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Literature
Christabel: Coleridge’s Unfinished Vampire Poem
William Bove
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31 March 2025
Ghosts and Hauntings
Scarborough: 5 Haunted Places to Visit
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30 March 2025
Ghosts and Hauntings
Haunted Oxford Castle and Prison: Ghosts of 1000 Years
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28 March 2025
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Vine Folklore: Myths and Magic in the UK and Ireland
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22 March 2025
Barbara Steele: 10 Things You Didn’t Know
21 March 2025
Old Scarlett, Peterborough’s Spookiest Gravedigger
19 March 2025
I Am Monsters! Nicholas Vince Interview
17 March 2025
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Top 10 Ireland Haunted Bridges
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Ghosts and Hauntings
St Albans: 5 Haunted Places To Visit
Paul Adams
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31 October 2013
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PAUL ADAMS gives us the lowdown on 5 top haunted sites in St Albans
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The Bull Hotel, Sedbergh: My Ghost Experience
6 October 2023
Wycoller Hall’s Ghosts and Legends
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4 August 2023
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 1931 REVIEW
10 December 2022
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15 July 2023
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18 June 2023
The Snarling Mixes Laughs With Old School Horror
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Armchair Thriller (S2, originally untransmitted): The Chelsea Murders REVIEW
1 March 2025
Emily’s Room: Uncanny (S2, E4) TV REVIEW
1 March 2025
Thriller (S5, E5): Good Salary – Prospects – Free Coffin REVIEW
3 August 2023
Uncanny Case 2: The Bearpark Poltergeist TV REVIEW
24 October 2023
The Muckleburgh Collection, Most Haunted REVIEW
4 August 2023
Is Most Haunted Fake, Real Or Somewhere In Between?
4 August 2023
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Vine Folklore: Myths and Magic in the UK and Ireland
22 February 2025
The Blood Worm Moon, A Celestial Celebration
14 March 2025
St Piran: Who Was Cornwall’s Patron Saint?
5 March 2023
William of Newburgh’s Vampires and Ghosts of the Dark Ages
19 February 2023
Strange Prophecies of Scotland’s Brahan Seer
7 August 2023
Navan Fort, County Armagh: 7 Supernatural Reasons to Visit!
19 February 2023
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Buried Alive: The Chilling Tale of Margorie McCall
8 February 2025
Old Scarlett, Peterborough’s Spookiest Gravedigger
2 February 2025
Blackbeard: The Ghostly Legend of Bristol’s Most Infamous Pirate
11 November 2024
Jemmy Whitehat: Witch Doctor of Heywood
1 November 2024
The Warning of the ‘Chewing Gum’ Grave
29 October 2024
Hatchet Inn: Blackbeard and Ghosts in Bristol’s Oldest Pub
11 November 2024
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Christabel: Coleridge’s Unfinished Vampire Poem
9 March 2025
The Magician: W. Somerset Maugham’s Lost Horror Classic
18 January 2025
10 Mary Shelley Essential Facts You Need To Know
28 August 2024
John Polidori: Genesis of The Vampyre and the Byronic Hero
8 December 2021
Turn The Tides Gently by Matt Wingett
28 December 2020
Frankenstein Galvanized BOOK REVIEW
15 July 2023
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Dracula
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Paranormal: The Village That Saw Aliens TV REVIEW
8 July 2024
The Bizarre Legend of St Catherine’s Island
19 April 2024
The Curious Tale Of The A70 UFO Incident
18 June 2023
Alan Godfrey and the Yorkshire Alien Abduction
4 August 2023
The Rendlesham UFO Coverup: What Really Happened?
4 August 2023
Ralph Noyes: An Authentic MoD Voice Amid UFO Controversies
28 November 2023
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The Beast of Bodmin Moor: Myth or a Very Big Cat?
10 November 2024
Morgawr: Cornwall’s Legendary Sea Serpent
15 November 2024
Cleadon, A Village Of Ghosts And Monstrous Beasts
4 August 2023
What Is The Monstrous Big Grey Man Of Ben Mac Dhui?
7 August 2023
Black Dogs and Other Terrifying Warnings of Death
19 February 2023
Does The Loch Ness Monster Exist? Making The Case For Nessie!
