Monthly Archives: December 2011
Girvan Old Street Burial Ground: Are ghosts of your family scarier?
ARE the ghosts of your ancestors spookier than those of strangers? I visit Girvan Old Street Burial Ground to find out!
Ghosts at Christmas BOOK REVIEW
There is an inordinate amount of spookiness at Christmastime. DAVID SAUNDERSON reviews Darren W. Ritson's Ghosts at Christmas.
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2007 REVIEW
Blood flows thick and bright red in Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2007
The Curse of Frankenstein 1957 REVIEW
Unlike Colin Clive’s sappy scientist in Frankenstein (1931), Peter Cushing revels in lust, cruelty and murder in The Curse of Frankenstein 1957
Nottingham Ghost Tour, A Visit To Rosie’s Playhouse
EXITING the cellar of the Ye Old Salutation Inn was the most chilling part of the Nottingham Ghost Tour.
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire 1952 REVIEW
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire would be long forgotten had it not been for Bela Lugosi's appearance in this lacklustre British comedy.
Grenadier Pub London and its Ghostly Gambler
The Grenadier pub London is one of the world's most haunted places. Discover the haunting tale of its ghostly gambler
6 Surprising Christmas Carol TV Specials
Charles Dickens could never have imagined how many adaptations A Christmas Carol would have spawned!
Dracula 1958 REVIEW
The memories of watching Dracula 1958 aka Horror of Dracula 1958 are still with me, says DAVID SAUNDERSON
Turn The Tides Gently by Matt Wingett
TURN the Tides Gently, from writer Matt Wingett, explores subjects like psychiatric health, time travel and mermaids.
Helen Duncan, The Fate of Britain’s Last Jailed Witch
Helen Duncan (1897-1956) was the last person to be imprisoned under the British Witchcraft Act 1735. We looked at how this happened...
Was Sawney Bean Fact Or Fiction?
Was Sawney Bean the Scottish cannibal real or just folklore? DAVID SAUNDERSON takes at look...
Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem Pub, A Ghost Walk Back In...
Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem in Nottingham purports to England's oldest inn and one of its most haunted!