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UFOs/Aliens

Adrian Hicks and the Winchester alien encounter

Television

Chiller (1995): The Man Who Didn’t Believe in Ghosts TV REVIEW

Ghosts and Hauntings Theatre and Live Events

Lincoln Ghost Walk: the stories that still unsettle a guide

True Crime

Margaret Docherty: the Halloween murder that exposed Burke and Hare

Paranormal

Why are Ghosts seen wearing Bedsheets?

Ghosts & Hauntings

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Haunted Hospitals: The Chilling Truth

Merthyr Tydfil: 5 Haunted Places To Visit

New Lowndes Arms, Whaddon’s Haunted Village Pub

North Edinburgh Nightmares with John Tantalon VIDEO

Ghosts of Heaton Park: Haunted Tales from Manchester’s Historic Hall

Ring O Bells Pub Cavalier Ghost Footsteps Heard

White Lady Of Oystermouth Castle, Wales

Beaconsfield: A Town of Hauntings and Highwaymen

Nottingham: 5 haunted places to visit

Old Bell Hotel Malmesbury Haunted By Supernatural Forces That Won’t Budge

Relentless Spirits Haunt Cumber House

Dover: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

11 Terrifying Glasgow Subway Hauntings

The Spooky Village of Ditchling, East Sussex

Haunted Pendennis Castle: A Guide to Ghosts

Horror Films & Television

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The Oblong Box 1969 REVIEW

Guest Writer

Della Farrant reviews The Curse of The Highgate Vampire

Guest Writer

Mermaid Inn and Michelham Priory: Great British Ghosts (S1,E1)

Christine Miller

Armchair Thriller (S2, E23-28): The Circe Complex REVIEW

Richard Phillips-Jones

Let Us Prey: The Horrors of Norman J Warren

Terry Sherwood

Sean Hogan: ‘To Fire You Come At Last’ INTERVIEW

David Saunderson

10 Mum and Dad 2008 facts you didn’t know!

Kayleigh Marie Edwards

Llancaiach Fawr Manor: Most Haunted REVIEW

Christine Miller

Thriller (S1, E4): An Echo Of Theresa (1973) REVIEW

Richard Phillips-Jones

Thriller (S2, E6): K Is For Killing REVIEW

Richard Phillips-Jones

Moonah Ston: Ghosts BBC (S1, E5) REVIEW

Gemma Johnson

Happy 60th Birthday, The Curse of Frankenstein!

Richard Phillips-Jones

Dominique 1979 aka Dominique is Dead REVIEW

Andrew Garvey

The Day of the Triffids 1962 REVIEW

Barry McCann

Dead of Night 1945 REVIEW

Selene Paxton-Brooks

Folklore

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Folklore

Irish Wake Museum Unveils Ireland’s Death Legacy

Folklore

Gelert, the Faithful Hound and his Grave

Mysterious Creatures

Frittering: The Boneless Blob of the Shetland Islands

Mysterious Creatures

Cat-Sith: The Soul-Stealing Fairy Cat

Superstitions

Salt in Folklore: 10 Things You Didn’t Know

Ghosts and Hauntings Mysterious Creatures

Hell Hounds of Jersey and Guernsey

Folklore

Lancashire Day, A Time To Celebrate

Folklore

Stoney Middleton’s Dark Past

Folklore

Folklore by the Seaside: Zowie Swan and the Fylde Folklore Society

Mysterious Creatures

Halloween monsters crawl out from real Irish folklore

Folklore

Chancing Your Soul With The Devil

Superstitions

10 Maple Tree Superstitions from UK and Irish Folklore

Dark History

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True Crime

Has DNA proved Aaron Kosminski was Jack the Ripper?

True Crime

The Heinous Crimes Of Bible John: The Murders That Shook Glasgow

True Crime

Jack to the Future: Jack the Ripper goes Sci-Fi

True Crime

Ireland’s Last Witch? 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Bridget Cleary

Dark History

Clopton House Horrors and the real ‘Ophelia’

True Crime

5 Grisliest Hebridean and Highland Murders Of The 19th Century

Dark History True Crime

Dr Crippen’s Strange Legacy

Dark History

See St Oliver Plunkett’s Decapitated Head

Dark History

5 Creepy Lancashire Graveyards You Must Visit!

Dark History Ghosts and Hauntings

Queensberry House: Edinburgh’s Forgotten Cannibal Ghost

Cemeteries and Burial Places Ghosts and Hauntings

Edinburgh’s Dark October: Newington Cemetery Ghost

Dark History Folklore

Dirleton Castle: Dark Remains of Brutal Scottish Witch Trials

Paranormal

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Dark History Haunted Hotels and Pubs

Hatchet Inn: Blackbeard and Ghosts in Bristol’s Oldest Pub

Ghosts and Hauntings

Berry Pomeroy Castle: A Scary Ghost Guide

Paranormal Paranormal Research

Is the Supernatural Just Science in Disguise?

Ghosts and Hauntings

Ghostly Secrets of St Leonards Church, Middleton

Ghosts and Hauntings Haunted Hotels and Pubs

Minerva Inn, Plymouth’s oldest and most haunted pub

Paranormal Research

Do Demons Really Exist?

Ghosts and Hauntings

Ely: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Ghosts and Hauntings

Berkeley Castle Still Echos With Ghostly Screams

Ghosts and Hauntings

Was Camberwell bus stop haunting a Christmas Angel?

Ghosts and Hauntings

27 Spookiest London Ghost Sightings To Visit

Ghosts and Hauntings

Haunted Harrow, London: A Creepy Paranormal Guide

Esoteric Arts

Black Tourmaline: Protecting Your Energy and Promoting Stability

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