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Tim Curry obituary: The perfect villain with the wickedest grin
Ann Massey McElroy
26 August 2026
The Whisper of ‘Enid’: An EVP that led back to Dale House
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26 August 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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Ireland’s Púca Festival: A Different Kind of Halloween
27 October 2024
Inside Number 9: ‘Dead Line’ Live Halloween Special 2018 REVIEW
29 October 2018
5 Scottish Haunted Places To Visit On Halloween
16 October 2014
How To Make An Authentic Turnip Jack o’Lantern for Halloween
15 October 2022
ghosts & hauntings
Haunted South London Train Stations
12 April 2016
The Life and Afterlives of Mary Queen of Scots
24 August 2015
Canterbury: Haunted Places to Visit
19 October 2020
The Moaning Workman of Burnham-on-Sea High Lighthouse
13 September 2025
Dublin City Centre: 5 Haunted Places to Visit
1 August 2015
horror & fantasy films
1 October 2024
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters TV REVIEW
29 October 2024
Horror of Frankenstein 1970 REVIEW
23 June 2014
90 Years of Sir Christopher Lee!
27 May 2012
The Romance of Dracula author interview
14 August 2012
television
Countess Ilona, Supernatural 1977 (Ep2)
28 August 2023
Paranormal Lockdown Calls Time At The Royal Oak Pub
20 September 2018
The Haunted Airman 2006 TV REVIEW
17 February 2015
23 September 2024
23 January 2022
Thriller (S6, E2): The Next Victim REVIEW
25 September 2021
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
Crooked Spire: The Devil in Derbyshire
2 April 2016
Fire-gazing Folklore: A Guide Seeing Through The Flames
15 September 2019
Morfa Colliery: Mining Superstitions and Ghostly Forewarnings
2 December 2023
Derbyshire’s Ghostly Choir and Sermon for the Dead
1 November 2017
Dark history
Meet Isle of Man Vampire, Matthew Hassal
4 March 2020
Pype Hayes Park Murder Coincidences Mystify Experts
21 February 2023
Does Cursed Painting At Nags Head Pub Shrewsbury Cause Insanity?
24 November 2016
How the Samlesbury Witches escaped the hangman’s noose
28 March 2015
The Manchester Mummy Won’t Stay Dead
21 January 2026
London Burkers: How Resurrectionists Turned To Murder
29 April 2026
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
High Wycombe UFO: The Tale of William Robert Loosley
29 September 2023
Neil Nixon: Why We Still Don’t Know the Truth About UFOs
16 September 2025
Did Ancient UFOs Commit Alien Abductions in England in 664AD?
7 September 2022
John Warren’s 1943 Close Encounter in Norfolk
29 September 2023
Charles Jevington’s Mysterious Journey to the Stars
13 August 2022
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
Mystery Animals of The Lothians
4 June 2024
The Man-Monkey of Shropshire Union Canal
26 January 2022
Morgawr: Cornwall’s Legendary Sea Serpent
15 November 2024
Sightings of the Huttock Top Beast Continue to Intrigue
18 February 2026
Loch Ness Monster Mania – 1933-style
18 May 2012
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
What were the Death Tokens of Wales?
23 January 2013
Did I Live In Haworth During A Past Life?
8 June 2020
Eilean Mor’s Empty Lighthouse Mystery
13 July 2014
The Mysterious Locked Room Death of Thomas Farrant
7 January 2023
‘Help Me, Help Me! Suzie’s Dying!’
2 October 2022
