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When Haunted Places Let You Down – And When They Don’t

1 October 2025 by Emma Saunders
When Haunted Places Let You Down

Not every haunted hotspot delivers chills, but some defy the odds and leave you breathless, writes EMMA SAUNDERS of Ghostly Gatherings

Categories Paranormal Research Tags Ghost Hunting

Deacon Brodie’s Tavern: The Dark History Behind Edinburgh’s Gentleman Thief

23 October 202530 September 2025 by Spooky Isles
Deacon Brodie's Tavern in Edinburgh

Deacon Brodie’s Tavern in Edinburgh links a real-life gentleman thief to ghostly legends and the tale of Jekyll and Hyde

Categories Haunted Hotels and Pubs Tags Edinburgh, Haunted Pubs, Scotland

The Brontë Street Poltergeist: Gateshead’s Forgotten Haunting of 1963

29 September 2025 by Spooky Isles
Bronte Street Poltergeist

A violent and mysterious haunting shook Gateshead  in 1963, the Brontë Street poltergeist, remains one of Gateshead’s most unsettling legends

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags North-East England, Poltergeists, Tyne and Wear

7 Cathedral Songs That Bring Doom to Your Halloween Playlist

29 September 2025 by Spooky Isles
Best Cathedral Songs for Halloween

Drenched in gothic gloom, ritual horror, and eerie psychedelia, Cathedral summon the perfect atmosphere for a slow-burning Halloween night.

Categories Music Tags Heavy Metal Music

The Haunted Trail of Lismore, County Waterford

28 September 2025 by Ann Massey McElroy
Lismore Castle and River Blackwater.

Discover five of the most haunted locations in Lismore, County Waterford, where echoes of history and the supernatural linger around every corner, according to ANN MASSEY McELROY

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Ireland, Munster, Waterford

Ghosts of The Cotswolds Send Shivers Up Your Spine

28 September 2025 by Guest Writer
Ghosts of the Cotswolds

The Cotswolds may charm by day, but its ghost stories come alive after dark, writes guest writer ASH PHILLIPS, from Ghosts of the Cotswolds YouTube channel

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags England

What Lurks Inside Winstanley House After Dark?

26 September 2025 by Spooky Isles
Winstanley House

Behind the elegance of Winstanley House in Leicester lies a chilling history of ghostly sightings, tragic tales and unexplained events.

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags East Midlands, Leicester, Leicestershire

BBC Bristol’s “Broadcast Bogeyman”: The Phantom in the Studio?

25 September 2025 by Spooky Isles
BBC Bristol Ghost

BBC Bristol’s Broadcast Bogeyman might be a myth but for some, the flickering lights and eerie noises keep the ghost story alive

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags BBC, Bristol, South-West England

Haunted Penzance: Ghosts and Paranormal Tales from Cornwall

10 October 202525 September 2025 by Spooky Isles
Morrab Gardens in Penzance.

Haunted Penzance carries the echoes of its seafaring past. Here’s a guide to it’s spookiest places to visit.

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Cornwall, Haunted Cornwall, Penzance, South-West England

Colin Wilson: The Outsider Who Explored the Mystical and the Macabre

27 September 202525 September 2025 by Spooky Isles
Colin Wilson

Colin Wilson, the cult author who uncovered Britain’s strangest secrets, from killers to clairvoyants, explored the dark side of the human mind, writes JOHN WEST

Categories Paranormal

Irish Pig Folklore: 10 Strange and Sacred Facts

8 November 202524 September 2025 by Spooky Isles
Irish Pig Folklore

Pigs have played magical and menacing roles in Irish folklore, from feasts fit for gods to phantom swine on Samhain night

Categories Superstitions Tags Animal Superstitions, Ireland

Haunting Encounters at the Cromwell Hotel in Stevenage

24 September 2025 by Spooky Isles
The Cromwell in Stevenage.

Ghostly sighs and eerie goings-on haunt the historic Cromwell Hotel in Stevenage, writes EMMA SAUNDERS from Ghostly Gathering

Categories Haunted Hotels and Pubs, Paranormal Research Tags East of England, Haunted Pubs, Hertfordshire

Is the Old Linacre Bootle’s Most Haunted Pub?

