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Whispering Mysteries of the Rollright Stones

Spooky Isles Team - 9 May 2025

Dark History

Lambeth’s Occult Secrets: David Turnbull Interview

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Folklore

Black Dog of Ayrshire: Tragic Figure or Demon Dog?

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The Giaour: Byron’s Undead Curse and the Birth of the Gothic...

5 May 2025

10 Enchanting Secrets of the Hawthorn Tree

30 April 2025

Bartlow Hills, the Pyramids of Essex

23 April 2025

Deathbed Vision

Deathbed Visions: A Glimpse Beyond the Veil?

21 April 2025

Farringdon Station London

Farringdon Station Haunting: The Tragic Tale of Anne Naylor

18 April 2025

Gawsworth Hall Macclesfield

Gawsworth Hall: A Haunted Gem in Cheshire

16 April 2025

Chilling Beauty of Percy Shelley’s The Cold Earth Slept Below

14 April 2025

Skip Martin in Vampire Circus 1972.

The Horror Films of Skip Martin

11 April 2025

GHOST & HAUNTINGS >

Ghosts and Hauntings

Bristol: 5 Haunted Places To Visit

Nia Jones - 16 February 20150

Bristol is one of England's oldest and spookiest cities. NIA JONES checks out five of its most haunted places!

haunted British Museum

Discover London’s Creepiest And Most Haunted Museums

4 August 2023

Haunted Hotels Britain

Britain’s Top 5 Most Haunted Hotels

6 October 2023

Southport: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

4 August 2023

Stoke-on-Trent: 5 Haunted Places To Visit

6 October 2023

Haunted Castles

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Haunted Hotels

HORROR & FANTASY FILMS >

Jacqueline Pearce Tribute: The Reptile on Film, an Angel in Life

26 July 2023

Dust Devil 1992

Dust Devil 1992 REVIEW

12 November 2020

British road horror films

10 Essential British Road Horror Films

13 February 2023

Una O’Connor: Universal Horror’s Excitable Character Actress

19 December 2020

TELEVISION >

Why the UK Version of Ghosts Still Haunts Us – And...

11 April 2025

Steve Coogan in Dr Terrible's House of Horrible.

Dr Terrible’s House of Horrible: A Wicked Homage to Classic British...

9 March 2025

Rude Awakening: Hammer House of Horror (Ep.3)

18 October 2023

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Shadows (S2, E1) The Dark Streets Of Kimball’s Green REVIEW

2 March 2025

Shadows (S1, E7) The Other Window REVIEW

2 March 2025

The Dummy: Beasts REVIEW

28 December 2020

GHOST HUNTING

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FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION >

Whispering Mysteries of the Rollright Stones

5 May 2025

Black Dog of Ayrshire: Tragic Figure or Demon Dog?

Black Dog of Ayrshire: Tragic Figure or Demon Dog?

5 May 2025

Illustrated Tales of Cornwall

Illustrated Tales of Cornwall, John Husband INTERVIEW

3 September 2024

A Highland Funeral by Sir James Guthrie, 1883.

