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Petticoat Loose: The Haunting Legend of Bay Lough
John Ambrose Martin
11 August 2026
Theatre Royal Chatham: Ghosts of Kent’s Lost Theatre
Spooky Isles
10 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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Spooky Isles Halloween Playlist 2019
27 October 2019
Ireland Halloween: 5 Spookiest Places To Visit
25 October 2023
Halloween the Beginning: Ireland’s Cave of Cats
21 October 2023
Why FEAR at Avon Valley leads the UK scare scene
2 November 2025
ghosts & hauntings
Haunted St Ives: Ghosts and Paranormal Tales from Cornwall
9 October 2025
Bromley: 8 Haunted Places to Visit
25 November 2022
The Many Hauntings Of Dame Alice Lisle
5 May 2015
The Lighthouse Ghoul of Perch Rock, New Brighton
1 October 2025
Golfers, Ghosts and Castle Stuart
15 August 2012
horror & fantasy films
My Hammer Horror Shock Theatre Bubblegum Days
21 May 2012
15 November 2014
Charles Ogle and the first Frankenstein 1910 REVIEW
2 March 2012
18 February 2023
10 An American Werewolf In London Facts You Didn’t Know
23 October 2017
12 Greatest British Talent Who Made Universal Horror
3 September 2017
television
Michelham Priory, Most Haunted REVIEW
29 June 2014
Ghostwatch Stephen Volk Interview VIDEO
24 October 2022
Tutbury Castle Most Haunted REVIEW
12 November 2019
Armchair Thriller (S2, E01-06): The Victim REVIEW
15 November 2024
Dick Turpin Most Haunted Live REVIEW
21 July 2014
Armchair Thriller (S2, E23-28): The Circe Complex REVIEW
7 February 2025
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
The Brag, Don’t Ride Shape-Shifting Devil Horse!
15 September 2018
The Dark Side of Magic: Witches and the Sidhe
22 December 2015
Mari Lwyd: How the Welsh celebrate Christmas with Horse Skull
20 December 2018
Mystery of the Rufus Stone, New Forest
8 May 2021
Shug Monkey Strikes Fear Into Cambridgeshire
19 April 2023
Dark history
Murder and Dripping Fat: Kate Webster Horrors
7 June 2025
Jill the Ripper? 5 Women Accused Of Being Jack
9 March 2015
Aberglasney Gardens: Beware the Corpse Candles
8 June 2013
9 September 2018
Curse of Alloa Tower: The Erskine Family’s Lament
21 February 2025
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
Greater Manchester: A Hub of UFO Activity?
23 February 2023
High Wycombe UFO: The Tale of William Robert Loosley
29 September 2023
John Warren’s 1943 Close Encounter in Norfolk
29 September 2023
The Mince Pie Martians And The Housewife
21 September 2023
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
Cryptid Worms: Legend and Lore
4 January 2019
Two Great Beasts: Aleister Crowley And the Loch Ness Monster
28 November 2020
Is Bolam Lake home to Northumberland’s Man-Beast?
29 September 2013
St Columba And the Loch Ness Monster
8 November 2014
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
28 October 2022
There’s Something Mysterious About Milton Keynes
26 August 2013
Could ‘Near Death Experiences’ Actually Be Painful?
13 June 2012
Time Slips with Dr Ann Winsper INTERVIEW
16 February 2022
Clapham Wood: Haunted or Hoax?
10 October 2023
Why Do Mystics, Misfits and Madmen Fascinate Us?
21 October 2023
