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Otta F Swire, Scotland’s Forgotten Folklorist

7 August 202320 July 2015 by MJ Steel Collins
Otta Swire, Otta F Swire

MJ STEEL COLLINS looks at the little known Scottish author Otta F Swire and her amazing Herbridean folktales

Categories Folklore Tags Highland (Scotland), Isle of Skye, Scotland Leave a comment

A Family Visit To Cornwall’s Haunted Jamaica Inn

4 August 202319 July 2015 by Becky Keane
A Family Visit To Cornwall's Haunted Jamaica Inn 1

BECKY KEANE describes why her family loves visiting the haunted Jamaica Inn in Cornwall…

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Cornwall, Jamaica Inn, South-West England Leave a comment

The Haunted Back Road from Belfast to Lisburn

18 December 202118 July 2015 by Sharon Clarke
The Haunted Back Road from Belfast to Lisburn 2

Guest writer SHARON CLARKE gives us a spooky tour on the road from Belfast to Lisburn

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Antrim, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Ulster 2 Comments

Richard Cabell, Devon’s Most Notorious Squire

4 August 202317 July 2015 by Guest Writer
Richard Cabell, Devon's Most Notorious Squire 3

Guest writer MARK NORMAN looks at the dark legend surrounding the ‘evil’ Squire Richard Cabell of Devon, including black dogs!

Categories Dark History Tags Black Dogs, Devon, South-West England Leave a comment

James Herbert Awards provide horror treats

15 July 202316 July 2015 by Andrew Garvey
James Herbert Awards

ANDREW GARVEY does a round-up of the first James Herbert Awards

Categories Literature Tags James Herbert Leave a comment

Top 5 Edinburgh Ghost Tours

4 August 202316 July 2015 by MJ Steel Collins
edinburgh ghost tours

MJ STEEL COLLINS takes a look at some of the best Edinburgh ghost tours

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Edinburgh, Ghost Tours, Midlothian, Scotland Leave a comment

Spectres of the Fens: Terror of East of England

28 November 202316 July 2015 by Josie Palmer
The Fens

JOSIE PALMER says the vast marshlands of the east of England are haunted with many supernatural tales

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Cambridgeshire, East of England, Lincolnshire, Norfolk Leave a comment

Enzo Cilenti interview: “Childermass is a Yorkshire Jedi”

30 October 20236 July 2015 by Andrew Garvey
Enzo Cilenti in Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

ANDREW GARVEY speaks to Enzo Cilenti about playing Childermass in Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell and his upcoming role in Jekyll and Hyde

Categories Television Tags Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Occult Leave a comment

Big Cat Sightings of North-West England

16 September 20235 July 2015 by Becky Keane
Big Cat Sightings of North West England

BECKY KEANE takes a look at mysterious big cat sightings in North West England

Categories Folklore Tags Lancashire, North-West England 1 Comment

Haunted Scottish Castles You Probably Don’t Know

26 July 202329 June 2015 by MJ Steel Collins
Scottish Castles Haunted

MJ STEEL COLLINS looks at some of the less-well known haunted Scottish castles

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

Haunting of the Ye Olde Man and Scythe Pub, Bolton

8 July 202529 June 2015 by Becky Keane
Ye Old Man and the Scythe

The Ye Olde Man and Scythe in Bolton, one of England’s oldest public houses, , has 53 ghosts, says BECKY KEANE

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings, Haunted Hotels and Pubs Tags Bolton, Greater Manchester, Haunted Pubs, North-West England 1 Comment

England’s 4 Most Haunted Army Barracks

12 October 202225 June 2015 by Becky Keane
Fulwood Barracks

BECKY KEANE gives us four of England’s Most Haunted Army Barracks….