5 Scottish Death Customs You Never Knew Existed

16 January 2023

Witch on Broomstick - Witches Broom

10 Spooky Facts About Witches Brooms

8 March 2023

Lady Howard and the Death Coach VIDEO

4 June 2023

DARK HISTORY >

David Turnbull Spooky Isles

Lambeth’s Occult Secrets: David Turnbull Interview

5 May 2025

Bartlow Hills, the Pyramids of Essex

18 April 2025

Ruth Ellis and David Blakely

Ruth Ellis: The Last Woman Executed in England

17 November 2024

The Billinge Vampire Grave

The Billinge Vampire Grave

3 November 2024

Edward Teach Blackbeard

Blackbeard: The Ghostly Legend of Bristol’s Most Infamous Pirate

11 November 2024

Jemmy Whitehat Witch Doctor of Heywood

Jemmy Whitehat: Witch Doctor of Heywood

1 November 2024

LITERATURE >

The Giaour: Byron’s Undead Curse and the Birth of the Gothic Vampire

5 May 2025

Chilling Beauty of Percy Shelley’s The Cold Earth Slept Below

12 April 2025

Animal Horror Literature

Britain’s Furry Foes: Animal Horror Literature

14 September 2023

The Other Bram Stoker, a man of many talents

15 July 2023

Ov A Fantasy by Kevin Patrick McCann BOOK REVIEW

10 March 2022

Bram Stoker Festival: Dublin’s Alive with the Dead

6 October 2023

Dracula

Frankenstein

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde

UFOS & ALIENS >

Paranormal The Village That Saw Aliens

Paranormal: The Village That Saw Aliens TV REVIEW

8 July 2024

The Bizarre Legend of St Catherine's Island

The Bizarre Legend of St Catherine’s Island

19 April 2024

Mike Ricksecker: Shadow People & Ancient Aliens VIDEO

25 February 2023

Was The Terrifying Bat Beast Of Kent Really An Alien UFO?

4 August 2023

Winston Churchill WW2 UFO coverup exposed!

1 November 2022

Berwyn Mountains UFO Crash, Britain’s Area 51

1 November 2022

CRYPTOZOOLOGY >

Beast of Bodmin Moor

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

Elliott O'Donnell Bigfoot

Did Elliott O’Donnell Meet Bigfoot?

8 August 2023

Trewint Tor: A Tale Of Scaredy Cats On Bodmin Moor

4 August 2023

St Columba And the Loch Ness Monster

7 August 2023

MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA >

Deathbed Vision

Deathbed Visions: A Glimpse Beyond the Veil?

18 April 2025

The Shadow Man Who Stalks Us

The Shadow Man Who Stalks Us

9 March 2025

Deathbed Vision

Deathbed Visions: A Glimpse Beyond the Veil?

18 April 2025

Do Curses Work?

Do Curses Work?

14 August 2023

Two Doctors and the Human Candle: A Case of Spontaneous Human...

1 November 2022

Bill Ramsay, The Southend Werewolf

Meet Bill Ramsey, The Southend Werewolf

4 August 2023

EDITOR'S PICKS

Literature

A Good House for Children by Kate Collins BOOK REVIEW

Guest Writer - 21 December 20240

Kate Collins’ gripping debut A Good House for Children breathes new life into British gothic fiction with its haunting tale of a cursed house on the Dorset coast, writes ADAM COLCLOUGH

How I Became A Ghost Hunter, Steve Parsons Reveals

13 January 2018

Worcester: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

23 October 2020

Great British Ghosts

The George and Pilgrims Hotel and Berkeley Castle: Great British Ghosts...

15 March 2021

Darby O'Gill and the Little People

Darby O’Gill and The Little People 1959 REVIEW

17 March 2012

5 Unexplained UFO Sightings in London

30 June 2019

The Ghost and Mrs Muir 1947

The Ghost and Mrs Muir 1947 REVIEW

17 August 2024

Merthyr Tydfil: 5 Haunted Places To Visit

2 October 2017

5 Haunted Ireland Military Bases

26 May 2023

Wardown Park

Ghosts and Hauntings

Ghostly Secrets of Luton’s Wardown Park

Spooky Isles Team - 1 September 2024 0

The Ghost and Mrs Muir 1947

Film Reviews

The Ghost and Mrs Muir 1947 REVIEW

William Bove - 17 August 2024 0

Beast of Bodmin Moor

Cryptozoology

The Beast of Bodmin Moor: Myth or a Very Big Cat?

Spooky Isles Team - 17 January 2025 0

The Hardest Word Ghosts BBC

Television

The Hardest Word: Ghosts BBC (S4, E3) REVIEW

Gemma Johnson - 11 December 2024 0

These creepy UK Kids TV Shows from the 1980s and 90s delivered spooky fun for the whole family, writes RACHAEL ELIZABETH

Television

Spooky UK Kids TV Shows of 1980s and 1990s

Rachael Elizabeth - 18 February 2024 0

It wouldn't be Halloween without some Donald Pleasence horror films! Discover the spine-tingling films that solidified his status as a horror icon!

