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Haunted: E. Jay Gilbert’s Journey Through Britain’s Ghost Lore
9 September 2025
Dracula’s Lost Volcano: The Forgotten Eruption Bram Stoker Left Out
9 September 2025
Ghostly Echoes Fill Nottingham’s City of Caves
8 September 2025
Dering Wood: From Ghostly Legends to a Paranormal Hoax
5 September 2025
80 Haunted Places in the West Midlands
5 September 2025
Dungeon Spirits: A Guide to Prison Ghosts
4 September 2025
7 Best Hellripper Songs Based on Historical Horrors
3 September 2025
ghosts & hauntings
Balnagown Castle, Haunted Estate Once Owned By Mohamed Al-Fayed
15 April 2016
GREGOR STEWART reveals the ghosts of Balnagown Castle in the Scottish Highlands
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Haunted: E. Jay Gilbert’s Journey Through Britain’s Ghost Lore
9 September 2025
Ghostly Echoes Fill Nottingham’s City of Caves
8 September 2025
Dering Wood: From Ghostly Legends to a Paranormal Hoax
5 September 2025
80 Haunted Places in the West Midlands
5 September 2025
horror & fantasy films
The Two Faces of Dr Jekyll 1960 REVIEW
2 August 2013
Curse of the Crimson Altar 1968 REVIEW
16 March 2022
Hellbound – Hellraiser 2 (1988) REVIEW
11 September 2012
7 June 2015
5 Joan Collins Horror Films You Can’t Miss
7 February 2025
Count Dracula 1977 BBC TV REVIEW
23 February 2020
television
Armchair Thriller (S2): The Chelsea Murders REVIEW
1 March 2025
Emily’s Room: Uncanny (S2, E4) TV REVIEW
1 March 2025
Ace of Wands: Forgotten Cult Classic That Refuses To Die
23 February 2025
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
St Werburgh: The Goose-Taming Saint of Chester
13 August 2025
Bucca: The Sea Spirit of Cornwall
21 July 2025
Tiddy Mun: The Bog Spirit of Lincolnshire
7 July 2025
Dark history
Arbor Low: Ancient Stone Circle Steeped in Mystery
30 August 2025
Witch of Scrapfaggot Green: Essex’s Wartime Ghost Story
25 August 2025
John Horwood: Was Justice Served or Was He a Victim?
24 August 2025
Gruesome Tales of Friars Bush Graveyard
21 August 2025
Literature
Dracula’s Lost Volcano: The Forgotten Eruption Bram Stoker Left Out
9 September 2025
How I Embraced My Uncle Bram’s Dracula Legacy, says Dacre Stoker
1 September 2025
Thomas Parnell’s A Night-Piece on Death
30 August 2025
Dacre Stoker on Why Dracula is the Ultimate Halloween Story
21 August 2025
UFOS & ALIENS
UFOs Over Britain by Neil R Storey BOOK REVIEW
29 August 2025
The Bizarre Legend of St Catherine’s Island
19 April 2024
How I Started Hunting Ghosts And UFOs: Dr Robert Young
3 January 2024
Ralph Noyes: An Authentic MoD Voice Amid UFO Controversies
29 November 2023
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
The Beast of Bodmin Moor: Myth or a Very Big Cat?
17 January 2025
Morgawr: Cornwall’s Legendary Sea Serpent
15 November 2024
Mystery Animals of The Lothians
4 June 2024
Loch Ness They Created a Monster TV REVIEW
1 January 2024
Alien Big Cat Sightings Claw Through Kent
12 November 2023
In Search of Gef The Talking Mongoose
18 September 2023
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
Deathbed Visions: A Glimpse Beyond the Veil?
21 April 2025
10 March 2025
Curse of Alloa Tower: The Erskine Family’s Lament
21 February 2025
Chilling Messages: My Haunting Encounter with the Unseen
9 September 2024
Chasing Nightmares: The Horror of Sleep Paralysis
26 March 2024
The Crisis Apparition of John Bonnell
21 November 2023
