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15 October 2025
‘I Saw a Child Spirit at Antwerp Mansion’
15 October 2025
Dracula 101: A Guide To Bram Stoker’s Horror Classic
15 October 2025
Boggart Hole Clough’s Monster Waits in the Dark
14 October 2025
The Allendale Wolf, a beast remembered in fire
14 October 2025
Crich Tramway Village ghost hunt uncovers haunting tales
12 October 2025
Haunted Srah Castle: Whispering Walls of Offaly
11 October 2025
The Black Dog of Portland Bill Lighthouse, Dorset
11 October 2025
Ghost Stories of Slough: Halloween Hauntings and Creepy Legends
10 October 2025
Haunted St Ives: Ghosts and Paranormal Tales from Cornwall
9 October 2025
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror 2023 REVIEW
9 October 2025
Uncanny: Fear of the Dark REVIEW
8 October 2025
Basingstoke: 5 Haunted Places To Visit
8 October 2025
Ghost Stories in Luton: Hauntings and Chilling Legends
6 October 2025
Halloween is coming!
Farmaggedon: Lancashire’s heavy metal horror brings lasting chills
14 October 2025
Farmaggedon turns Farmer Ted’s Adventure Farm into a full-blown Halloween haunt, packed with movie-quality sets and animatronics. P M BUCHAN uncovers how 20 years of evolution forged this heavy metal horror experience
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Dudley Castle’s Halloween Anniversary Ghost
7 October 2022
Spooky Isles Halloween Playlist 2019
27 October 2019
Halloween the Beginning: Ireland’s Cave of Cats
21 October 2023
ghosts & hauntings
British Museum Ghosts: An Insider’s Guide To Its Hauntings
10 October 2019
Noah Angell has been collecting British Museum ghosts and hauntings stories from its staff and former staff. DAVID SAUNDERSON finds out what he’s discovered…
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Crich Tramway Village ghost hunt uncovers haunting tales
12 October 2025
Haunted Srah Castle: Whispering Walls of Offaly
11 October 2025
The Black Dog of Portland Bill Lighthouse, Dorset
11 October 2025
Ghost Stories of Slough: Halloween Hauntings and Creepy Legends
10 October 2025
Haunted St Ives: Ghosts and Paranormal Tales from Cornwall
9 October 2025
Basingstoke: 5 Haunted Places To Visit
8 October 2025
horror & fantasy films
The Canterville Ghost 1996 REVIEW
19 December 2017
Max Schreck: The Enigma Behind Nosferatu’s Iconic Vampire
31 January 2025
10 Shaun of the Dead Facts You Didn’t Know
8 January 2017
Ken Russell’s Gothic 1986, Now Available On Blu-Ray
27 September 2023
10 Essential British Road Horror Films
20 January 2023
television
Armchair Thriller (S2): The Chelsea Murders REVIEW
1 March 2025
Emily’s Room: Uncanny (S2, E4) TV REVIEW
1 March 2025
Ace of Wands: Forgotten Cult Classic That Refuses To Die
23 February 2025
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
Boggart Hole Clough’s Monster Waits in the Dark
14 October 2025
The Allendale Wolf, a beast remembered in fire
14 October 2025
Goram and Vincent: The Giants Who Created Bristol
20 September 2025
St Werburgh: The Goose-Taming Saint of Chester
13 August 2025
Bucca: The Sea Spirit of Cornwall
21 July 2025
Tiddy Mun: The Bog Spirit of Lincolnshire
7 July 2025
Dark history
The Allendale Wolf, a beast remembered in fire
14 October 2025
Queensberry House: Edinburgh’s Forgotten Cannibal Ghost
2 September 2025
Arbor Low: Ancient Stone Circle Steeped in Mystery
30 August 2025
Witch of Scrapfaggot Green: Essex’s Wartime Ghost Story
25 August 2025
John Horwood: Was Justice Served or Was He a Victim?
24 August 2025
Literature
Dracula 101: A Guide To Bram Stoker’s Horror Classic
15 October 2025
Halloween Poems to Read by Candlelight 2025
4 October 2025
Thomas Gray’s Elegy and the Human Truth Beneath the Grave
3 October 2025
Edward Young’s Night Thoughts: Gloom, Mortality, and the Beauty of Death
22 September 2025
UFOS & ALIENS
The Great Flying Saucer Hoax: How a 1967 Student Prank Fooled Britain
19 September 2025
Neil Nixon: Why We Still Don’t Know the Truth About UFOs
16 September 2025
UFOs Over Britain by Neil R Storey BOOK REVIEW
29 August 2025
The Bizarre Legend of St Catherine’s Island
19 April 2024
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
The Beast of Bodmin Moor: Myth or a Very Big Cat?
17 January 2025
Morgawr: Cornwall’s Legendary Sea Serpent
15 November 2024
Mystery Animals of The Lothians
4 June 2024
Loch Ness They Created a Monster TV REVIEW
1 January 2024
Alien Big Cat Sightings Claw Through Kent
12 November 2023
In Search of Gef The Talking Mongoose
18 September 2023
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
Deathbed Visions: A Glimpse Beyond the Veil?
21 April 2025
10 March 2025
Curse of Alloa Tower: The Erskine Family’s Lament
21 February 2025
Chilling Messages: My Haunting Encounter with the Unseen
9 September 2024
Chasing Nightmares: The Horror of Sleep Paralysis
26 March 2024
The Crisis Apparition of John Bonnell
21 November 2023
