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Marylebone’s 13 Creepiest (And Cheesiest) Hauntings

4 August 202312 August 2018 by Spooky Isles
The Volunteer, Haunted London Pub

Marylebone is one of central London’s most desirable and most haunted neighbourhoods. Here are some of its weird and wonderful hauntings…

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Central London, Haunted Places to Visit in England, London Leave a comment

Clopton House Horrors and the real ‘Ophelia’

4 August 202312 August 2018 by Pollyanna Jones
Clopton House

POLLYANNA JONES describes the dark history that has blackened Clopton House near Stratford-upon-Avon

Categories Dark History Tags Warwickshire, William Shakespeare 3 Comments

Top 7 Judas Priest Horror-inspired tracks

7 December 202211 August 2018 by Ann Massey McElroy
Judas Priest horror

ANN MASSEY picks her top 7 Judas Priest horror-inspired tracks

Categories Music Tags Heavy Metal Music Leave a comment

Lady Eleanor 1971 rockets Lindisfarne To Top Of Charts

14 August 202311 August 2018 by Richard Phillips-Jones
Lady Eleanor 1971 rockets Lindisfarne To Top Of Charts 1

RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES examines what happened when Edgar Allan Poe collided with one of Tyneside’s most beloved bands: Lindisfarne’s classic Lady Eleanor

Categories Music Tags Edgar Allan Poe, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North-East England, Tyne and Wear 4 Comments

Boris Karloff in Canada before he was famous

14 January 202311 August 2018 by Terry Sherwood
Boris Karloff in Canada before he was famous 2

Before finding fame in Hollywood, English horror star Boris Karloff worked his way through Canada, TERRY SHERWOOD reports…

Categories Horror and Fantasy Films Tags Boris Karloff Leave a comment

Top 3 Most Haunted Glasgow Museums to Visit

22 July 202510 August 2018 by MJ Steel Collins
Haunted Kelvingrove

Glasgow is not short of a museum to visit. Not surprisingly, some come with a resident ghost or two, says MJ STEEL COLLINS

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland 1 Comment

10 Weird Things about King James IV of Scotland

19 February 20236 August 2018 by Guest Writer
King James IV of Scotland

Here are some strange facts about the 15th Century Scottish King James IV, from guest writer KEITH COLEMAN

Categories Dark History Tags Royalty, Scotland Leave a comment

Edgar Allan Poe’s English Gothic Inspiration

8 December 20216 August 2018 by Rick Hale
Edgar Allan Poe’s English Gothic Inspiration 3

RICK HALE links American writer Edgar Allan Poe’s English connections as a young man to his love of the Gothic Horror

Categories Literature Tags Edgar Allan Poe Leave a comment

The Power of Clairvoyance: Unlocking the Power Within

20 February 20236 August 2018 by Guest Writer
Clairvoyant eye

Guest writer PAUL SANDS gives us some tips on how to unleash the power of clairvoyance

Categories Esoteric Arts Tags Divination, Psychics and Mediums 1 Comment

Hampton Court Palace Royal Phantoms Revealed

4 August 202315 July 2018 by Rick Hale
Hampton Court Palace Royal Phantoms Revealed 4

Hampton Court Palace – once owned by King Henry VIII – is a hive of paranormal activity. RICK HALE reveals its many hauntings…

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags London, Royalty, South-East England Leave a comment

The Woman in Black: How Susan Hill’s Ghost Story Has Evolved

25 July 202314 July 2018 by Barry McCann
The Woman in Black was a big-screen sensation from Hammer Films, starring Daniel Radcliffe. in 2012

BARRY McCANN traces how the saga of The Woman in Black has evolved from book to big screen

Categories Literature Tags Hammer Film Productions, Nigel Kneale, The Woman in Black 6 Comments

5 Places That Made Leeds A Goth Culture Hub In The 1980s

22 June 202513 July 2018 by Guest Writer
The Faversham

Guest writer JOEL HEYES picks five sites of historical importance to the goth scene in Leeds

