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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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Nos Galan Gaeaf, Halloween in Wales’ Strangest Customs
5 October 2023
Samhain: A New Witch’s Perspective
30 October 2024
5 Reasons to Thank Ireland for Halloween
30 October 2013
Spooky Halloween Fun For The Whole Family
9 October 2022
ghosts & hauntings
The Hauntings of Trinity College, Dublin
16 October 2023
10 Haunted England Cathedrals to Give You Chills
25 November 2024
Haunted Falmouth: Ghosts and Paranormal Tales from Cornwall
2 October 2025
Greyfriars Kirkyard, the Ultimate City of the Dead
15 July 2014
Lord Crewe Arms Hotel: Beware its classic ghostly Monk haunting!
11 December 2018
horror & fantasy films
British Gothic Horror meets 1970s Blaxploitation Cinema
29 October 2014
8 April 2013
28 December 2014
The Old Dark House 1963 REVIEW
9 February 2013
television
Thriller (S4, E6): Where The Action Is REVIEW
17 April 2021
Armchair Thriller (S2): The Chelsea Murders REVIEW
1 March 2025
Catweazle: Time-Travelling Wizard Warms Our Hearts
16 October 2023
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) 2000 Episode Guide
1 September 2023
The Black Swan Hotel and Devizes: Great British Ghosts (S1, E7)
13 October 2020
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
The Welsh Corpse Candles of St David
1 March 2013
What Lurks At The Written Stone, Longridge?
27 October 2022
The Black Elf of Islay Strikes in Battle
22 October 2025
2 June 2012
10 Spooky Facts About St George’s Day
22 March 2022
Dark history
Grace O’Malley, the Pirate Queen of Ireland
10 March 2015
William Palmer, The Rugeley Poisoner
3 April 2013
The Manchester Mummy Won’t Stay Dead
21 January 2026
Haunting Beauty of Highgate Cemetery
16 July 2012
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
Phantoms In The Night Or ETs? BOOK REVIEW
17 November 2023
High Wycombe UFO: The Tale of William Robert Loosley
29 September 2023
Weirdest England UFO Encounters from History
31 March 2019
The Mince Pie Martians And The Housewife
21 September 2023
The Alien Autopsy Scandal, A Very British Con
22 June 2026
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
Alien Big Cat Sightings Claw Through Kent
12 November 2023
Yeth Hounds and Alien Big Cats VIDEO
7 June 2020
How The Loch Ness Monster Was Used For Political Propaganda
15 February 2015
In Search of Gef The Talking Mongoose
18 September 2023
Loch Ness They Created a Monster TV REVIEW
1 January 2024
The Pig-Man Roams Cannock Chase
24 July 2013
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
Is Spontaneous Human Combustion Real?
16 February 2015
Eilean Mor’s Empty Lighthouse Mystery
13 July 2014
Could ‘Near Death Experiences’ Actually Be Painful?
13 June 2012
Richard Case: How I’d Solve The Talking Mongoose Mystery
9 October 2023
Who was Gef the Talking Mongoose?
17 April 2014
10 March 2025
