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22 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
Teanlay Night: A Fylde Coast Halloween
4 October 2023
ghosts & hauntings
10 Haunted England Cathedrals to Give You Chills
25 November 2024
Chichester: 5 Haunted Places To Visit
15 May 2024
Cambridge’s Abbey House Buzzes With Paranormal Activity
21 August 2013
Lord Crewe Arms Hotel: Beware its classic ghostly Monk haunting!
11 December 2018
Birmingham: 5 Haunted Places To Visit
6 March 2015
Isle of Man’s 10 Scariest Haunted Places to Visit
6 October 2020
horror & fantasy films
29 October 2023
Séance on a Wet Afternoon 1964 REVIEW
6 April 2022
Lair of the White Worm 1988 REVIEW
23 June 2013
31 January 2022
Ah-Hoo, Werewolves Of London! A Study In Lycanthropy
11 August 2023
Making of Trog (1970) Recreated in ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’
10 January 2018
television
Derek Acorah’s 5 Most Outrageous Television Moments
16 April 2020
2 October 2022
The Haunting of Hollymount Farm: Uncanny (S2, E1) TV REVIEW
1 February 2025
Derby Gaol, Most Haunted REVIEW
19 August 2019
20 March 2022
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
What is Sighthill Park Stone Circle in Glasgow?
20 December 2012
What are the Arthur’s Seat Coffins?
26 December 2021
Dark history
5 November 2024
Bloody Horrors at St Mary’s Church Hendon
12 September 2022
5 Strangest Ireland Executions
22 December 2016
Dirleton Castle: Dark Remains of Brutal Scottish Witch Trials
15 September 2023
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
The Curious Tale Of The A70 UFO Incident
23 June 2023
The Bizarre Legend of St Catherine’s Island
19 April 2024
The Mince Pie Martians And The Housewife
21 September 2023
Flap Over Broad Haven UFO Encounters
23 August 2023
The Warminster Thing, UFO over Wiltshire
13 June 2019
UFOs Over Britain by Neil R Storey BOOK REVIEW
29 August 2025
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
What Is The Loch Ness Monster?
5 November 2014
10 Loch Ness Monster Facts You Didn’t Know
1 September 2023
Shug Monkey Strikes Fear Into Cambridgeshire
19 April 2023
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
Why Do Mystics, Misfits and Madmen Fascinate Us?
21 October 2023
Chasing Nightmares: The Horror of Sleep Paralysis
26 March 2024
Precognition: I Saw House Fire Before It Happened
24 October 2023
‘Help Me, Help Me! Suzie’s Dying!’
2 October 2022
