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The Monster Within: Duality in Classic Horror’s Greatest Stories

30 July 2025 by David Turnbull
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Nineteenth-century horror fiction unleashed monsters not merely to terrify but to expose the dark, hidden duality within the human soul, writes DAVID TURNBULL

Categories Literature Tags Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The Invisible Man, The Picture of Dorian Gray

5 Child Ghosts of Belfast That Will Creep You Out!

12 October 202529 July 2025 by Spooky Isles
Clifton Street Poor House

The child ghosts of Belfast haunt forgotten prisons, abandoned hospitals, and lonely roads, where history and tragedy blur into a chilling legend

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Belfast, Northern Ireland

Morrissey’s Ghostly Encounter on Saddleworth Moors

9 October 202528 July 2025 by Spooky Isles
Morrissey Ghost Encounter

Singer Morrissey’s chilling encounter on the Saddleworth Moors adds another layer of mystery to one of Britain’s most haunting landscapes

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Greater Manchester, North-West England

14 Haunted Hotels in Cornwall for a Spooky Stay

10 October 202527 July 2025 by Spooky Isles
Haunted Hotels in Cornwall

Spend the night where footsteps echo through empty halls and ghostly figures still walk the corridors. These haunted hotels in Cornwall promise a stay you’ll never forget

Categories Haunted Hotels and Pubs Tags Cornwall, Haunted Hotels, Haunted Pubs, South-West England

17 Haunted Hertfordshire Hotels That Will Give You Chills

26 July 2025 by Spooky Isles
Hertfordshire Haunted Hotels

Here are 17 haunted Hertfordshire hotels that promise a night you’ll never forget – if you dare to stay

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

Essex’s 7 Haunted Woods and Commons You Shouldn’t Visit Alone

26 July 202526 July 2025 by Spooky Isles
Epping Forest, one of Essex's Haunted Woods

Essex’s haunted woods and commons hold some of the region’s darkest secrets – places where the dead don’t rest and the living aren’t always welcome

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags East of England, Essex

Real UK Roman Ghost Sightings You Can Visit Today

20 September 202524 July 2025 by Spooky Isles
Caerleon Roman Fortress

Echoes of Rome still haunt Britain’s oldest roads, forts and cellars. These chilling Roman ghost sightings are rooted in history and mystery

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings

Mists and Murmurs at Haunted Belgrave Hall

27 September 202524 July 2025 by Spooky Isles
Belgrave Hall in Leicester

Belgrave Hall, one of Leicester’s most haunted sites, continues to draw curious visitors and ghost hunters with its chilling history and whispered hauntings.

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags East Midlands, Leicester, Leicestershire

Ozzy Osbourne Dies Aged 76, Farewell to the Prince of Darkness

22 July 2025 by Spooky Isles
Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne, the legendary frontman of Black Sabbath and a true icon of British horror rock, has died aged 76

Categories Music Tags Obituaries

The Green Lady of Haunted Caroline Park House

22 July 202522 July 2025 by John S Tantalon
Caroline Park House Edinburgh

Centuries-old ghost stories continue to echo through its shadowy halls of Edinburgh’s Caroline Park House, writes JOHN TANTALON

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Edinburgh, Scotland

Bucca: The Sea Spirit of Cornwall

21 July 202521 July 2025 by Spooky Isles
Bucca Cornwall

Bucca, Cornwall’s storm-bringing sea spirit, once ruled the waves with fury — and his legend still haunts the coast today

Categories Mysterious Creatures Tags Cornwall, South-West England

Jack Pierce: The Makeup Artist Who Changed Frankenstein Forever

22 July 202519 July 2025 by Spooky Isles
Jack Pierce Frankenstein Karloff

Jack Pierce’s legendary make-up artistry transformed Frankenstein’s Monster from a literary figure into one of cinema’s most iconic images

Categories Horror and Fantasy Films Tags Frankenstein, Universal Pictures

Leicester Guildhall Visitors Report Chilling Encounters

22 July 202518 July 2025 by Spooky Isles
Leicester Guildhall

Leicester Guildhall blends six centuries of civic history with eerie tales of ghostly sightings, making it one of Leicestershire’s most atmospheric and haunted sites

