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13 Jack the Ripper Locations Tour Guides Won’t Show You

14 August 202330 September 2018 by Trevor Bond
Tower of London - the site of a Ripper suspect identity parade

Ripperologist TREVOR BOND reveals some lesser known Jack the Ripper locations you won’t see on your standard tour…

Categories True Crime Tags East London, Jack the Ripper, London Leave a comment

Kirkstone Pass Inn, breathtaking haunted views and hair-raising ghosts!

6 October 202329 September 2018 by Rick Hale
Kirkstone Pass Inn is one of England's highest haunted hotels

Kirkstone Pass Inn – at over 1400 feet – is Cumbria’s highest and most haunted inn, says RICK HALE

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings, Haunted Hotels and Pubs Tags Cumbria, Haunted Hotels, North-West England Leave a comment

Barrhead: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

8 December 202128 September 2018 by MJ Steel Collins
Barrhead: 5 Haunted Places to Visit 1

MJ STEEL COLLINS takes a personal journey through Haunted Barrhead in Scotland

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Haunted Places to Visit in Scotland, Renfrewshire, Scotland 1 Comment

7 Famous Van Helsing Actors (Who Weren’t Peter Cushing)

14 August 202328 September 2018 by David Saunderson
7 Famous Van Helsing Actors (Who Weren't Peter Cushing) 2

Peter Cushing wasn’t the only famous actor to play Van Helsing, the original vampire slayer …

Categories Horror and Fantasy Films Tags Dracula 4 Comments

The Tractate Middoth: Who Was Doctor Rant?

3 December 202327 September 2018 by Matthew E. Banks
Who was Dr Rant

What inspired Dr Rant’s burial in The Tractate Middoth? Guest writer MATTHEW E BANKS comes up with some ideas!

Categories Literature Tags Ghost Stories, M.R. James Leave a comment

What is a Caulbearer and Why is it Spooky?

23 September 202327 September 2018 by James Willis
What is a caulbearer

The legendary Caulbearer still has the power to provoke superstition and wonder, says JAMES WILLIS

Categories Folklore, Mysterious Phenomena Tags Caulbearer 77 Comments

Langley Castle Hotel has a haunted storybook appeal

6 October 202326 September 2018 by Rick Hale
Langley Castle Hotel has a haunted storybook appeal 3

A tragic spirit from Langley Castle Hotel’s past haunts this fairytale hotel in Northumberland, says RICK HALE

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings, Haunted Hotels and Pubs Tags Harry Potter, Haunted Hotels, North-East England, Northumberland Leave a comment

Chequers Inn: Haunt of Dick Turpin’s Ghost!

6 October 202324 September 2018 by Rick Hale
The spirit of notorious highywayman Dick Turpin is said to haunt the Chequers Inn in Ashford, Kent

RICK HALE takes us to the Chequers Inn in Kent – a country hotel haunted by Britain’s most famous highwayman, Dick Turpin

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings, Haunted Hotels and Pubs Tags Haunted Hotels, Kent, South-East England 1 Comment

The Schooner Hotel Most Haunted REVIEW

16 October 202323 September 2018 by David Saunderson
Most Haunted Leap Castle

DAVID SAUNDERSON takes a look back at The Schooner Hotel Most Haunted Episode

Categories Paranormal Reality TV, Paranormal Research, Television Tags Haunted Hotels, Most Haunted, North-East England, Northumberland Leave a comment

Schooner Hotel, full of supernatural activity

6 October 202322 September 2018 by Rick Hale
Schooner Hotel in Alnmouth has a range of haunted rooms to choose from - if you dare!

RICK HALE explores the violent history and the ghosts of Schooner Hotel in Alnmouth, Northumberland

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings, Haunted Hotels and Pubs Tags Haunted Hotels, North-East England, Northumberland 1 Comment

Warwick Castle, A Guide To Its Ghosts And Haunted History

6 October 202321 September 2018 by Rick Hale
Warwick Castle, pictured here in 1908, has had a long and bloody history... and has plenty of ghosts!

Warwick Castle has a rich and dark history, including plenty of ghosts says RICK HALE

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Haunted Castles, Royalty, Warwickshire, West Midlands 1 Comment

Five Missing British Classic Horror Films You’ve Never Seen

25 July 202321 September 2018 by Mark Fryers
Five Missing British Classic Horror Films You've Never Seen 4

MARK FRYERS reveals five classics from the lost annals of British horror

Categories Horror and Fantasy Films Tags Frankenstein, Silent Horror Films Leave a comment

Paranormal Lockdown Calls Time At The Royal Oak Pub

6 October 202320 September 2018 by MJ Steel Collins
The Royal Oak pub in Swanage, Dorset

M J STEEL COLLINS tells how Paranormal Lockdown fares with the spirits of The Royal Oak pub in Swanage, Dorset.

