Welcome to spooky isles
Harry Called: Is this Uncanny’s perfect M.R. James ghost story?
David Saunderson
5 September 2026
Dark History Ghosts and Hauntings
Lough Gur: Ancient Stones, Fairies and Ghosts in County Limerick
Ann Massey McElroy
2 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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Halloween the Beginning: Ireland’s Cave of Cats
21 October 2023
10 Great Monster Songs For Your Halloween Party!
9 October 2020
Spooky Isles Halloween Radio Show 2021
26 October 2021
Dudley Castle’s Halloween Anniversary Ghost
7 October 2022
ghosts & hauntings
The Case of the Haunted Piano of Hanwell, London
3 July 2014
Warwick Castle, A Guide To Its Ghosts And Haunted History
21 September 2018
The Ostrich Inn: Berkshire’s Most Supernatural Pub
12 July 2022
Murder, fire and ghost stories at The Punch Bowl, York
28 April 2026
Morrissey’s Ghostly Encounter on Saddleworth Moors
28 July 2025
horror & fantasy films
18 June 2021
1 February 2023
Lair of the White Worm 1988 REVIEW
23 June 2013
Land of the Minotaur 1976 REVIEW
10 October 2019
15 November 2014
television
Thriller (S4, E3): Night Is The Time For Killing REVIEW
6 February 2021
The Haunting of Hollymount Farm: Uncanny (S2, E1) TV REVIEW
1 February 2025
How Boris Karloff Voiced How the Grinch Stole Christmas
17 December 2016
Tutbury Castle Most Haunted REVIEW
12 November 2019
A Christmas Carol 1971 TV REVIEW
13 December 2020
8 October 2018
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
Ah-Hoo, Werewolves Of London! A Study In Lycanthropy
11 August 2023
How To Protect Against The Evil Eye
30 November 2023
10 Cheese Superstitions in the UK
22 March 2024
David Copperfield and other amazing caulbearers in fiction
10 January 2018
St Winefride, Another Bloody Beheaded Saint!
6 September 2012
Hidden Magic Of Northumberland Fairies
20 August 2023
Dark history
The Orkney Witch Memorial Plaque
21 February 2020
The Horrific Truth of Ireland’s Bog Bodies
14 March 2025
Abergavenny Massacre Leaves Welsh Market Town Red With Blood
12 October 2017
3 May 2012
Warstone Lane Cemetery’s Unquiet Inhabitants
25 July 2021
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
Ralph Noyes: An Authentic MoD Voice Amid UFO Controversies
29 November 2023
The Alien Autopsy Scandal, A Very British Con
22 June 2026
UK Beginners Guide to UFOs VIDEO
28 September 2023
5 Unexplained UFO Sightings in London
30 June 2019
Flap Over Broad Haven UFO Encounters
23 August 2023
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
Trewint Tor: A Tale Of Scaredy Cats On Bodmin Moor
19 August 2020
Loch Ness They Created a Monster TV REVIEW
1 January 2024
The Beast of Bodmin Moor: Myth or a Very Big Cat?
17 January 2025
Cornish Owlman: Everything you need to know
2 January 2019
Sightings of the Huttock Top Beast Continue to Intrigue
18 February 2026
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
Chasing Nightmares: The Horror of Sleep Paralysis
26 March 2024
There’s Something Mysterious About Milton Keynes
26 August 2013
1 March 2022
Busby Stoop, Thirsk’s Cursed Chair
1 February 2023
The Crisis Apparition of John Bonnell
21 November 2023
