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3 July 2026
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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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Why FEAR at Avon Valley leads the UK scare scene
2 November 2025
Edinburgh’s Top 5 Haunted Places to Visit at Halloween
21 January 2013
Dark Origins of Halloween: The Night The Dead Haunts The Living
29 October 2012
5 Reasons to Thank Ireland for Halloween
30 October 2013
ghosts & hauntings
Isle of Wight’s 13 Haunted Places to Visit
12 October 2020
The Bricked‑In Lady of Carlisle Castle
28 November 2025
Six Haunted Airfields in England
8 June 2021
Top 11 Haunted Dublin Pubs Full Of Spirits!
25 April 2016
Nottingham: 5 Haunted Places To Visit
22 February 2015
Swintsy Hall: Dark History Behind Gareth Southgate’s Haunted Mansion
28 November 2022
horror & fantasy films
Dracula Dead And Loving It 1995 REVIEW
2 August 2024
Frankenstein’s Worst Assistants Of All Time
31 May 2012
House of Frankenstein 1944 REVIEW
5 May 2014
21 January 2022
Lionel Atwill, Horror Star’s Hollywood Sex Scandal
6 April 2013
A Christmas Carol 1971 TV REVIEW
13 December 2020
television
Being Human TV Series Brings Monsters To Life
9 June 2024
8 October 2018
21 November 2024
Remembering Fortean TV with Rev Lionel Fanthorpe VIDEO
17 November 2022
23 November 2019
The Silent Scream: Hammer House of Horror (Ep.7)
18 May 2013
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
Herne the Hunter: The Spirit of Windsor Forest
28 December 2021
Glossary of British and Irish Folklore Creatures
20 October 2024
5 Monstrous Black Dogs from British Folklore
27 September 2022
What are Witch Bottles? A Brief History
23 September 2012
Hedgehog Superstitions: 10 Strange Things You Didn’t Know
15 August 2023
Dark history
‘Naming Jack the Ripper’ doesn’t prove Jack
14 September 2014
What is Dead Man's Hole in London?
8 August 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
Flap Over Broad Haven UFO Encounters
23 August 2023
Did Ancient UFOs Commit Alien Abductions in England in 664AD?
7 September 2022
5 Unexplained UFO Sightings in London
30 June 2019
High Wycombe UFO: The Tale of William Robert Loosley
29 September 2023
Attacked by a UFO: The Robert Taylor Incident
19 October 2019
Winston Churchill WW2 UFO coverup exposed!
17 June 2019
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
10 Loch Ness Monster Facts You Didn’t Know
1 September 2023
How The Loch Ness Monster Was Used For Political Propaganda
15 February 2015
St Columba And the Loch Ness Monster
8 November 2014
Trewint Tor: A Tale Of Scaredy Cats On Bodmin Moor
19 August 2020
Two Great Beasts: Aleister Crowley And the Loch Ness Monster
28 November 2020
The Beast of Bodmin Moor: Myth or a Very Big Cat?
17 January 2025
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
Are Time Slips Caused by Paranormal Memory Tampering?
23 August 2023
Mysterious Overtoun Bridge Where Scottish Dogs Go To Die
22 March 2015
Who was Gef the Talking Mongoose?
17 April 2014
How Hypnosis Helped Me to See a Ghost
24 April 2012
Meet Bill Ramsey, The Southend Werewolf
3 November 2022