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags England, Haunted Airfields Leave a comment

The Lost Will of Dr Rant (NBC, 1951) marks early MR James TV adaptation

3 December 202324 June 2015 by Barry McCann
Scene from The Lost Will of Dr Rant

BARRY McCANN discusses the early television production of an MR James ghost story, The Lost Will of Dr Rant (NBC, 1951)

Categories Television Tags M.R. James Leave a comment

Hull: Top 5 Haunted Places to Visit

4 August 202323 June 2015 by Mike Covell
Hull: Top 5 Haunted Places to Visit 4

Historian MIKE COVELL gives us his five haunted places to visit in Hull

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags East Yorkshire, Haunted Places to Visit in England, Hull, Yorkshire and the Humber 3 Comments

My Real Phantom of the Opera: The Apollo Victoria Theatre

4 August 202323 June 2015 by Nia Jones
My Real Phantom of the Opera: The Apollo Victoria Theatre 5

Ballerina JENNI CHADNEY tells us about her real-life Phantom of the Opera experience at the Apollo Victoria Theatre

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Haunted Theatres, London 3 Comments

The Last Man on Earth 1964: 15 things you didn’t know!

8 December 202119 June 2015 by Peter Fuller
Last Man on Earth with VIncent Price

PETER FULLER tells us some interesting facts about Vincent Price’s The Last Man on Earth (1964)

Categories Horror and Fantasy Films Tags American International Pictures (AIP), Horror Film Lists, Vincent Price Leave a comment

My Real Phantom of the Opera: The Cockpit Theatre London

4 August 202316 June 2015 by Guest Writer
My Real Phantom of the Opera: The Cockpit Theatre London 6

Lighting designer DOUGLAS KUHRT tells us about his real-life Phantom of the Opera experience at the Cockpit Theatre in London

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Haunted Theatres, London Leave a comment

Who Was The Real Witchfinder General, Matthew Hopkins?

26 July 202314 June 2015 by Barry McCann
Matthew Hopkins

BARRY McCANN goes behind the legend to discover the real Witchfinder General, Matthew Hopkins

Categories Dark History Tags American International Pictures (AIP), Vincent Price, Witchcraft, Witchfinder General 1968 Leave a comment

Remembering Christopher Lee’s Fireside Tales

4 August 202312 June 2015 by Ann Massey McElroy
Christopher Lee The Monkey Paw

ANN MASSEY tells us why Christopher Lee’s Fireside Tales was just one way the actor had such an impact on her love of all things spooky

Categories Television Tags BBC, Christopher Lee, Episode Guides and TV Retrospectives Leave a comment

11 Christopher Lee Facts You Never Knew!

4 August 202311 June 2015 by MJ Steel Collins
Christopher Lee facts

MJ STEEL COLLINS delves into Christopher Lee’s amazing life and churns up some of the amazing stories that made him a legend

Categories Horror and Fantasy Films Tags Christopher Lee, Horror Film Lists 1 Comment

Goodnight, Dark Prince: Sir Christopher Lee OBITUARY

25 July 202311 June 2015 by Richard Phillips-Jones
Christopher Lee obituary

Christopher Lee Obituary: RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES and other our writers bid a sad farewell to a true British cinema legend

Categories Horror and Fantasy Films Tags Christopher Lee, Obituaries 1 Comment

The Cutting Room 2015 REVIEW

10 March 20227 June 2015 by Simon Ball
The Cutting Room 2015

SIMON BALL reviews the better-than-average found footage horror The Cutting Room (2015)

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Dorothy, The Deadly Bannister Doll Of Preston

16 September 20236 June 2015 by Becky Keane
Dorothy, The Deadly Bannister Doll Of Preston 7

BECKY KEANE recounts the chilling tale of Dorothy the Deadly Bannister Doll of Preston

Categories Ghosts and Hauntings Tags Haunted Dolls, Lancashire, North-West England 3 Comments

Howard Jackson talks about Nightmares Ahead

19 December 20225 June 2015 by Spooky Isles
Nightmares Ahead

Spooky Isles talk s to Howard Jackson about his new horror anthology, Nightmares Ahead

Categories Literature Tags Vampires, Zombies Leave a comment
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