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WELCOME TO SPOOKY ISLES
Folklore
Whispering Mysteries of the Rollright Stones
Spooky Isles Team
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9 May 2025
Dark History
Lambeth’s Occult Secrets: David Turnbull Interview
Spooky Isles Team
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5 May 2025
Folklore
Black Dog of Ayrshire: Tragic Figure or Demon Dog?
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5 May 2025
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The Giaour: Byron’s Undead Curse and the Birth of the Gothic...
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Deathbed Visions: A Glimpse Beyond the Veil?
21 April 2025
Farringdon Station Haunting: The Tragic Tale of Anne Naylor
18 April 2025
Gawsworth Hall: A Haunted Gem in Cheshire
16 April 2025
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The Horror Films of Skip Martin
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GHOST & HAUNTINGS >
Ghosts and Hauntings
5 Haunted Southampton Pubs To Visit For Halloween
Spooky Isles Team
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12 October 2022
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Southampton pubs are a great place to celebrate Halloween! Here are some pubs you can visit during the spooky season.
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Wymering Manor Ghosts Are Friendly, Says Former Resident
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14 August 2023
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Top 5 Greatest Hammer Horror Monsters List
25 July 2023
I Was A Teenage Frankenstein 1957 REVIEW
26 September 2023
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25 July 2023
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21 October 2023
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Why the UK Version of Ghosts Still Haunts Us – And...
11 April 2025
Dr Terrible’s House of Horrible: A Wicked Homage to Classic British...
9 March 2025
The Stately Ghosts Of England 1965 TV REVIEW
7 October 2023
Most Haunted The Stage Show REVIEW
16 April 2024
Whistle And I’ll Come To You 1968 And 2010 REVIEWS
4 August 2023
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5 May 2025
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The Wizard of Gordonstoun
19 February 2023
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4 August 2023
Alder Trees: 10 Folklore Things You Didn’t Know
18 October 2023
What are Spriggans?
21 September 2023
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5 May 2025
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18 April 2025
Ruth Ellis: The Last Woman Executed in England
17 November 2024
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11 November 2024
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1 November 2024
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5 May 2025
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12 April 2025
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23 December 2024
10 Great Women From Gothic Horror
4 August 2023
Rosemary Timperley, The Greatest Horror Writer You’ve Never Heard Of
8 December 2021
Michael S Collins on By The Dying Tree AUTHOR INTERVIEW
18 January 2023
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8 July 2024
The Bizarre Legend of St Catherine’s Island
19 April 2024
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1 November 2022
Ralph Noyes: An Authentic MoD Voice Amid UFO Controversies
28 November 2023
4 Sceptical Reasons Against Alien Abduction
4 August 2023
The Mince Pie Martians And The Housewife
21 September 2023
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The Beast of Bodmin Moor: Myth or a Very Big Cat?
10 November 2024
Morgawr: Cornwall’s Legendary Sea Serpent
15 November 2024
Cryptid Worms: Legend and Lore
4 August 2023
‘I Saw A Black Demon Dog In Wallington’: Real Life Haunting
4 August 2023
Loch Ness Monster Mania – 1933-style
7 August 2023
Cornish Owlman: Everything you need to know
4 August 2023
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Deathbed Visions: A Glimpse Beyond the Veil?
18 April 2025
The Shadow Man Who Stalks Us
9 March 2025
The Time Slips of Bold Street, Liverpool
22 October 2023
My Experience With A Fetch
4 August 2023
In Search of Gef The Talking Mongoose
8 October 2023
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14 August 2023
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Ceredigion’s Spookiest Folklore And Legends
Rick Hale
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10 January 2024
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The historic county of Ceredigion, on Wales' west coast, is a creepy destination for those intrigued by the mystical and the supernatural, RICK HALE writes
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Y Tylwyth Teg: Do You Believe in Welsh Faeries?
29 January 2014
Audrey Rose 1977 REVIEW
17 January 2022
Severance 2006 REVIEW
5 June 2012
Inside Number 9’s The Devil of Christmas TV REVIEW
17 December 2017
Fitz Manor, Most Haunted (S3, E7) REVIEW
16 October 2023
The Singing Bird Will Come 2015 REVIEW
26 February 2015
Beware Ireland's Death Coach
10 February 2013
The Goodies Go Gothic! Cecily Episode REVIEW
2 June 2014
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Film Reviews
The Whip and the Body 1963 REVIEW
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1 August 2014
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24 November 2024
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A Ghostly Debt Collection From County Cavan
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26 January 2024
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I Am Monsters! Nicholas Vince Interview
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17 March 2025
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5 October 2024
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Armchair Thriller (S1, E1-4): Rachel In Danger 1978 REVIEW
Richard Phillips-Jones
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11 May 2024
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Cemeteries and Burial Places
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21 January 2025
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The Last Man on Earth 1964: 15 things you didn’t know!
Peter Fuller
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19 June 2015
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PETER FULLER tells us some interesting facts about Vincent Price's The Last Man on Earth (1964)
Ireland’s Fairy Forts and the Curse of Tara
17 May 2014
Chasing Nightmares: The Horror of Sleep Paralysis
26 March 2024
Shadowy Human Shapes Haunt Haycock Manor Hotel
18 August 2022
I Was A Teenage Frankenstein 1957 REVIEW
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England’s 4 Most Haunted Army Barracks
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The Reptile 1966 was a deep and modern horror for Hammer, says ADAM SCOVELL
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11 April 2012
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6 October 2023
The Return of Dracula 1958 REVIEW
3 November 2014
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Murder by Decree 1979 REVIEW
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Scrooge 1970 REVIEW
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John Dee, Occult Pioneer: 10 Things You Need To Know
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Simon Ball
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Giant Ram of Derby’s Horrible Origins Revealed!
