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UFOs/Aliens

Adrian Hicks and the Winchester alien encounter

Television

Chiller (1995): The Man Who Didn’t Believe in Ghosts TV REVIEW

Ghosts and Hauntings Theatre and Live Events

Lincoln Ghost Walk: the stories that still unsettle a guide

True Crime

Margaret Docherty: the Halloween murder that exposed Burke and Hare

Paranormal

Why are Ghosts seen wearing Bedsheets?

Ghosts & Hauntings

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The Drovers Inn, Loch Lomond’s Most Haunted Pub

7 Haunted Liverpool Pubs To Visit

Wrexham: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Why Is Grange-over-Sands A Spooky Place To Visit?

10 Haunted England Cathedrals to Give You Chills

5 Haunted Haworth Pubs In West Yorkshire

Spooky Mysteries Surround Brede Place, East Sussex

Old Scarlett, Peterborough’s Spookiest Gravedigger

Haunted Gwrych Castle: There’s A Ghost… Get Me Out Of Here!

Buckingham Gaol: The Haunted Cell That Scratched Back

Death And Haunting In Fife with Gregor Stewart

Armagh: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Fisherman’s Cot, Home To Good And Evil Spirits

Edinburgh’s Haunted Vaults Exposed

Paranormal Swansea and Gower, Mark Rees INTERVIEW

Horror Films & Television

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The Mark of Satan: Hammer House of Horror (Ep.13)

Andrew Garvey

Free Pass: Ghosts BBC (S1, E4) REVIEW

Gemma Johnson

Armchair Thriller (S1, E1-4): Rachel In Danger 1978 REVIEW

Richard Phillips-Jones

The Karloff Compendium by Stephen Jacobs BOOK REVIEW

Terry Sherwood

The Appointment 1981 REVIEW

Guest Writer

Ghost Town: Being Human (S1,E3) REVIEW

Petula Mitchell

Shadows (S1, E5) Optical Illusion REVIEW

Richard Phillips-Jones

The Skirrid Inn, Most Haunted REVIEW

Amy Van De Casteele

7 Loch Ness Monster Films, Nessie on Screen

Spooky Isles

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire 1952 REVIEW

David Saunderson

We Rank Amicus Horror Anthologies, From 1 To 8!

Terry Sherwood

A Christmas Carol 1999 REVIEW

Christine Miller

Top 5 Cosy British Horror Films

Guest Writer

Halloween: You Can’t Kill The Boogeyman!

Ren Zelen

Who Do You Think You Are?: Ghosts BBC (S1, E1) REVIEW

Gemma Johnson

Folklore

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Folklore

Illustrated Tales of Staffordshire: Helen Harwood Author Interview

Mysterious Creatures

From Sirens to Nymphs: A Short History of Mermaids

Folklore

Old Prophet Edmund Jones, The Fairy Minister of Wales who saved Welsh Folklore

Folklore

The Folklore of Night-Time Sounds and the Haunting of Buckinghamshire, Part 1

Mysterious Creatures

Changelings Fairies: Dark Side of Irish Fairy Lore

Folklore

Strange Prophecies of Scotland’s Brahan Seer

Mysterious Creatures

The Wrekin Giant Who Hated The People Of Shrewsbury

Folklore Ghosts and Hauntings

The Curse of Wigan’s Skull House

Superstitions

7 Fun(gus) Facts about Mushroom Superstitions and Customs

Folklore

10 Spooky Facts About Witches Brooms

Folklore

Aberdeen newspaper laments decline of Scottish Halloween in 1934

Folklore

A Goblin Funeral and the Rotting Remains of Extwistle Hall

Dark History

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Dark History Mysterious Phenomena

10 Historic Disappearances That Are Still A Mystery

Ghosts and Hauntings True Crime

Mary Ann Cotton and The Haunted Bench

Cemeteries and Burial Places Folklore

Father Andrew Mullen: The Healing Grave of County Offaly

True Crime

Mary Bateman: The Dark Deeds Of A Yorkshire Witch

Dark History

Discover the gender-swapping skeleton of St Osyth, Essex

Cemeteries and Burial Places

Kate Cherrell’s Top 5 English Cemeteries

True Crime

Jack the Ripper’s Secret Confession BOOK REVIEW

Cemeteries and Burial Places

Scottish Bodysnatchers: A Gazetteer by Geoff Holder BOOK REVIEW

Dark History

When Animals Attacked in Victorian Times

True Crime

Aberdeen’s Thainstone Axe Murder of 1863

Dark History Literature

Whernside Manor’s Dark History Of Slaves, Ghosts And Bronte

Dark History

St David, Wales’ Patron Saint: 10 Facts You Should Know

Paranormal

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Esoteric Arts

Take Control of Your Dreams: A Guide to Lucid Dreaming

Mysterious Phenomena

The Dodleston Messages: A mystery from the beyond?

Ghosts and Hauntings

Hauntings: A Book of Ghosts by Neil Oliver BOOK REVIEW

Ghosts and Hauntings

The Ghost of Lincolnshire’s Dickie Rainsforth

Mysterious Phenomena

The Bizarre Kersey Time Slip Mystery

Paranormal Research

Paranormal Penny Pinchers INTERVIEW

Mysterious Phenomena Paranormal

Deathbed Visions: A Glimpse Beyond the Veil?

Ghosts and Hauntings

Haunting Legend: The True Story Behind Ticonderoga

Ghosts and Hauntings

Rotherham: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Paranormal Research

Irish Paranormal Investigations, Ghost Hunting in Haunted Ireland

Ghosts and Hauntings

The Haunted Back Road from Belfast to Lisburn

Ghosts and Hauntings

Queen Victoria saw Green Lady ghost at Crathes Castle

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