7 August 2023
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MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA >
The Shadow Man Who Stalks Us
9 March 2025
Curse of Alloa Tower: The Erskine Family’s Lament
5 January 2025
Charles Jevington’s Mysterious Journey to the Stars
4 August 2023
Mysterious Overtoun Bridge Where Scottish Dogs Go To Die
4 February 2025
Pype Hayes Park Murder Coincidences Mystify Experts
4 August 2023
Curse of Alloa Tower: The Erskine Family’s Lament
5 January 2025
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Mr Fox’s “Mendle”, a song inspired by Pendle Witch Trials
Dom Cooper
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20 May 2012
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DOM COOPER looks Mr Fox's "Mendle" - a track inspired by the Pendle Witch Trials of 1612
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Clophill Church: A Guide to Hauntings and Myths
3 October 2012
The Christmas ‘Werewolf’
12 October 2014
Growing Pains: Hammer House of Horror (Ep.4)
11 March 2013
Son of Dracula 1943 REVIEW
6 December 2020
5 Things You Should Never Do On A Halloween Ghost Hunt
25 September 2017
Thriller (S5, E5): Good Salary – Prospects – Free Coffin REVIEW
10 July 2021
The Goodies Go Gothic! Cecily Episode REVIEW
2 June 2014
Rochdale’s Curious Deaths and Superstitions
11 August 2024
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The Trap Door Still Captures The Imagination
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Horror and Fantasy Films
Top 5 British Werewolf Films Of All Time
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The Ghost of PC Tom Lamb
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Ghosts and Hauntings
Ghosts of Kilbeggan Whiskey Distillery
Ann Massey McElroy
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11 September 2023
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Ghosts and Giggles: Spooky Episodes in British Sitcoms
Eddie Brazil
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Lifeforce 1985 REVIEW
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Countess Ilona, Supernatural 1977 (Ep2)
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The Magician 1926 REVIEW
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Rutherglen Poltergeist Case: When the Paranormal Met The Police
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Leith Hall, Most Haunted (S3, E4) REVIEW
Joanna Hague
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13 October 2023
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Paranormal Research
Hull’s Lost Spirit Photography
Mike Covell
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22 October 2023
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Ghosts and Hauntings
Durham Dales: 5 Haunted Places to Visit
Gayle Fidler
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24 September 2023
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10 Mandrake Roots Facts: Mysticism, Magic and Death
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Devil’s Playground 2010 REVIEW
Simon Ball
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10 March 2016
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SIMON BALL reviews Devil's Playground 2010
Golden Fleece York, the perfect haunted English pub
5 October 2018
Ceredigion’s Spookiest Folklore And Legends
10 January 2024
The Strange Liverpool Pyramid of William McKenzie
5 June 2012
The Dark Side of Magic: Witches and the Sidhe
22 December 2015
J.N. Maskelyne, The Victorian Magician Who Took On The Fake Spiritualists
12 October 2017
Electrickety! 10 Catweazle Facts You Didn’t Know
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Duntrune Castle: Domain Of The Phantom Piper
13 January 2024
Mary Denny CAPRA Paranormal Investigator Interview
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27 August 2013
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JON KANEKO-JAMES reviews two-and-a-half star horror flick, Witchcraft 1964 with Lon Chaney Junior
A Christmas Carol 1999 REVIEW
24 December 2023
Cockneys vs Zombies 2012 REVIEW
7 September 2012
The Blood Beast Terror 1968 REVIEW
2 October 2013
Twins of Evil 1971 REVIEW
22 June 2012
Theatre of Blood 1973 REVIEW
11 June 2012
Hellraiser 1987 REVIEW
11 September 2012
Audrey Rose 1977 REVIEW
17 January 2022
Cat Girl 1957 REVIEW
28 December 2014
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St Piran: Who Was Cornwall’s Patron Saint?
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How to Use the Witch’s Rosary
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Repulsion 1965 REVIEW
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The Cursed Name of Black Jack Adair
Winslow’s Bell Hotel Ghost Doesn’t Know She’s Dead
5 Deadly Welsh Curses That Could Destroy Your Life
Grace O’Malley, the Pirate Queen of Ireland
Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace RETROSPECTIVE
Shropshire’s Spooky Tale of Two Nells
Neglected Monsters, or Why Frankenstein was a Terrible Father
An American Werewolf in London 1981 REVIEW
Ghosts BBC: A Top 10 Episode Countdown
The Tell-Tale Heart 1953 REVIEW
The Guildhall Leicester, Most Haunted (S4, E10) REVIEW
Elementary TV REVIEW
Greenock: 5 Haunted Places to Visit
Haunting of Blue Jimmy, West Dorset’s Gentleman Thief
Should You Use Spiritual Protection During Ghosthunting?
