Welcome to spooky isles
The Hanging Cell, Walton Jail’s Chilling Ghost Legend
Spooky Isles
4 August 2026
Employee of the Dead: The Zombie Film 20 Years in the Making
Haunted Charlie Hall
29 July 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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Exploring British Halloween TV Specials
2 October 2023
Teanlay Night: A Fylde Coast Halloween
4 October 2023
Halloween Poems to Read by Candlelight 2025
4 October 2025
ghosts & hauntings
North Yorkshire’s Most Haunted Places to Visit
26 October 2022
Welcome to The Ghost’s Companion
1 July 2014
Earlshall Castle, Fife: A Haunted Guide
1 May 2016
Check the haunted staircases when you visit The George Inn
7 January 2019
horror & fantasy films
1 October 2024
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 1913 FULL VIDEO
4 August 2013
The Stranglers of Bombay 1959 REVIEW
19 January 2023
Barbara Steele: 10 Things You Didn’t Know
21 March 2025
Emma Dark Talks about Seize the Night
2 January 2016
25 March 2015
television
Ghosts Christmas Special 2021 REVIEW
23 December 2021
Top 5 Spaced Horror Film References
24 November 2022
Dick Turpin Most Haunted Live REVIEW
21 July 2014
Shadow Man: Uncanny (S2, E3) TV REVIEW
21 February 2025
Levens Hall, Most Haunted REVIEW
24 July 2014
Catweazle: Time-Travelling Wizard Warms Our Hearts
16 October 2023
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
Doctor Blood’s Coffin 1961 REVIEW
20 January 2013
Frittering: The Boneless Blob of the Shetland Islands
29 November 2024
The Sluagh: Celtic Spirits of the Unforgiven Dead
24 October 2024
What Does Rain At A Funeral Mean?
2 February 2024
St Elian, the Saint who Banned Greyhounds
16 October 2012
Dark history
Callanish Stones: Mysteries Older Than Stonehenge
2 November 2023
Mary Pearcey, the Hampstead Murderess
14 March 2015
Bridget Cleary and Ireland’s Last Witch Burning
25 June 2013
CSI Exchange Street: The Murder of Brother Francis
6 November 2012
Blood Money: The Newcastle Witch Trials
19 December 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
Europe’s Roswell: 40 Years Since Impact BOOK REVIEW
11 November 2023
Neil Nixon: Why We Still Don’t Know the Truth About UFOs
16 September 2025
The Mince Pie Martians And The Housewife
21 September 2023
5 Unexplained UFO Sightings in London
30 June 2019
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
Mystery Animals of The Lothians
4 June 2024
The Beast of Bodmin Moor: Myth or a Very Big Cat?
17 January 2025
Cornish Owlman: Everything you need to know
2 January 2019
Adventures in Cryptozoology: Interview with Richard Freeman
24 September 2019
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
Meet Bill Ramsey, The Southend Werewolf
3 November 2022
Richard Case: How I’d Solve The Talking Mongoose Mystery
9 October 2023
The Magnus Archives Episode 1: Anglerfish REVIEW
7 December 2021
Why Do Mystics, Misfits and Madmen Fascinate Us?
21 October 2023
What is a Caulbearer and Why is it Spooky?
27 September 2018
