September 2025
Winston Churchill WW2 UFO coverup exposed!
17 June 2019
Charles Jevington’s Mysterious Journey to the Stars
13 August 2022
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
How The Loch Ness Monster Was Used For Political Propaganda
15 February 2015
The Pig-Man Roams Cannock Chase
24 July 2013
Is Bolam Lake home to Northumberland’s Man-Beast?
29 September 2013
The Beast of Bodmin Moor: Myth or a Very Big Cat?
17 January 2025
10 Loch Ness Monster Facts You Didn’t Know
1 September 2023
Morgawr: Cornwall’s Legendary Sea Serpent
15 November 2024
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
Deathbed Visions: A Glimpse Beyond the Veil?
21 April 2025
Could ‘Near Death Experiences’ Actually Be Painful?
13 June 2012
1 March 2022
Did I Live In Haworth During A Past Life?
8 June 2020
