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The Man Who Could Cheat Death 1959 REVIEW

25 July 20239 July 2022 by Terry Sherwood
The Man Who Could Cheat Death 1959

The Man Who Could Cheat Death 1959 remains a routine Hammer Horror despite its legendary director and stars, says TERRY SHERWOOD

Categories Film Reviews Tags Christopher Lee, Christopher Lee Films, Hammer Film Productions, Hammer Horror Films, Hazel Court, Hazel Court Films, Terence Fisher, Terence Fisher Films Leave a comment

Shadows (S2, E2) Time Out Of Mind REVIEW

2 March 20258 July 2022 by Richard Phillips-Jones
Shadows (S2, E2) Time Out Of Mind REVIEW 1

A girl finds herself transported into a dolls house – is it reality or fantasy? RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES looks at Shadows: Time Out Of Mind.

Categories Television Tags Episode Guides and TV Retrospectives, ITV, Shadows Leave a comment

The Ash Tree 1975 REVIEW

18 February 20235 July 2022 by Richard Markworth
The Ash Tree 1975 REVIEW 2

The Ash Tree 1975 is a interesting, and decidedly creepy, addition to the A Ghost Story for Christmas series, says RICHARD MARKWORTH

Categories Television Tags A Ghost Story for Christmas, BBC, M.R. James Leave a comment

How to Make A Smudge Stick for Magic

4 August 20235 July 2022 by Spooky Isles
How to make a smudge stick

Here’s how you can make your own smudge stick to use in your spiritual or magical practice.

Categories Esoteric Arts Tags Divination Leave a comment

Britain’s 5 Spookiest Haunted Hospitals

26 July 20235 July 2022 by Rick Hale
Britain’s 5 Spookiest Haunted Hospitals 3

Haunted hospitals across the UK continue to give shivers to the living. RICK HALE tells us about five of the most paranormally active!

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Haunted Hospitals Leave a comment

Martyrs Lane 2021 REVIEW

24 December 20223 July 2022 by Richard Phillips-Jones
Martyrs Lane 2021 REVIEW 4

A troubled child thinks she’s found a friend in a ghostly visitor, but is the spectral guest as benevolent as she seems? RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES takes a trip down Martyrs Lane.

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How to Use Sage in Magic

4 August 20232 July 2022 by Spooky Isles
Sage

Here is a comprehensive guide on how to use sage in magic.

Categories Esoteric Arts Tags Divination Leave a comment

William of Newburgh’s Vampires and Ghosts of the Dark Ages

19 February 202329 June 2022 by Rick Hale
William of Newburgh's Vampires and Ghosts of the Dark Ages 5

William of Newburgh, the 12th Century Scholar, left us a terrifying array of ghost and monster stories from the Dark Ages, says RICK HALE

Categories Mysterious Creatures Tags Vampires Leave a comment

The Pied Bull: Guide To Chester’s Spookiest Pub

6 October 202324 June 2022 by Rick Hale
The Pied Bull in Cheshire

Chester’s Pied Bull pub echos with ghostly phenomena from times long past, says RICK HALE

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings, Haunted Hotels and Pubs Tags Cheshire, Haunted Pubs, North-West England 5 Comments

Jennet Preston, The Pendle Witch of Yorkshire

4 August 202323 June 2022 by Barry McCann
Jennet Preston, The Pendle Witch of Yorkshire 6

Jennet Preston was the one Pendle Witch who was tried and executed alone in York for her alleged witchcraft crimes. BARRY McCANN describes how it happened.

Categories Dark History Tags North Yorkshire, Pendle Witches, Witch Trials, Witchcraft, York, Yorkshire and the Humber Leave a comment

Shadows (S2, E1) The Dark Streets Of Kimball’s Green REVIEW

2 March 202519 June 2022 by Richard Phillips-Jones
Shadows-2.01-Dark-Streets-Of-Kimballs-Green

CHARD PHILLIPS-JONES kicks off series two in his Shadows episode guide with The Dark Streets Of Kimball’s Green

Categories Television Tags Episode Guides and TV Retrospectives, ITV, Shadows Leave a comment

Witchcraft And Ghosts At Tredegar House, Wales

6 August 202319 June 2022 by Rick Hale
Witchcraft And Ghosts At Tredegar House, Wales 7

Tredegar House in Newport, Wales, isn’t just merely haunted, it’s infested with ghosts, says RICK HALE