Categories Music Tags Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber Leave a comment

Discover London’s Creepiest And Most Haunted Museums

4 August 202327 June 2018 by Rick Hale
haunted British Museum

RICK HALE brings us on a tour Of London’s three most haunted museums

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags East London, London, South-West England 1 Comment

Ireland’s 7 Most Haunted and Mysterious Islands

3 August 202325 June 2018 by Ann Massey McElroy
Skellig Michael

Ann Massey explores Ireland’s 7 most haunted and mysterious islands

Categories Folklore, Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Ireland, Northern Ireland 1 Comment

This Isle Is Full of Monsters: Jon Kaneko-James AUTHOR INTERVIEW

31 October 202323 June 2018 by David Saunderson
This Isle is Full of Monsters

Jon Kaneko-James talks about his new book, This Isle is Full of Monsters

Categories Dark History Tags England, Occult, William Shakespeare, Witchcraft Leave a comment

How Cock Lane Ghost scandalised London

4 August 202323 June 2018 by Rick Hale
Cock Lane Ghost

The Cock Lane Ghost haunting sensation rocked London in the 1750s, RICK HALE explains the case of lust, greed and violence…

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags London, South-East England Leave a comment

Is This The Spookiest Haunted London Pub Crawl?

6 October 202319 June 2018 by Rick Hale
Is This The Spookiest Haunted London Pub Crawl? 5

London has loads of haunted taverns to visit but these three central taverns would prove to be the best London haunted pub crawl, says RICK HALE

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings, Haunted Hotels and Pubs Tags Central London, Haunted London Pubs, Haunted Pubs, London Leave a comment

Eight Disturbing True Tales of Welsh Changelings

6 August 202316 June 2018 by Claire Barrand
Welsh Changeling

CLAIRE BARRAND picks out eight historical changelig cases in Wales, with shocking eyewitness accounts of Welsh changelings…

Categories Mysterious Creatures Tags Wales Leave a comment

Spirits abound at haunted Sandford Orcas Manor, Dorset

4 August 20234 June 2018 by Rick Hale
Sanford Orcas Manor

RICK HALE considers Sandford Orcas Manor in Dorset, a candidate for Britain’s most haunted building you’ve probably never heard of…

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Dorset, South-West England 5 Comments

13 Things You Didn’t Know About The Making of Dracula 1958

25 July 202322 May 2018 by Richard Phillips-Jones
13 Things You Didn't Know About The Making of Dracula 1958 6

RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES celebrates the 60th anniversary of Hammer’s Dracula UK premiere by unearthing 13 interesting facts around its production and release…

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

Happy 60th Birthday to Hammer’s Dracula (1958)!

26 July 202322 May 2018 by Richard Phillips-Jones
Happy 60th Birthday to Hammer's Dracula (1958)! 7

Hammer’s Dracula (1958) celebrates its 60th birthday. RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES looks back on its initial release and impact.

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

Where to Visit Black Shuck Sightings in East Anglia

4 August 202317 May 2018 by Guest Writer
Black Shuck

Guest writer PIERS WARREN goes on the trail of Black Shuck to reveals where to find the beast’s haunts in East Anglia

Categories Cryptozoology, Mysterious Creatures Tags Black Dogs, East of England, Norfolk, Suffolk 5 Comments

Visit Spike Island, Ireland’s most haunted place for chills and thrills

3 August 202314 May 2018 by Ann Massey McElroy
Spike Island

ANN MASSEY visits Spike Island in Cobh, County Cork, to discover one of Ireland’s most haunted and eeriest landmarks

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Cork, Ghost Hunting, Ireland, Munster Leave a comment

7 Times Ouija Board Experiences Went Bad

28 July 202313 May 2018 by Guest Writer
Ouija Board

Guest writer HERMAN DAVIS discovers that Ouija boards – tools for talking to the dead – aren’t for the faint hearted…

Categories Esoteric Arts, Paranormal Research Tags Divination, Ouija Board, Psychics and Mediums 1 Comment
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