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Outpost 2008 REVIEW

28 December 202018 January 2016 by Simon Ball
Outpost 2008

SIMON BALL reviews Outpost 2008, a Nazi-themed horror

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Ireland’s 10 Most Terrifying Roadside Ghosts!

4 August 202313 January 2016 by Ann Massey McElroy
Roadside ghost Ireland

ANN MASSEY checks out the tales from 10 of Ireland’s most terrifying roadside ghosts!

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Haunted Roads, Ireland Leave a comment

Why Was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A Spiritualist?

4 August 202312 January 2016 by Matt Wingett
Why Was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A Spiritualist? 1

MATT WINGETT explores the Spiritualist beliefs of Arthur Conan Doyle, relating the extraordinary account of his encounter with his deceased son, Kingsley.

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Arthur Conan Doyle, Spiritualism 1 Comment

Remembering Channel 4’s Monster Horrors Season (1986)

16 May 20259 January 2016 by Richard Phillips-Jones
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RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES commemorates a great horror season from his youth – 30 years ago this week!

Categories Horror and Fantasy Films, Television Tags Horror Film Memories 13 Comments

Cherry Tree 2015 REVIEW

8 January 20236 January 2016 by Andrew Garvey
Cherry Tree 2015 REVIEW 3

ANDREW GARVEY reviews Irish-Dutch horror, Cherry Tree 2015

Categories Film Reviews Tags Ireland 1 Comment

The Demise Of The Great Lafayette

4 August 20234 January 2016 by MJ Steel Collins
The Great Lafayette

MJ STEEL COLLINS tells how a ghostly magician, The Great Lafayette, came to haunt an Edinburgh theatre

Categories Dark History Tags Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Leave a comment

Why TV’s Sherlock has lost the plot

24 December 20203 January 2016 by Matt Wingett
Sherlock

Author MATT WINGETT describes TV’s Sherlock as ‘Moffat and Gatiss’s slow descent into nerddom’.

Categories Television Tags Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes 1 Comment

Emma Dark Talks about Seize the Night

14 January 20232 January 2016 by David Saunderson
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Spooky Isles talks to rising star Emma Dark about her new horror short, Seize the Night

Categories Horror and Fantasy Films Tags Vampires, Werewolves Leave a comment

Dead of Night 1945: 10 Things You Didn’t Know

12 November 20241 January 2016 by Guest Writer
Dead of Night

Guest writer JEZ CONOLLY tells us about the classic English horror Dead of Night (1945)

Categories Horror and Fantasy Films Tags Dead of Night 1945 Leave a comment

Conan Doyle and the Mysterious World of Light REVIEW

17 October 202330 December 2015 by David Saunderson
Conan Doyle and the Mysterious World of Light

Conan Doyle and the Mysterious World of Light, by Matt Wingett, tells how Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle came to believe in ghosts. Review by DAVID SAUNDERSON

Categories Paranormal Research Tags Arthur Conan Doyle, Ghost Hunting, Sherlock Holmes Leave a comment

Pearlin’ Jean: A Ghost Story Of Umpteen Variations

6 August 202330 December 2015 by MJ Steel Collins
Pearlin Jean, Pearlin' Jean

Pearlin’ Jean is a Scottish ghost legend, which has many versions, each as scary as the other! MJ STEEL COLLINS takes a look!

Categories Folklore, Paranormal Tags Elliot O'Donnell, Scotland, Scottish Borders 1 Comment

17 Most Haunted Northern Ireland Castles

16 August 202329 December 2015 by Sharon Clarke
17 Most Haunted Northern Ireland Castles 5

Here are 17 of the most haunted Northern Ireland castles as listed by SHARON CLARKE

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Haunted Castles, Northern Ireland, Tyrone, Ulster 1 Comment

Hell Hounds of Jersey and Guernsey

19 February 202328 December 2015 by Guest Writer
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The Channel Isles have a long history of hell hounds and black dogs of death, says MB FORDE

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings, Mysterious Creatures Tags Black Dogs, Channel Islands, Guernsey, Jersey Leave a comment

The Dark Side of Magic: Witches and the Sidhe

17 October 202322 December 2015 by Amy Van De Casteele
The Dark Side of Magic: Witches and the Sidhe 7

AMY VAN DE CASTEELE takes a look back at the time when witches and fairies were anything but the fodder of children’s stories

Categories Mysterious Creatures Tags Fairies, Witchcraft Leave a comment

Mysterious Bidston Hill, Beautiful But Sinister

16 September 202319 December 2015 by Guest Writer
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Birkenhead’s Bidston Hill has had everything from ghosts, satanists and UFOs haunt its beautiful surrounds, says guest writer LAUREN JONES

Categories Dark History Tags Cheshire, Lancashire, Merseyside, North-West England 2 Comments

Stoney Middleton’s Dark Past

4 August 202316 December 2015 by K.B. Goddard
Stoney Middleton

Guest writer K.B. GODDARD takes a look at one of England’s most spooky villages, Stoney Middleton in the Derbyshire Dales

Categories Folklore Tags Derbyshire, East Midlands Leave a comment

Who ‘Invented’ The Christmas Ghost Story?

4 August 202314 December 2015 by Barry McCann
Who 'Invented' The Christmas Ghost Story? 9

BARRY McCANN takes a look at the traditional English Christmas Ghost Story

Categories Literature Tags A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Christmas, Ghost Stories, M.R. James Leave a comment

Supernatural St Andrews by Gregor Stewart BOOK REVIEW

16 September 20237 December 2015 by MJ Steel Collins
Supernatural St Andrews by Gregor Stewart

Spooky Isles’ Scotland Editor MJ STEEL COLLINS takes a look at Supernatural St Andrews by Gregor Stewart

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Book Reviews, Fife, Scotland Leave a comment

Darklands 1996 REVIEW

26 July 20232 December 2015 by Simon Ball
Darklands 1996 REVIEW 10

Darklands 1996 is a rerun of The Wicker Man, says SIMON BALL

Categories Film Reviews Tags Occult, Wales Leave a comment

Undead Underneath BOOK REVIEW

10 March 202212 November 2015 by Sarah Blair-Dickinson
Undead Underneath BOOK REVIEW 11

SARAH BLAIR-DICKINSON reviews Undead Underneath, a zombie thriller by Jack Swift

Categories Literature Tags Book Reviews, Zombies Leave a comment

Crimson Peak 2015 REVIEW

28 December 20209 November 2015 by Ann Massey McElroy
Crimson Peak 2015 REVIEW 12

Crimson Peak 2015 is the latest gothic thriller from Guillermo del Toro. ANN MASSEY takes a look…

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Haunted Stevenage BOOK REVIEW

6 October 20235 November 2015 by Sarah Blair-Dickinson
Haunted Stevenage BOOK REVIEW

SARAH BLAIR-DICKINSON reviews Paul Adam’s latest supernatural guide, Haunted Stevenage

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Book Reviews, East of England, Hertfordshire Leave a comment

Stevenage: 5 Haunted Places To Visit

4 August 20234 November 2015 by Paul Adams
Haunted Stevenage

Haunted Stevenage author PAUL ADAMS picks five of the most spooky places in the Hertfordshire town to visit

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags East of England, Haunted Places to Visit in England, Hertfordshire 10 Comments

Beware Scotland’s Ghostly Pipers and the Supernatural

7 August 202331 October 2015 by MJ Steel Collins
Ghostly Piper

MJ STEEL COLLINS notes the supernatural qualities of Scotland’s bagpipes and the ghostly pipers who play them…

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Fairies, Scotland Leave a comment
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