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5 Reasons to Thank Ireland for Halloween
30 October 2013
Psychoville Halloween Special: You’d Be Foolish To Miss It
25 November 2017
Dudley Castle’s Halloween Anniversary Ghost
7 October 2022
ghosts & hauntings
Long Melford’s Mysterious and Ghostly History
20 December 2013
Darlington: 5 Haunted Places To Visit
20 February 2020
The Pied Bull: Guide To Chester’s Spookiest Pub
24 June 2022
Mary Pannell, The Witch Haunting Of Ledston Hall
12 October 2023
Ghosts of Littledean Jail: Horrors of Crimes Past
1 August 2020
Saddleworth Moor: Mystery, Tragedy and Hauntings
21 April 2026
horror & fantasy films
Dan Brownlie’s made a monster with Fetus-stein!
13 May 2017
24 December 2012
Daughter of Darkness: The Horror Films of Chloe Franks
19 April 2024
Top 10 Greatest British Folk Horror Films
10 July 2019
Frankenstein The True Story 1973 TV REVIEW
13 March 2014
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes 1963 REVIEW
2 July 2014
television
Shadows (S1, E3) The Witch’s Bottle REVIEW
29 January 2022
27 December 2024
23 November 2019
Northern Ireland’s Greatest Haunts Episode Guide
1 July 2020
The Room in the Tower TV REVIEW
31 December 2025
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
What Does Rain At A Funeral Mean?
2 February 2024
The Further Adventures of Spring Heeled Jack
16 August 2013
6 Famous Caulbearers with Extraordinary Talents
1 January 2018
Dullahan: Ireland’s Headless Horseman
11 November 2014
The Blood Worm Moon, A Celestial Celebration
13 March 2025
10 Weird British Easter Traditions
25 February 2020
Dark history
Dublin’s Hellfire Club: A Disturbing History
8 September 2014
Don’t Disturb Our Ancient Dead at Fornham Henge
26 March 2015
The Gorbals Vampire and the Southern Necropolis
25 March 2014
Old Scarlett, Peterborough’s Spookiest Gravedigger
19 March 2025
Literature
Who is Dracula’s Father? BOOK REVIEW
15 April 2026
D.E.V.I.L by Jill Lincoln BOOK REVIEW
18 March 2026
Dr Jekyll and Mr Seek BOOK REVIEW
19 February 2026
UFOS & ALIENS
John Warren’s 1943 Close Encounter in Norfolk
29 September 2023
Dargle Cottage UFO Investigation, A Cautionary Tale
16 October 2023
The Bizarre Legend of St Catherine’s Island
19 April 2024
The Voice of Vrillon: A Hoax from Out of this World
15 June 2022
Charles Jevington’s Mysterious Journey to the Stars
13 August 2022
The Sheerness UFO Incident: Britain’s First Great Aerial Mystery
12 September 2025
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
Two Great Beasts: Aleister Crowley And the Loch Ness Monster
28 November 2020
Cryptid Worms: Legend and Lore
4 January 2019
Yeth Hounds and Alien Big Cats VIDEO
7 June 2020
Trewint Tor: A Tale Of Scaredy Cats On Bodmin Moor
19 August 2020
In Search of Gef The Talking Mongoose
18 September 2023
Black Dogs and Other Terrifying Warnings of Death
27 November 2016
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
The Bizarre Kersey Time Slip Mystery
27 October 2023
In Search of Gef The Talking Mongoose
18 September 2023
The Magnus Archives Episode 1: Anglerfish REVIEW
7 December 2021
The Mysterious Locked Room Death of Thomas Farrant
7 January 2023
1 March 2022
