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Ghosts and Hauntings

The Ghosts of Hatfield House, Hertfordshire

UFOs/Aliens

Adrian Hicks and the Winchester alien encounter

Television

Chiller (1995): The Man Who Didn’t Believe in Ghosts TV REVIEW

Ghosts and Hauntings Theatre and Live Events

Lincoln Ghost Walk: the stories that still unsettle a guide

True Crime

Margaret Docherty: the Halloween murder that exposed Burke and Hare

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Brooks Country House Has Luxury With Plenty of Ghosts!

Mystery of the Rufus Stone, New Forest

Haunted Frome: 5 Spooky Places You Need to Know

Haunted Towneley Hall: Every Room Has A Ghost!

The Highgate Vampire: Fact or Fiction (with David Farrant) VIDEOS

The Ghost of PC Tom Lamb

13 Spine-Chilling Irish Ghost Facts

More to Haunted Enfield than the Poltergeist

Haunted Leeds Beckett University: The Campus That Never Sleeps

Milton Keynes: 5 Haunted Places To Visit

Gravestones And Ghosts at George And Dragon Pub, Shipley

Preston: Top 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Spirits abound at haunted Sandford Orcas Manor, Dorset

10 Haunted Irish Pubs to Visit for St Patrick’s Day

Dorothy, The Deadly Bannister Doll Of Preston

Horror Films & Television

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The Haunting of Helen Walker 1995 REVIEW

Gemma Johnson

The Reptile 1966 REVIEW

Adam Scovell

A Cultural Exchange, Euro Horror Visits Britain

Richard Phillips-Jones

Millennial Killer 2020 REVIEW

Kate Ingleby-Parylo

Armchair Thriller (S1, E11-14): The Girl Who Walked Quickly REVIEW

Richard Phillips-Jones

Scrooged 1988 REVIEW

Rachael Elizabeth

Treasure Holt, Essex, Most Haunted REVIEW

Christine Miller

Dracula’s Daughter 1936 REVIEW

David Saunderson

Severance 2006 REVIEW

Guest Writer

Top 10 Scrooges Who Nailed the ‘Bah, Humbug!’

Spooky Isles

The Ash Tree 1975 REVIEW

Richard Markworth

Westminster Bridge: Triffids, Daleks and Zombies

David Turnbull

Tower of Evil 1972 REVIEW

Richard Phillips-Jones

You’ll Find Out 1940 REVIEW

Richard Phillips-Jones

Stitches 2012 REVIEW

Paul Moynihan

Folklore

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Superstitions

Ivy Folklore: Things You Didn’t Know

Folklore

Britain’s Weirdest May Day Rituals

Mysterious Creatures

When ‘giant’ is the wrong word: Fomorians, landscape lore and British Isles folklore

Superstitions

Spiders Superstition: Web Of Omens And Beliefs

Mysterious Creatures

The Trow of Orkney: 10 Things You Should Know

Superstitions

Unveiling Britain’s 10 Wedding Customs and Superstitions Secrets

Mysterious Creatures

From Sirens to Nymphs: A Short History of Mermaids

Folklore

What is a Hand of Glory?

Mysterious Creatures

The Each‑Uisge: Scotland’s Shape‑Shifting Water Monster

Folklore

Spooky Christmas Folklore You Need to Know!

Mysterious Creatures

Frittering: The Boneless Blob of the Shetland Islands

Superstitions

13 Creepy Welsh Superstitions For Friday The 13th

Dark History

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Dark History

5 Goriest Scenes from Elizabethan Theatre

True Crime

The Murder of The Colleen Bawn

Ghosts and Hauntings True Crime

Nottingham Killer William Saville Hanged Twice And Haunts Gallows Hill

Dark History Folklore

Shocking Child Demonic Possession Cases in Medieval England

Mysterious Phenomena True Crime

Pype Hayes Park Murder Coincidences Mystify Experts

True Crime

Who did The Police Think Was Jack the Ripper?

Cemeteries and Burial Places True Crime

Jack the Ripper Victims Graves: Their Final Resting Places

Dark History Cemeteries and Burial Places

Thomas Vaughan: Great Yarmouth’s Greatest Grave Robber

Dark History

Elizabeth Bathory: The Truth Behind Countess Dracula

Dark History Folklore

Healey Dell’s witchcraft and fairy legends linked to Robin Hood

Cemeteries and Burial Places

The Horrific Truth of Ireland’s Bog Bodies

Dark History

Curse of the Paisley Witches

Paranormal

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Ghosts and Hauntings

Haunted Fernie Castle, Fife Scotland

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Ghosts of Smithills Hall, Greater Manchester

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80 Haunted Places in the West Midlands

Ghosts and Hauntings

Was The Enfield Poltergeist Mother The Focus Of The Haunting?

Ghosts and Hauntings

Ghosts of RAF Air Museum, London

Ghosts and Hauntings

Hever Castle, Kent: Beware Anne Boleyn’s Ghost!

Ghosts and Hauntings Haunted Hotels and Pubs

Sobbing Ghost Disturbs Guests At Larkfield Priory Hotel, Maidstone

Haunted Hotels and Pubs

14 Haunted Hotels in Cornwall for a Spooky Stay

Ghosts and Hauntings

Weymouth: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Paranormal Research

5 Reasons Your House Probably Isn’t Haunted

Ghosts and Hauntings

Friends Unveil Haunted Cottage’s Secrets

Ghosts and Hauntings

The Smuggler Ghost of Happisburgh Lighthouse, Norfolk

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