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Factual Supernatural: Strange Encounters in Newborough Forest
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Halloween on Spooky Isles
Ghost stories, haunted places, folklore, films and dark history for the spookiest season of the year.
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Haunted Hotels
Browse haunted hotels, castles and inns across Britain and Ireland, with stories and room links.
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Legends, creatures, customs and strange traditions from across the islands.
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Crime, punishment, tragedy and the stories behind Britain and Ireland’s darker past.
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Haunted places, apparitions, poltergeists and witness accounts from across the islands.
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Psychic phenomena, séances, strange experiences and the wider supernatural world.
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Ghost hunting, investigators, equipment, experiments and psychical research.
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Most Haunted, ghost-hunting shows, investigators and paranormal television.
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Crystals, divination, psychics, mediums, Ouija boards and occult practice.
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Time slips, unexplained events and the odd cases that resist easy answers.
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British and Irish horror, cult film, television retrospectives and episode guides.
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Dracula, Frankenstein, ghost stories and the writers behind supernatural literature.
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Legendary beasts, uncanny animals and creatures from British and Irish folklore.
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Luck, omens, customs and the beliefs woven into everyday life.
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Murder, mystery and notorious cases from Britain and Ireland’s criminal past.
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Historic graveyards, burial customs, memorials and the stories of the dead.
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British and Irish UFO cases, sightings, encounters and alien mysteries.
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Nessie, alien big cats, black dogs and Britain’s strangest reported creatures.
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Murder ballads, eerie songs and the strange stories behind the music.
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Ghostly theatre, horror events, talks, performances and spooky experiences.
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