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New Lowndes Arms, Whaddon’s Haunted Village Pub
15 September 2025
The Moaning Workman of Burnham-on-Sea High Lighthouse
13 September 2025
Ghost Hunter Launches ‘Respectful’ Paranormal Hub
12 September 2025
Steph Lay Reveals Haunted Milton Keynes’ Hidden Ghost Stories
12 September 2025
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
Halloween is coming!
Dacre Stoker on Why Dracula is the Ultimate Halloween Story
21 August 2025
Dacre Stoker, great-grandnephew of Bram Stoker, tells the Spooky Isles Podcast why Dracula remains the ultimate Halloween story, rooted in folklore, fiction, and Gothic horror
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Dark Origins of Halloween: The Night The Dead Haunts The Living
29 October 2012
Allantide and Apples: Halloween in Cornwall
27 October 2023
Spooky Halloween Fun For The Whole Family
9 October 2022
5 Scottish Haunted Places To Visit On Halloween
16 October 2014
ghosts & hauntings
Have You Driven Scotland’s A75, The Haunted Road?
13 July 2014
MJ STEEL COLLINS takes a spooky trip down the haunted stretch A75 in southern Scotland
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New Lowndes Arms, Whaddon’s Haunted Village Pub
15 September 2025
The Moaning Workman of Burnham-on-Sea High Lighthouse
13 September 2025
Steph Lay Reveals Haunted Milton Keynes’ Hidden Ghost Stories
12 September 2025
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
horror & fantasy films
8 January 2023
19 December 2021
The Haunted House of Horror 1969 REVIEW
7 October 2013
2 July 2013
Carry On Screaming! 10 Things You Didn’t Know
13 April 2012
Would watching London after Midnight be a let down?
30 March 2015
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
Neil Nixon: Why We Still Don’t Know the Truth About UFOs
16 September 2025
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
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