Isobel Gowdie, Witch of Auldearn
Birkdale’s Palace Hotel with the Haunted Lift
Newcastle Ghost Tour: Create Your Own Itinerary
10 Rat Superstitions and Folklore You Didn’t Know
7 Creepiest Female Characters In British Horror Film History
Paisley: 5 Haunted Places to Visit
Eden Lake 2008 REVIEW
How I Started Hunting Ghosts And UFOs: Dr Robert Young
Stuart McIntosh, Paranormal Explorers UK Interview
The Cutting Room 2015 REVIEW
10 Ghost Hunting Equipment You’ll Want To Check Out
Real-life Christmas Ghost Stories That Will Make You Shudder
Prestbury Village: A Guide to Ghosts and Hauntings
What is Dead Man's Hole in London?
Derby: 5 Haunted Places to Visit
Citrine: Harness the Energy of Joy and Abundance
The Vampire Bat 1933 REVIEW
Was The Cheltenham Poltergeist The Real ‘Woman In Black’?
The Silent Pool’s Legacy of Medieval Surrey Murder
Baby Farmers: Women Who Killed Infants For Cash
Who was Vlad the Impaler, the warlord who inspired Dracula?
Why TV’s Sherlock has lost the plot
Cooking With Ghosts: Meet Ally Reid, Scotland’s Haunted Chef
7 Famous Van Helsing Actors (Who Weren’t Peter Cushing)
ZX Spectrum’s 5 Creepiest 1980s Computer Games
Clonony Castle, Tudor Castle of Ghostly Proportions
Where Have Alien Big Cat Been Spotted In Wales?
Tarry-Dan Tarry-Dan Scarey Old Spooky Man 1978 REVIEW
Danny Moss and The Haunted Hunts Interview VIDEO
Llancaiach Fawr Manor: Most Haunted REVIEW
The Brides of Fu Manchu 1966 REVIEW
Doctor Faustus and Demonic Pacts: When Demonology was taught as Science…
Poltergeists Terrorise Armley Mills, Leeds
More to Haunted Enfield than the Poltergeist
5 Things Paranormal Investigators Do That Waste Time
Derbyshire’s Ghostly Choir and Sermon for the Dead
Devil’s Playground 2010 REVIEW
The Restless Ghosts of Leith, Scotland
Redding Weddy: Ghosts BBC (S2, E3) REVIEW
Top 10 British Composers Who Wrote Spooky Music for Horror Films...
Gone Gone: Ghosts BBC (S4, E4) REVIEW
39 De Grey Street, Hull’s Haunted House Of Horrors
The Maggie Wall Witchcraft Monument, Dunning
Haunting Beauty of Highgate Cemetery
Poltergeist Easter Bunny Terrifies Ouija Board Group
Why is Friday the 13th considered unlucky?
Conan Doyle and the Mysterious World of Light REVIEW
Trip To The Local Horror Cinema, Circa 1970
Would watching London after Midnight be a let down?
7 Fun(gus) Facts about Mushroom Superstitions and Customs
Rosemary Timperley, The Greatest Horror Writer You’ve Never Heard Of
The Lifted Veil by George Eliot – a few thoughts
Premature Burials in England
Psychoville Halloween Special: You’d Be Foolish To Miss It
What is haunted Chingle Hall’s darkest secret?
Hammer Frankenstein films, ranked from best to worst
John Christie: The 10 Rillington Place Murders
Top 10 Best Boris Karloff Films
A Morbid Curiosity: The Art of M.R. James
The Revenge of Frankenstein 1958 REVIEW
Dale Kaczmarek Paranormal Investigator INTERVIEW
Brocket Arms, a perfect place to experience the paranormal
George Mackenzie, The Evil Behind Greyfriar’s Poltergeist
The Bones of St Nicholas, Inside No 9 Christmas Special 2022...
Exploring The Devil Rides Out Film Versus Book
Christmas Spirits 1981 TV REVIEW, rewarding yuletide fare from ITV
Dorothy, The Deadly Bannister Doll Of Preston
10 West Midlands Police Encounters With The Paranormal
The Horror of Predestination
Lumphanan: Murder and Ghosts in Aberdeenshire
10 Spooky Facts About St George’s Day
Clapham Wood: Haunted or Hoax?
The Lives of Three Curious Cunning Folk
The Ghost of Lincolnshire’s Dickie Rainsforth
Thriller (S2, E3): Kiss Me And Die REVIEW
Haunted St Andrews, the home of ghosts … not just golf!
Dracula by Bram Stoker: Thoughts on Chapter 11
5 Ghosts That Haunt Christchurch Greyfriars, London
The Uncanny 1977 REVIEW
Undead Underneath BOOK REVIEW
Ghostly British Olympians: Strange tales from Sport
Haunted Wicklow Gaol Paranormal Lockdown
Bristol: 5 Haunted Places To Visit
5 Most Violent Scottish Poltergeists
A Ghost Guide to Norwich Castle’s Dark and Haunted Past
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