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags East Midlands, Leicester, Leicestershire

Clifton Hall: Nottinghamshire’s Haunted Mansion on the Hill

18 July 202517 July 2025 by Spooky Isles
Clifton Hall in Nottinghamshire

Clifton Hall, a grand Georgian mansion in Nottinghamshire, became the site of a terrifying real-life haunting that drove its wealthy owners to flee within eight months

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags East Midlands, Nottinghamshire

Madame Blavatsky in London: The Woman Who Reshaped the Occult

14 July 2025 by Spooky Isles
Madame Blavatsky in London: The Woman Who Reshaped the Occult 1

Madame Blavatsky’s years in London transformed modern occultism, sparked spiritual debates, and introduced Eastern wisdom to the West

Categories Esoteric Arts Tags London, Occult

Haunted Deansgate: Secrets Beneath Manchester’s Historic Mile

22 July 202510 July 2025 by Spooky Isles
Deansgate Manchester

Beneath Manchester’s bustling Deansgate lie plague pits, ghost sightings, and suspicious canal drownings. It’s a mile steeped in secrets and chilling legends

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Central Manchester, Greater Manchester, North-West England

Haunting Secrets at Ireland’s Lismore Heritage Centre

3 November 20259 July 2025 by Ann Massey McElroy
Lismore Heritage Centre

Lismore Heritage Centre in County Waterford unveils chilling secrets as paranormal investigators explore the haunted former courthouse and jail, writes ANN MASSEY McELROY

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Ireland, Munster, Waterford

Ely: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

9 July 2025 by Spooky Isles
Ely Cathedral

Ely, a small cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, is home to several haunted places that are sure to give you a scare, from ghostly apparitions to unexplained noises.

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Cambridgeshire, East of England, Haunted Places to Visit in England

Tiddy Mun: The Bog Spirit of Lincolnshire

7 July 2025 by Spooky Isles
Tiddy Mun

Before the fens were fields, the people of Lincolnshire spoke of Tiddy Mun, a spirit older than the land, a shadow in the mist, a voice in the water

Categories Mysterious Creatures Tags East Midlands, Lincolnshire

Was The Wicker Man 2006 Remake a Pagan Spell or Bee Cult Fail?

5 July 2025 by Spooky Isles
The Wicker Man 2006

The Wicker Man (2006) misses the primal pagan magic of the 1973 original, turning into an off-mark feminist beehive thriller, says MARK LINDSEY EARLEY

Categories Horror and Fantasy Films Tags The Wicker Man

28 Years Later 2025 REVIEW

3 July 2025 by William Bove
28 Years Later Poster

Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later elevates the franchise with a haunting blend of raw horror, superb performances, and unsettling new threats that redefine the infected apocalypse, writes WILLIAM BOVE

Categories Film Reviews Tags Zombie Films

La Belle Dame Sans Merci: John Keats’ Haunting Romance

22 July 202529 June 2025 by William Bove
John Keats

La Belle Dame Sans Merci reveals John Keats’ fascination with the tragic interplay between beauty, love and death, writes WILLIAM BOVE

Categories Literature Tags Poetry

Haunted Colwick Hall Hotel Echoes with Ghosts

22 July 202528 June 2025 by Spooky Isles
Colwick Hall, Nottingham

Colwick Hall Hotel in Nottingham, steeped in political history and tragic love, is said to be haunted by the ghosts of its past residents — and guests still report chilling encounters today

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings, Haunted Hotels and Pubs Tags East Midlands, Haunted Hotels, Nottinghamshire

William Blake’s The Sick Rose Casts Dread and Bloom

25 June 2025 by William Bove
The Sick Bloom by William Blake

The Sick Rose, William Blake’s haunting poem, offers an impassioned exploration of its symbolism, sensuality, and timeless themes, writes WILLIAM BOVE

Categories Literature Tags Poetry, William Blake
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