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Harry Called: Is this Uncanny’s perfect M.R. James ghost story?
David Saunderson
5 September 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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Discover Halloween’s Scottish Origins
14 October 2014
Spooky Isles Halloween Radio Show 2021
26 October 2021
Allantide and Apples: Halloween in Cornwall
27 October 2023
ghosts & hauntings
Shrewsbury Prison: Ghost Stories from Britain’s Most Haunted Jail
1 September 2025
Newton House, Llandeilo, one of Wales’ most haunted houses
26 October 2018
Johnny One-Arm: Edinburgh’s Restless Paranormal Avenger
18 October 2025
Hideous Phantom Hag Hitchhiker Seduces Weary Welsh Drivers
3 January 2019
Uncanny Series Two: BBC Podcast Episode Guide
12 November 2023
Rutherglen Poltergeist Case: When the Paranormal Met The Police
17 November 2024
horror & fantasy films
Night of the Big Heat 1967 REVIEW
30 August 2017
The Dinosaur Project 2012 REVIEW
6 March 2016
18 October 2017
10 October 2013
television
Thriller (S3, E1): A Coffin For The Bride REVIEW
2 April 2020
Thriller (S4, E2): Nurse Will Make It Better REVIEW
24 January 2021
27 December 2024
Lady Sybil, Supernatural 1977 (Ep5)
18 September 2023
Small Prophets brings Alchemy and Homunculi to the BBC
13 February 2026
Shadows (S1, E4) The Waiting Room REVIEW
25 February 2022
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
Sleep Paralysis, a Visit from an Old Hag
3 June 2012
Legend Of The Lochmaben Castle Vampire
9 October 2023
Visit to Museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle, Cornwall
17 August 2012
Britain’s 5 Strangest New Year’s Traditions and Superstitions
28 December 2021
The Princess and the Knight of the Blood Red Plume
25 July 2014
Dark history
1 February 2020
10 Weird Things about King James IV of Scotland
6 August 2018
Helen Duncan, The Fate of Britain’s Last Jailed Witch
6 December 2011
5 Best Jack the Ripper Comic Books You Must Read
5 November 2013
Jeremy Bentham: The Man Who Mummified Himself
14 November 2023
How the Jack the Ripper Murders began
31 August 2012
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
Attacked by a UFO: The Robert Taylor Incident
19 October 2019
John Warren’s 1943 Close Encounter in Norfolk
29 September 2023
The Sheerness UFO Incident: Britain’s First Great Aerial Mystery
12 September 2025
Europe’s Roswell: 40 Years Since Impact BOOK REVIEW
11 November 2023
Neil Nixon: Why We Still Don’t Know the Truth About UFOs
16 September 2025
Winston Churchill WW2 UFO coverup exposed!
17 June 2019
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
Did Elliott O’Donnell Meet Bigfoot?
2 July 2020
How The Loch Ness Monster Was Used For Political Propaganda
15 February 2015
Cornish Owlman: Everything you need to know
2 January 2019
In Search of Gef The Talking Mongoose
18 September 2023
10 Loch Ness Monster Facts You Didn’t Know
1 September 2023
Yeth Hounds and Alien Big Cats VIDEO
7 June 2020
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
Precognition: I Saw House Fire Before It Happened
24 October 2023
Chilling Messages: My Haunting Encounter with the Unseen
9 September 2024
The Crisis Apparition of John Bonnell
21 November 2023
When Archaeology Meets the Psi Factor
2 January 2026