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My Real Phantom of the Opera: The Apollo Victoria Theatre
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Carry On Screaming! 1966 REVIEW
The Magic of Drake’s Drum Still Beating Strong
What is a Cockatrice? Deadly Chicken Lizard Of Hampshire
The Silent Scream: Hammer House of Horror (Ep.7)
Llandoger Trow: Bristol’s Haunted Pirate Pub
The Ghosts of The Tron Theatre, Glasgow
Ghost Hunting in Northern Ireland
Is Grace Dieu Priory Leicestershire’s Most Haunted Ruins?
Pete the Cardiff Poltergeist Plays Havoc With Repair Shop
Witness Describes Bridgnorth’s Phantom Hitchhiker Encounter
White Lady Of Oystermouth Castle, Wales
Is Spontaneous Human Combustion Real?
Ghostly prostitute haunts Silver Cross Tavern in London
The Manor House Restaurant, Most Haunted (S4, E12) REVIEW
BBC Ghost Stories REVIEW: The Stalls of Barchester/A Warning to the...
The Devil in Cockerham: A Lancashire Legend
The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan BOOK REVIEW
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Enfield’s Haunted Synagogue Spooks Community
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Blackburn: Top 5 Haunted Places To Visit
Hounslow’s 10 Haunted Places To Visit
Haunted Carisbrooke Castle: Isle of Wight’s Fortress of Death
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 1968 REVIEW
Fortune Telling For Beginners: How To See Into The Future
Ceredigion’s Spookiest Folklore And Legends
Tarry-Dan Tarry-Dan Scarey Old Spooky Man 1978 REVIEW
The Wicker Tree 2011 REVIEW
5 Strangest Ireland Executions
Victor Frankenstein 2015 REVIEW
How to Use Sage in Magic
Rawhead Rex 1986 REVIEW
Carol For Another Christmas 1964 TV REVIEW
Jekyll and Hyde Takes A Funny Turn
Hellbound – Hellraiser 2 (1988) REVIEW
The City of the Dead 1960 REVIEW
Thriller (S1, E5): The Colour Of Blood (1973) REVIEW
Wycoller Hall’s Ghosts and Legends
Discover Easter’s Pagan Roots: The Story of Eostre
The Haunting of Donkey Wood, West London
Taste the Blood of Dracula 1970 REVIEW
Cobh, Ireland: Top 5 Haunted Places to Visit
Dunvegan Castle, a Spooky Place to Visit
New Slains Castle, The Real Dracula Castle?
The Lodger 1927 REVIEW
Tony ‘Doc’ Shiels, Paranormal Wizard OBITUARY
The Power of Clairvoyance: Unlocking the Power Within
Mystery Animals of The Lothians
Baskerville Hall Hotel, Conan Doyle’s Haunted Inspiration
Nosferatu 1922 REVIEW: Count Orlock’s vampire still chills
Dracula: A Timeless Gothic Masterpiece
St Willibrord The Rambo Monk: They Couldn’t Stop Him!
Keeper of the Heads: London Bridge’s Grim Custodian
Why Haunted Himley Hall is my favourite spooky place: Andrew Homer
The Wolfman 2010 REVIEW
Dracula at the New Vic REVIEW
The Curious World of M.R. James, by Robert Lloyd Parry
Madhouse 1974 REVIEW
Rising Sun, the haunted London pub that rose from the dead
Paul Moynihan, Paranormal Investigator Interview
England’s 6 Most Terrifying Vampires in History
Victorian Lunatic Asylums – The Living Tombs!
13 Irish Superstitions You Need To Know!
Bizarre real-life film coincidences that will raise the hairs on your...
Brannigan’s Nightclub, Most Haunted REVIEW
The Mysterious Angel of the Thames
Brewing Romance: A Love Potion Recipe Using Everyday Ingredients
Terrifying Legend Of The Evil Black Vaughan
Sheffield: 5 Haunted Places to Visit
Tulloch Castle, Beware The Ghosts Of Room 8!
Long Meg and Her Daughters, A Family of Witches Turned to...
Walking With The Ghosts of Durham: Andrew Ross VIDEO
Cork Supernatural Society INTERVIEW
The Picture of Dorian Gray 1945 REVIEW
Frenzy 1972 REVIEW
The Crisis Apparition of John Bonnell
Relentless Spirits Haunt Cumber House
Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace RETROSPECTIVE
10 Greatest Christopher Lee Posters You’ve Never Seen
Top 7 Saxon Horror-inspired tracks
Dullahan: Ireland’s Headless Horseman
Haunted Exeter Is Alive With Paranormal Activity
England’s North-East Coast: 5 Haunted Places to Visit
Top 10 British Poltergeist Hauntings
RAF East Kirkby Most Haunted REVIEW
The A-Z of Curious London BOOK REVIEW
What Happens in Newgrange on Winter Solstice?
The horror behind The Town Halloween Forgot
British Death Through The Ages
The Nightmare Worlds of H. G. Wells REVIEW
Vampire of Croglin Grange: A Paranormal Guide
10 Sycamore Tree Superstitions and Folklore You Should Know
Rain of Stones: A True Truro ‘Ghost’ Story
Haunted Bolling Hall: Exploring its Ghostly Past
Twisted Nerve 1968 REVIEW
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