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Lammas and Lughnasadh: Britain’s Ancient August Festival
Spooky Isles
26 July 2026
The Forgotten Ghost of Windermere: How the Claife Crier Inspired a Novel
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21 July 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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How To Make An Authentic Turnip Jack o’Lantern for Halloween
15 October 2022
Dudley Castle’s Halloween Anniversary Ghost
7 October 2022
5 Scottish Haunted Places To Visit On Halloween
16 October 2014
ghosts & hauntings
Whitby: 5 Haunted Places To Visit
19 February 2015
Ghostly Whispers from Haydock Lodge Asylum
24 September 2023
Crazy Mary’s Ghost of Pakefield Lighthouse, Suffolk
3 April 2026
The Fleece Inn, Elland: Yorkshire’s Spookiest Pub?
15 July 2021
Dumfries And Galloway: 5 Haunted Places To Visit
28 December 2014
Bosworth Hall Ghost Bound by Bloody Stain
1 December 2025
horror & fantasy films
Scream and Scream Again 1970 REVIEW
31 May 2012
13 April 2014
The Whip and the Body 1963 REVIEW
1 August 2014
21 January 2025
23 December 2023
9 Different Lives of Jekyll and Hyde
3 August 2013
television
Culzean Castle Most Haunted REVIEW
10 November 2017
Ghosts and Giggles: Spooky Episodes in British Sitcoms
28 December 2024
27 December 2024
Aberglasney House, Most Haunted REVIEW
30 July 2014
6 Surprising Christmas Carol TV Specials
17 December 2011
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
Teanlay Night: A Fylde Coast Halloween
4 October 2023
Hidden Magic Of Northumberland Fairies
20 August 2023
Apple Myths and Folklore in UK and Ireland
21 October 2022
The Wolf Who Protected St Edmund’s Head!
16 August 2012
Lancashire Day, A Time To Celebrate
27 November 2017
6 Welsh Places with Gates to Annwn, ‘The Otherworld’
9 November 2019
Dark history
Why Does Jack the Ripper Still Haunt Whitechapel?
18 April 2012
Mystery of Roanoke: How 117 English Settlers Vanished Into Thin Air
28 November 2024
Ghost Hunting with Richard III
4 February 2013
Mrs Baird’s Burden Or The Ghost of Chaplains’ Court
31 December 2012
Old Scarlett, Peterborough’s Spookiest Gravedigger
19 March 2025
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
The Mince Pie Martians And The Housewife
21 September 2023
Attacked by a UFO: The Robert Taylor Incident
19 October 2019
Ralph Noyes: An Authentic MoD Voice Amid UFO Controversies
29 November 2023
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
Cryptid Worms: Legend and Lore
4 January 2019
Cornish Owlman: Everything you need to know
2 January 2019
Mystery Animals of The Lothians
4 June 2024
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
Is Spontaneous Human Combustion Real?
16 February 2015
When Archaeology Meets the Psi Factor
2 January 2026
The Magnus Archives Episode 1: Anglerfish REVIEW
7 December 2021
Why Do Mystics, Misfits and Madmen Fascinate Us?
21 October 2023