Horror and Fantasy Films

13 Greatest Donald Pleasence Horror Films

Spooky Isles Team - 10 October 2024 0

The Wulver, of Shetland, are known for their fishing skills.

Mysterious Creatures

Meet The Wulver: The Friendly Wolf Men of Shetland

Spooky Isles Team - 28 November 2023 2

Reddy Weddy Ghosts BBC

Television

Redding Weddy: Ghosts BBC (S2, E3) REVIEW

Gemma Johnson - 15 July 2024 0

Dorabella Supernatural

Television

Dorabella, Supernatural 1977 (E8)

Richard Markworth - 9 October 2023 0

Phantom Kings and Queens

Ghosts and Hauntings

10 Phantom Kings and Queens of England

Jay Hollis - 22 October 2023 0

The Radleys

Film Reviews

The Radleys 2004 REVIEW

David Saunderson - 14 January 2025 0

Arden Street, Marchmont, Edinburgh

Ghosts and Hauntings

Apparitions on Arden Street, Edinburgh

Guest Writer - 17 May 2024 0

Welcome 19

Film Reviews

The Mummy’s Shroud 1967 REVIEW

Richard Phillips-Jones - 4 October 2023 0

High-Wycombe-UFO

UFOs/Aliens

High Wycombe UFO: The Tale of William Robert Loosley

Eddie Brazil - 29 September 2023 0

Bangor Castle

Folklore

Myths and Legends of Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland

Guest Writer - 9 March 2024 0

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Armchair Thriller

Armchair Thriller Episode Guide: 1978-81 Anthology Series

Richard Phillips-Jones - 5 April 2024 1

RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES introduces his Armchair Thriller Episode Guide, looking back at the classic and spine-tingling British anthology TV series...

Oxfordshire’s 14 Top Ghosts and Hauntings

28 April 2013

Cardigan Castle

Ceredigion’s Spookiest Folklore And Legends

10 January 2024

The Bass of Inverurie alongside the River Urie in Aberdeenshire.

Evil Earth Magnetism of Bass of Inverurie, Scotland

7 April 2020

Fitz Manor, Most Haunted (S3, E7) REVIEW

16 October 2023

Night is the time for killing

Thriller (S4, E3): Night Is The Time For Killing REVIEW

6 February 2021

Noah Angell at a tour of the British Museum discussing its ghosts and hauntings

British Museum Ghosts: An Insider’s Guide To Its Hauntings

10 October 2019

Dark and Mysterious Castlemilk House, Glasgow

3 November 2014

Demon Drummer of Tedworth

Curse Of The Demon Drummer of Tedworth

26 December 2022

PARANORMAL

Christ's College, Cambridge University

Ghosts and Hauntings

Cambridge: Top 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Tracy Monger - 26 March 2014 0

DARK HISTORY

Buzkashi Match, violent sporting history

Dark History

5 Bloody Moments in Violent Sporting History

Guest Writer - 27 July 2012 0

HORROR FILMS

The Haunting - British Ghosts

Horror and Fantasy Films

The Ghost in British Horror: More Than Just Spooky

Guest Writer - 25 April 2023 0

FILM REVIEWS >

Welcome 22

Tomb of Ligeia 1964 REVIEW

Adam Scovell - 18 July 2012 0

Tomb of Ligeia 1964 - directed by Roger Corman in England - reviewed by ADAM SCOVELL

Head of Janus 1920

The Head of Janus 1920, FW Murnau’s Lost Jekyll and Hyde

4 August 2013

End Of Term 2023 REVIEW

1 October 2023

The Premature Burial 1962

The Premature Burial 1962 REVIEW

4 July 2014

Konga 1961 REVIEW

26 October 2013

Scene from Jack the Ripper 1959

Jack the Ripper 1959 REVIEW

24 December 2020

The Cutting Room 2015

The Cutting Room 2015 REVIEW

7 June 2015

The Man Who Could Cheat Death 1959

The Man Who Could Cheat Death 1959 REVIEW

9 July 2022

Victor Frankenstein 2015 REVIEW

23 February 2016

FOLKLORE

Hop tu Naa

Folklore

Hop tu Naa: A Isle of Man Celebration

Spooky Isles Team - 26 October 2023 0

ESOTERIC ARTS

Dream Meanings

Esoteric Arts

40 Common Dreams and Their Meanings

Spooky Isles Team - 9 May 2023 0

HORROR FILMS

What A Carve Up 1961 scene

Film Reviews

What A Carve Up! 1961 REVIEW

Terry Sherwood - 8 July 2021 0

Viktoria Supernatural

Viktoria, Supernatural 1977 (Ep6)