24 September 2025 by Spooky Isles

Footsteps, chilling cellars and ghostly figures haunt the Old Linacre pub in Bootle — but are they echoes of the past or something more sinister?

Categories Haunted Hotels and Pubs Tags Bootle, Haunted Pubs, Merseyside, North-West England

The Ash Grove Poltergeist: Leeds’ Forgotten Paranormal Mystery

10 October 202524 September 2025 by Spooky Isles
Ash Grove Poltergeist Leeds

In 1949, the Ash Grove Poltergeist turned a quiet Leeds home into a media spectacle and one of Britain’s most debated ghost stories

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Leeds, Poltergeists, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber

Inside the Weird Zine World of The Wulver Stane

28 October 202523 September 2025 by John S Tantalon
Scott Lyall, the mind behind The Wulver Stane.

Scott Lyall, talks to JOHN TANTALON about The Wulver Stane, his zine that dives deep into Scotland’s folklore, paranormal phenomena and Fortean mysteries

Categories Paranormal Tags Edinburgh, Scotland

Paranormal with Purpose: Jaimie Lee‑Barron on Truth Over Thrills

23 September 2025 by Spooky Isles
Jaimie Lee‑Barron

Guided by Christian faith and nearly 50 years of experience, Jaimie Lee‑Barron investigates the paranormal with quiet purpose and unwavering care

Categories Paranormal Research Tags Ghost Hunting, Paranormal Investigators

Edward Young’s Night Thoughts: Gloom, Mortality, and the Beauty of Death

22 September 2025 by William Bove
Night Thoughts by Edward Young

Edward Young’s Night Thoughts is a sombre meditation on mortality that reveres both life and death as intertwined forces, writes WILLIAM BOVE

Categories Literature Tags Poetry

Guide to History of Ghost Hunting in the UK

27 September 202521 September 2025 by Spooky Isles
Harry Price, the famous ghost hunter, with some of the equipment he used in paranormal research.

Ghost hunting in the UK is more than just spooky fun – it’s a centuries-old blend of folklore, science and the search for truth.

Categories Paranormal Research Tags Ghost Hunting

Grace Darling’s Ghost Haunts Longstone Lighthouse

20 September 2025 by Spooky Isles
Grace Darling at sea

The ghost of Grace Darling, the Victorian heroine, is said to still watch over the seas from Longstone Lighthouse in Northumberland

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Haunted Lighthouses, North-East England, Northumberland

Goram and Vincent: The Giants Who Created Bristol

22 September 202520 September 2025 by Spooky Isles
Goram and Vincent

Discover the legend of Bristol’s giant brothers, Goram and Vincent, whose epic rivalry is said to have created the famous Avon Gorge

Categories Folklore, Mysterious Creatures Tags Bristol, Giants, South-West England

Ashley Darkwood: Growing Up Ghostly

20 September 2025 by David Saunderson
Ashley Darkwood.

Ashley Darkwood’s life with the paranormal inspired Wycombe Paracon. He tells DAVID SAUNDERSON about ghosts and forgotten stories

Categories Paranormal Research Tags Paranormal Investigators, Psychics and Mediums

The Smuggler Ghost of Happisburgh Lighthouse, Norfolk

20 September 2025 by Spooky Isles
Happisburgh Lighthouse

The Pump Hill Smuggler is a headless ghost said to haunt the paths around Happisburgh Lighthouse on the Norfolk coast

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags East of England, Haunted Lighthouses, Norfolk

Haunted Cardiff Ghost Tour: Take A Self-Guided Walk

19 September 202519 September 2025 by Spooky Isles
Mary Street, Cardiff

Try out this Cardiff ghost tour to explore haunted pubs, eerie landmarks, and shadowy alleys where the capital’s restless spirits still roam

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Cardiff, Ghost Tours, Wales

The Great Flying Saucer Hoax: How a 1967 Student Prank Fooled Britain

19 September 2025 by Neil Nixon
Great Flying Saucer Hoax

A 1967 student prank involving fake flying saucers on Kent’s Isle of Sheppey sparked national hysteria before being revealed as one of Britain’s most ingenious hoaxes, writes NEIL NIXON

Categories UFOs/Aliens Tags Kent, South-East England 1 Comment
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