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8 August 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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Ghostwatch, the birth of paranormal reality TV
19 June 2019
Samhain: A New Witch’s Perspective
30 October 2024
ghosts & hauntings
Edinburgh’s Haunted Vaults Exposed
18 October 2024
The Ghosts of The Tron Theatre, Glasgow
15 November 2013
Avondale House, The Ghostly Home of the Uncrowned King
10 December 2025
Digging Up Nottinghamshire’s Hidden Hauntings
24 February 2025
Britain’s 5 Spookiest Haunted Hospitals
5 July 2022
horror & fantasy films
Frankenstein Unbound 1990 REVIEW
28 August 2025
26 August 2013
Dr Phibes Rises Again 1972 REVIEW
8 October 2013
Horror of Frankenstein 1970 REVIEW
23 June 2014
25 October 2012
Hairy and Scary: Peter Cushing’s Finest MoMents
29 May 2013
television
Ace of Wands: Forgotten Cult Classic That Refuses To Die
23 February 2025
Tully: Being Human (S1,E2) REVIEW
21 September 2024
Part of the Family: Ghosts BBC (S3, E6) REVIEW
20 November 2024
Lady Sybil, Supernatural 1977 (Ep5)
18 September 2023
The Black Swan Hotel and Devizes: Great British Ghosts (S1, E7)
13 October 2020
BBC’S The Read: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with Reece Shearsmith REVIEW
11 November 2025
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
Why Do We Touch Wood? 10 Common Superstitions Explained
15 August 2026
Wheel of the Year: Pagan Calendar Guide
19 March 2023
9 June 2023
Spiders Superstition: Web Of Omens And Beliefs
8 October 2018
The Supernatural Side of Stonehenge
19 October 2023
Dark history
A Corpse by Lamplight, the Horror of Smalls Lighthouse
20 October 2022
Ruth Ellis: The Last Woman Executed in England
19 November 2024
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Burke and Hare ‘The Bodysnatchers’
31 December 2022
Confessions of a Jack the Ripper Tour Guide
27 February 2020
26 February 2015
The Murder of The Colleen Bawn
7 September 2013
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
UFOs over England with Nigel Wright VIDEO
21 May 2020
4 Sceptical Reasons Against Alien Abduction
21 June 2019
Berwyn Mountains UFO Crash, Britain’s Area 51
27 July 2019
Attacked by a UFO: The Robert Taylor Incident
19 October 2019
Dargle Cottage UFO Investigation, A Cautionary Tale
16 October 2023
UFOs Over Britain by Neil R Storey BOOK REVIEW
29 August 2025
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
What Is The Loch Ness Monster?
5 November 2014
Shug Monkey Strikes Fear Into Cambridgeshire
19 April 2023
What Is The Monstrous Big Grey Man Of Ben Mac Dhui?
25 October 2017
Cornish Owlman: Everything you need to know
2 January 2019
Do Real-Life Monsters Stalk Our Moors, Lakes And Mountains?
22 September 2019
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
Chilling Messages: My Haunting Encounter with the Unseen
9 September 2024
Did I Live In Haworth During A Past Life?
8 June 2020
The Mysterious Angel of the Thames
23 July 2013
Busby Stoop, Thirsk’s Cursed Chair
1 February 2023
Charles Jevington’s Mysterious Journey to the Stars
13 August 2022
The Time Slips of Bold Street, Liverpool
22 May 2022