Welcome 24

The Exorcism of Bobby Bawn of County Westmeath

Welcome 25

Haunting the Haunters: Real Life Scares at Theme Parks

Barry McCann and Now is the Night

Now is the Night: Barry McCann Author Interview

Black Dogs and Other Terrifying Warnings of Death

Otta Swire, Otta F Swire

Otta F Swire, Scotland’s Forgotten Folklorist

Welcome 26

Top 10 She Monsters in British Horror

Attack the Block 2011

Attack the Block 2011 REVIEW

Michaelmas Archangel

Michaelmas Traditions: Supernatural Marks Autumn’s Arrival

Mary Queen of Scots Death Mask

The Life and Afterlives of Mary Queen of Scots

Wilderness 2006

Wilderness 2006 REVIEW

Minerva Inn, Plymouth’s oldest and most haunted pub

Pengersick Castle

Pengersick Castle, check it out for a haunted experience!

Welcome 28

Aberdeen: 5 Haunted Places To Visit

Most Haunted

The Manor House Hotel, Most Haunted (S4, E4) REVIEW

The Nightcomers 1971

The Nightcomers 1971 REVIEW

John Christie

John Christie: The 10 Rillington Place Murders

10 things you didn’t know about Young Frankenstein (1974)

And Now The Screaming Starts 1973 Poster

And Now The Screaming Starts! 1973 REVIEW

Boris Karloff and Christopher Lee in Corridors of Blood 1959

Corridors of Blood 1958 REVIEW

Miskin Manor

Miskin Manor: Wales Haunted House of Frights!

Welcome 30

The Screaming Skull of Wardley Hall

Welcome 31

The Invisible Man Returns 1940 REVIEW

The Selkie Wife of Scotland

Black Cat

Black Cats and Superstition: 13 Things You Didn’t Know About

Falkirk Triangle

Why is the Falkirk Triangle, Scotland’s UFO capital?

Chester: 5 Haunted Places To Visit

Swindon

Swindon: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Welcome 34

Sapphire & Steel Episode Guide: Classic Creepy Sci-Fi Series

Ardoginna House: Gentry, Gallows and Ghosts in Waterford

The Black Cat 1934

The Black Cat 1934 REVIEW

Scottish Ghosthunting

My 5 Top Scottish Ghosthunting Spots

Soho London

Soho: 8 Haunted Places To Visit

Old Calton Jail

Ghostly Sobbing from Old Calton Gaol, Edinburgh

Supper with the Stars with your host Vincent Price co-authors Jenny Hammerton and Vincent Price at the book launch

Supper with the Stars, Vincent Price Cookbook AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Tree folklore mythology

British Trees Folklore: What You Need To Know

St Brigid

15 Things You Didn’t Know About Brigid, Irish Goddess And Saint

Welcome 36

Thriller (S3, E6): The Next Scream You Hear REVIEW

Most Haunted - Mary King's Close

Llancaiach Fawr Manor: Most Haunted REVIEW

Florence Marryat

Florence Marryat: A Revolutionary in Victorian Vampire Literature

Welcome 37

Una O’Connor: Universal Horror’s Excitable Character Actress

Walking with the Ghosts of Durham

Walking With The Ghosts of Durham: Andrew Ross VIDEO

Dead of Night

Dead of Night 1945: 10 Things You Didn’t Know

Charles Ogle, in the Thomas Edison silent film version of Frankenstein 1910.