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Newport, Wales 6 Comments

The Voice of Vrillon: A Hoax from Out of this World

4 August 202315 June 2022 by Les Hewitt
The Voice of Vrillon: A Hoax from Out of this World 8

LES HEWITT looks back on The Voice of Vrillon, a televised hoax from 1977 that still has people confused

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Colchester Castle’s Bloody Grounds: A Ghostly Guide

4 August 202314 June 2022 by Rick Hale
Colchester Castle Postcard

Tortured souls and horrors of the past still haunt ancient Colchester Castle in Essex, says RICK HALE

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Essex, Haunted Castles Leave a comment

Music and Ghostly Mayhem from Haunted Gloucestershire

4 August 202311 June 2022 by Michele Eve
Dodington House in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire is one of England’s most haunted regions. MICHELE EVE, from Mystical Times Blog, shares some of her favourite haunted tales with us.

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Gloucestershire, South-West England Leave a comment

Spooks at The Theatre on the Steps, Bridgnorth

4 August 202311 June 2022 by Andrew Homer
Spooks at The Theatre on the Steps, Bridgnorth 9

Do multiple witnesses to a seemingly paranormal event necessarily all experience the same thing? ANDREW HOMER looks at a case at The Theatre on the Steps to discover the answer!

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings, Paranormal Research Tags Shropshire, West Midlands Leave a comment

Rotherham: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

1 December 20248 June 2022 by Callum Campbell
Rotherham: 5 Haunted Places to Visit 10

CALLUM CAMPELL delves into the numerous inkblots of spooky history in South Yorkshire’s Rotherham,

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Haunted Places to Visit in England, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber 2 Comments

And Now The Screaming Starts! 1973 REVIEW

8 June 20228 June 2022 by Terry Sherwood
And Now The Screaming Starts 1973 Poster

And Now The Screaming Starts 1973 was a routine shocker for its time and not worth the price of admission, says TERRY SHERWOOD

Categories Film Reviews Tags Peter Cushing, Roy Ward Baker, Roy Ward Baker Films Leave a comment

Staffordshire: 10 Haunted Places to Visit

30 October 20237 June 2022 by Rick Hale
Cannock Chase, Staffordshire

Staffordshire in the West Midlands has no shortage of hauntings. RICK HALE picks the county’s 10 spookiest places to visit!

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Haunted Places to Visit in England, Staffordshire, West Midlands Leave a comment

Should Children go on Paranormal Investigations?

4 August 202331 May 2022 by Rick Hale
Should Children go on Paranormal Investigations? 11

Paranormal investigations can be a lot of fun, but they also come with risks. RICK HALE considers whether children should be allowed to go ghosthunting…

Categories Paranormal Research Tags Ghost Hunting Leave a comment

Thetford: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

4 August 202328 May 2022 by Rick Hale
Thetford: 5 Haunted Places to Visit 12

Thetford in Norfolk has a long, dark and spooky history. RICK HALE looks at some of its most haunted sites.

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags East of England, Haunted Places to Visit in England, Norfolk 1 Comment

10 Greatest Christopher Lee Posters You’ve Never Seen

26 July 202327 May 2022 by Richard Phillips-Jones
10 Greatest Christopher Lee Posters You've Never Seen 13

RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES takes a global trip through Sir Christopher Lee’s posters, for some of his European efforts as well as his Hammer favourites

Categories Horror and Fantasy Films Tags Christopher Lee, Hammer Film Productions Leave a comment

Cross-Roads 1955 REVIEW

27 May 202227 May 2022 by Richard Phillips-Jones
Cross-Roads 1955 REVIEW 14

To celebrate Christopher Lee’s 100th birthday, RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES looks back on his first foray into horror, Cross-Roads from 1955

Categories Film Reviews Tags Christopher Lee, Christopher Lee Films Leave a comment

Haunted Beaumaris Castle: A Ghostly Guide

6 August 202324 May 2022 by Rick Hale
Beaumaris Castle Postcard

Heavy footsteps and ghostly apparitions haunt Beaumaris Castle in north Wales, says RICK HALE

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Haunted Castles, Isle of Anglesey, Wales 1 Comment
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