Categories Haunted Hotels and Pubs, Paranormal Reality TV, Television Tags Dorset, Haunted Pubs, South-West England 1 Comment

Is Colchester’s Red Lion Hotel, Essex’s Most Haunted Pub?

6 October 202319 September 2018 by Rick Hale
The Red Lion Inn, seen here in a postcard from 1900, is known as Colchester's oldest pub.

RICK HALE takes a look at the spirits of the Red Lion Hotel – the ancient town of Colchester’s oldest Inn

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings, Haunted Hotels and Pubs Tags East of England, Essex, Haunted Hotels 7 Comments

Brownsover Hall Hotel’s Bizarre One-Handed Haunting

6 October 202318 September 2018 by Rick Hale
A one-handed apparition is said to have created havoc in the Brownsover Hal Hotel in Rugby over the years.

RICK HALE explores the haunting of Brownsover Hall Hotel and the bizarre circumstances surrounding it.

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings, Haunted Hotels and Pubs Tags Haunted Hotels, Warwickshire, West Midlands 21 Comments

7 Top Jack the Ripper Songs

5 June 202316 September 2018 by Ann Massey McElroy
Screaming Lord Sutch Jack the Ripper

Musicians have long immortalized dark legacy of London’s Whitechapel Murders. ANN MASSEY explores her favourite Jack the Ripper songs…

Categories Music Tags Heavy Metal Music, Jack the Ripper 1 Comment

Massacre at Dún an Óir, Ireland’s Fortress of Gold

19 February 202315 September 2018 by Ann Massey McElroy
Massacre at Dún an Óir, Ireland's Fortress of Gold 5

ANN MASSEY recalls the 16th Century bloody massacre at Dún an Óir, County Kerry, Ireland

Categories Dark History Tags Ireland, Kerry, Munster 1 Comment

The Brag, Don’t Ride Shape-Shifting Devil Horse!

4 August 202315 September 2018 by Jon Kaneko-James
The Brag

JON KANEKO-JAMES tells us about The Brag, shape-shifting devil horses from the north of England

Categories Mysterious Creatures Tags England Leave a comment

Fenella Fielding (1927-2018), Farewell Femme Fatale Obituary

28 December 202014 September 2018 by Simon Ball
Fenella Fielding as Valera Watt in Carry on Screaming (1966).

SIMON BALL pays tribute to Carry On Screaming! star Fenella Fielding, who died this week aged 90.

Categories Horror and Fantasy Films Tags Carry On Screaming 1966, Obituaries 2 Comments

Brocket Arms, A Perfect Place To Experience The Paranormal

26 July 202514 September 2018 by Rick Hale

Anyone staying at the Brocket Arms in Welwyn, Hertfordshire should be prepared for a paranormal experience, says RICK HALE

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings, Haunted Hotels and Pubs Tags East of England, Haunted Hotels, Hertfordshire Leave a comment

What is a Hand of Glory?

4 August 202313 September 2018 by MJ Steel Collins
The Hand of Glory in the Whitby Museum - the only one thought to exist.

MJ STEEL COLLINS reveals the sinister mummified hand known as the Hand of Glory…

Categories Folklore Tags Executions Leave a comment

Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein 1948 REVIEW

26 July 202312 September 2018 by Kevin Nickelson
Bela Lugosi returns to the cape for Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Guest writer KEVIN NICKELSON explains how Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein made film history

Categories Film Reviews Tags Bela Lugosi, Bela Lugosi Films, Comedy Horror Films, Dracula, Dracula Films, Frankenstein, Frankenstein Films, Lon Chaney Jr, Universal Horror Films, Universal Pictures Leave a comment

Why We Love Dracula: A History Of Vampire Films

8 August 202312 September 2018 by Guest Writer
Dracula

Guest writer DEBRA McREYNOLDS puts the bit on our favourite vampire films in this look at cinematic Dracula

Categories Literature Tags Dracula, Vampires Leave a comment

Drakelow Tunnels prove suspenseful for Paranormal Lockdown team

4 August 202312 September 2018 by MJ Steel Collins
Drakelow Tunnels is regarded as one of the most paranormally active locations in the world.

MJ STEEL COLLINS looks at Paranormal Lockdown’s visit to the extremely haunted Drakelow Tunnels near Kidderminster, Worcestershire.

Categories Paranormal Research Tags Ghost Hunting, West Midlands, Worcestershire Leave a comment
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