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: 19 Things You Didn’t Know

Most Haunted - Mary King's Close

Annesley Hall, Most Haunted REVIEW

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2002

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2002 REVIEW

Theodore Paulsen from Terminus at Fenton Green

‘Most modern horror sucks’ says UK comic book writer Adam Cheal

Haunted Harrow

Haunted Harrow, London: A Creepy Paranormal Guide

You’ve got to be Choking!

20 Spooky Things About Ireland’s Ancient East

Welcome 39

Trerice Manor, Ghostly Tales Of Evil Lords And Headless Horsemen

Mari Lwyd Horse Skull

Mari Lwyd: How the Welsh celebrate Christmas with Horse Skull

A Family Visit To Cornwall’s Haunted Jamaica Inn

Weston Manor Hotel

Weston Manor Hotel Cloaked In Ghostly Romance

The Romance of Dracula author interview

Most Haunted

The Chough Hotel, Most Haunted (S5, E1) REVIEW

Theatre of Blood 1973 REVIEW

Robin Redbreast 1970

Robin Redbreast 1970 TV REVIEW

Battersea Poltergeist BBC

The Battersea Poltergeist: BBC Radio 4 Podcast REVIEW

Cirencester

Cirencester: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Welcome 43

Victorian Ghost Hunting in 1869

Giants Causeway

How Finn McCool made the Giants Causeway

Haworth Old Hall

Did I Live In Haworth During A Past Life?

Haunted Cardiff

Cardiff: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Ireland’s 6 Scariest Ghost Children

Spike Island

Visit Spike Island, Ireland’s most haunted place for chills and thrills

Welcome 45

Renfield, fly-eating madman, essential force in Dracula

Aberdeen’s Thainstone Axe Murder of 1863

Welcome 47

A Guide to Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix...

Fulwood Barracks

England’s 4 Most Haunted Army Barracks

Welcome 48

Choosing the best paranormal team to investigate your haunted home

Trog 1970 REVIEW

Cheese Superstitions

10 Cheese Superstitions in the UK

Lanyhydrock House in Bodmin is said to rival the spookiness of the Jamaica Inn

Lanyhydrock House, one of Cornwall’s most haunted places to visit

Welcome 50

Why Lucy Westenra is the real star of Dracula

Borley Rectory film, an animated ghostly delight, say paranormal experts

Welcome 52

Caveat 2020 REVIEW

Bram Stoker Dracula

The Road to Transylvania Begins Here

Welcome 53

Vine Folklore: Myths and Magic in the UK and Ireland

Belper Horseman

Belper’s Horrifying Horseman in Black

The Volunteer, Haunted London Pub

Volunteer Baker Street: Profile of a haunted London pub

Welcome 54

Britain’s 6 Most Disgusting Killer Cannibals

Hungry Grass tells horrific tales of the Irish Famine

Beasts Baby

Baby: Beasts REVIEW

Postcard showing Jamaica Inn in the 1950s

Bodmin Moor: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Peripheral 2018

Peripheral 2018 REVIEW

Croxteth Hall, Liverpool

Ghost Hunting at Croxteth Hall, Liverpool

Welcome 56

Is Rupert Everett the most underrated Sherlock Holmes?

The Magician by W. Somerset Maugham

The Magician: W. Somerset Maugham’s Lost Horror Classic

Welcome 57

Blood On Satan’s Claw 1971 BLU-RAY REVIEW

Welcome 58

Bloody Britain, at least we’ve got Hammer!

8 Most Terrifying Ireland Headless Ghosts

Ireland has witnessed many disturbing and nasty witch trials over its history

Ireland’s 7 Nastiest Witch Trials in History

Belfast

Belfast: Top 30 Haunted Places to Visit

Welcome 59

Oswestry Market Town’s Murderous Dark Past

Welcome 60

The Spectral Crier of Claife

Chancing Your Soul With The Devil

The Fylde Witch by Chris Newton

The Fylde Witch author Chris Newton INTERVIEW

The Oblong Box 1967

The Oblong Box 1969 REVIEW

Cold Christmas Lane

Cold Christmas, Hertfordshire’s Saddest Haunted Church

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