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Avondale House, The Ghostly Home of the Uncrowned King
10 December 2025
10 December 2025
Buckingham Gaol: The Haunted Cell That Scratched Back
8 December 2025
Cadogan Square: London’s Who’s Who of Horror
5 December 2025
Ghostly Spurn Lighthouse, East Riding of Yorkshire
5 December 2025
Bosworth Hall Ghost Bound by Bloody Stain
1 December 2025
Haunted Dalmahoy Hotel Active With Ghosts of the Past
30 November 2025
The Genius of Basil Rathbone’s Sherlock Holmes
28 November 2025
The Bricked‑In Lady of Carlisle Castle
28 November 2025
Are Haunted Allotments a Thing? Urszula Wants to Find Out
23 November 2025
Tore House: Where Fire Met Fairy Folklore in Haunted Westmeath
23 November 2025
The Woman in Black at Theatre Royal Plymouth REVIEW
23 November 2025
Interview with Earthbound Paranormal: Helen Barrett and Simon Blake
16 November 2025
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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Allantide and Apples: Halloween in Cornwall
27 October 2023
5 Scottish Haunted Places To Visit On Halloween
16 October 2014
Ireland Halloween: 5 Spookiest Places To Visit
25 October 2023
Discover Halloween’s Scottish Origins
14 October 2014
ghosts & hauntings
Ghostly Spirits Linger at Old Silent Inn
18 September 2022
The Old Silent Inn is an ideal base for exploring Haworth, Bronte Country, and surrounding West Yorkshire but you better ready for ghosts, says RICK HALE
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Avondale House, The Ghostly Home of the Uncrowned King
10 December 2025
Buckingham Gaol: The Haunted Cell That Scratched Back
8 December 2025
Ghostly Spurn Lighthouse, East Riding of Yorkshire
5 December 2025
Bosworth Hall Ghost Bound by Bloody Stain
1 December 2025
The Bricked‑In Lady of Carlisle Castle
28 November 2025
Tore House: Where Fire Met Fairy Folklore in Haunted Westmeath
23 November 2025
horror & fantasy films
29 October 2017
A Christmas Carol 1984 TV Review: Being a Ghost Story of Shrewsbury
22 December 2016
How Video Nasties Shocked 1980s Britain
24 March 2024
Bela Lugosi’s Dead, A Look Back On The Bauhaus Classic
19 August 2012
Boris Karloff London Location Guide
2 February 2012
The Tell-Tale Heart 1960 REVIEW
24 October 2013
television
BBC’S The Read: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with Reece Shearsmith REVIEW
11 November 2025
Sapphire & Steel, Assignment II: The Railway Station 1979 REVIEW
19 October 2025
Bram Stoker’s Dublin Childhood: Folklore, Illness and Horror
17 September 2025
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
The Vampire Rabbit of Newcastle Upon Tyne
14 December 2025
Mystery and Magic at the Goblin Ha’
28 October 2025
The Black Elf of Islay Strikes in Battle
22 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
Dark history
Manchester Cholera Victims Haunt St John’s Gardens
16 November 2025
Why Did Jack the Ripper Stop Killing?
10 November 2025
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
Literature
Lily’s Monster by Cliff McNish BOOK REVIEW
8 November 2025
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
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
The Sheerness UFO Incident: Britain’s First Great Aerial Mystery
12 September 2025
UFOs Over Britain by Neil R Storey BOOK REVIEW
29 August 2025
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
