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The Forgotten Ghost of Windermere: How the Claife Crier Inspired a Novel
Guest Writer
21 July 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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Hop tu Naa: A Isle of Man Celebration
26 October 2023
Psychoville Halloween Special: You’d Be Foolish To Miss It
25 November 2017
Exploring British Halloween TV Specials
2 October 2023
Top Creepy British TV Shows for Halloween
22 October 2023
ghosts & hauntings
16 Spookiest Tower of London Ghosts and Hauntings
19 June 2017
Johnny One-Arm: Edinburgh’s Restless Paranormal Avenger
18 October 2025
Haunted Colwick Hall Hotel Echoes with Ghosts
28 June 2025
Scarborough: 5 Haunted Places to Visit
30 March 2025
horror & fantasy films
18 January 2016
The Horror Films of Skip Martin
11 April 2025
13 October 2014
The Boogie Man Will Get You 1942 REVIEW
12 October 2017
13 Greatest Donald Pleasence Horror Films
10 October 2024
26 January 2025
television
Small Prophets brings Alchemy and Homunculi to the BBC
13 February 2026
23 December 2021
Nigel Kneale: The Visionary Who Transformed TV Horror
30 October 2024
Shadows (S1, E5) Optical Illusion REVIEW
12 March 2022
The Tractate Middoth 2013 TV REVIEW
30 November 2023
30 Things You Never Knew About A Ghost Story for Christmas
21 December 2016
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
Visit Grovely Woods And Its Haunting Terrors
9 August 2021
Thyme: 10 Supernatural Uses and Folklore
31 July 2023
St Winefride, Another Bloody Beheaded Saint!
6 September 2012
British Egg Superstitions and Folklore
29 December 2023
Dark history
All Fall Down: What was the Hollinwell Mystery?
22 September 2014
William Palmer, The Rugeley Poisoner
3 April 2013
Professor Pepper’s Ghost: Behind the Smoke and Mirrors
16 November 2014
Meet Isle of Man Vampire, Matthew Hassal
4 March 2020
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
4 Sceptical Reasons Against Alien Abduction
21 June 2019
Flap Over Broad Haven UFO Encounters
23 August 2023
The Alien Autopsy Scandal, A Very British Con
22 June 2026
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
St Columba And the Loch Ness Monster
8 November 2014
Alien Big Cat Sightings Claw Through Kent
12 November 2023
Cryptid Worms: Legend and Lore
4 January 2019
10 Loch Ness Monster Facts You Didn’t Know
1 September 2023
Yeth Hounds and Alien Big Cats VIDEO
7 June 2020
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
There’s Something Mysterious About Milton Keynes
26 August 2013
What is a Caulbearer and Why is it Spooky?
27 September 2018
Richard Case: How I’d Solve The Talking Mongoose Mystery
9 October 2023
The Time Slips of Bold Street, Liverpool
22 May 2022
Clapham Wood: Haunted or Hoax?
10 October 2023
The Dodleston Messages: A Mystery From The Beyond?
27 July 2022
