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Is This A Photograph Of Fort William’s Ghost?

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FRANCES ABBOT tells us how a French couple may have snapped a photograph of a Scottish spectre at Fort William!
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Cryptozoology

Did Elliott O’Donnell Meet Bigfoot?

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Elliott O'Donnell claimed to have witnessed many strange things during his lifetime, but did he see a Bigfoot? Guest writer ROB MILNE looks into the mystery
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Spooky Isles, with the help of its editors, writers and horror expert/enthusiasts, has crafted a chilling list of the top 50 British horror films, showcasing decades of eerie cinematic masterpieces
Horror and Fantasy Films

Top 50 British Horror Films Of All Time

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Poppy The Ghost Hunter of Dunster
Literature

Poppy The Ghost Hunter of Dunster Brings Haunted Tales to Life

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Music Legends
Music

How Supernatural Influences UK Music Pop Legends

Les Hewitt - 2
Double Vision
Film Reviews

Double Vision 1992 REVIEW

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London Bridge
Dark History

Keeper of the Heads: London Bridge’s Grim Custodian

Richard Clements - 2
St Johns Bridge Kilkenny
Ghosts and Hauntings

Top 10 Ireland Haunted Bridges

Ann Massey McElroy - 0
Ian Backhouse
Literature

From Fire Arms Officer to Paranormal Author: Ian Backhouse INTERVIEW

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Temple Newsam
Ghosts and Hauntings

Temple Newsam: Yorkshire’s Most Haunted House

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Hauntings by Neil Oliver
Ghosts and Hauntings

Hauntings: A Book of Ghosts by Neil Oliver BOOK REVIEW

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Charles Laughton Horror Films
Horror and Fantasy Films

Charles Laughton’s 7 Best Horror Films

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Dale Kaczmarek Spooky Isles
Paranormal Research

Dale Kaczmarek Paranormal Investigator INTERVIEW

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Curse of the Baskervilles
Ghosts and Hauntings

The Baskerville Curse: Typography, Ghosts and Sherlock Holmes

Andrew Homer - 0
Nina Dodds Interview about Dunster
Ghosts and Hauntings

Mysteries of Dunster: Interview with Nina Dodd

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London has lots of ghost monks haunting its churches...
Ghosts and Hauntings

10 Ghost Monks Of London And Where To Find Them

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A scene from When Evil Came To Rochdale, a documentary on Channel 5
Television

When Evil Came To Rochdale TV REVIEW

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Old Crockern, Guardian Spirit of Dartmoor

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Beware the power of Old Crockern, the Guardian Spirit of Dartmoor, who embodies the soul of the rugged and wild English landscape, write HELEN JR BRUCE
Smithills Hall

Ghosts Of Smithills Hall, Greater Manchester

Barrhead, Scotland

My Ghost Experience: "Stop That, Lille!"

Welcome 15

The Fall Of The House Of Usher 1949 REVIEW

Haunted-Realms-of-Surrey-Hampshire

The Haunted Realms Of Surrey And Hampshire: John S Tantalon INTERVIEW

The Ghost Hunter Chronicles by Yvette Fielding

Yvette Fielding Raises Spirits With Ghost Hunter Chronicles Books

Rhossili Old Rectory

The Old Haunted Rectory of Rhossilli, Wales

Coombe Abbey Hotel

Phantoms Haunt The Cursed Coombe Abbey Hotel, Coventry

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Burke and Hare 2010 REVIEW

PARANORMAL

DARK HISTORY

HORROR FILMS

FILM REVIEWS >

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Dracula AD 1972 REVIEW

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Dracula AD 1972 is an iconic film - but is it any good? DAVID SAUNDERSON takes his first look at the film...
Tower of Evil

Tower of Evil 1972 REVIEW

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Nosferatu the Vampyre 1979 REVIEW

The Man Who Could Cheat Death 1959

The Man Who Could Cheat Death 1959 REVIEW

Welcome 21

Dead of Night 1945 REVIEW

Welcome 22

Doomwatch 1972 REVIEW

Welcome 23

The Amazing Mr Blunden 1972 BLU-RAY REVIEW

Lifeforce 1985

Lifeforce 1985 REVIEW

X-Rays

The X-Rays 1897 VIDEO

FOLKLORE

ESOTERIC ARTS

HORROR FILMS

High-Wycombe-UFO

High Wycombe UFO: The Tale of William Robert Loosley

Tooting

Spirits of Tooting: Ghostly Encounters in South London

Pamela Franklin under threat in the Thriller episode, Screamer (1975)

Thriller (S4, E1): Screamer REVIEW

Welcome 24

Danny Robins talks Battersea Poltergeist & 2:22 A Ghost Story VIDEO

Borley Rectory Letters of Marianne Foyster

Borley Rectory Made My Life ‘A Living Hell’: Marianne Foyster

King James IV of Scotland

10 Weird Things about King James IV of Scotland

Torquay Museum

Haunted Torquay Museum, a treasury of ghosts

Welcome 25

The South Shields Poltergeist, 15 Years On

Charles Byrne, the Irish Giant

Strange Case Of The Scottish Surgeon And The Irish Giant

Welcome 26

The Church Grim: Guide or Ghoul?

Most Haunted - Mary King's Close

Craig y Nos, Most Haunted REVIEW

Welcome 27

Who was Jack the Ripper?

Welcome 28

5 Haunted Mills in Lancashire You Wouldn’t Dare Visit

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Jekyll and Hyde The Musical with The Hoff

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Newquay’s Scariest Haunted Places to Visit

Haunted Airfields

Six Haunted Airfields in England

Great Fire of Southwark 1212

London’s Forgotten Inferno: Great Fire of Southwark in 1212

Welcome 31

Shadows (S2, E5): Peronik REVIEW

Welcome 32

Scrooge 1913 aka Old Scrooge REVIEW & FULL VIDEO

Welcome 33

5 Dracula Films You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

Bella in the Wych Elm

Bella in the Wych Elm: New film unravels darkness and mystery

Meggernie Castle

A Ghost of Two Halves

Daughter of the Dragon

Daughter of the Dragon 1931 REVIEW

Warren Coates, the founder of Northern Ireland Paranormal Research Association, talks to JOHN AMBROSE MARTIN about his many spooky adventures...

Warren Coates, Northern Ireland Paranormal Research Association

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Top 10 Creepy Kids in British Horror

Hellraiser 1987 facts

The Hellraiser Marathon: It’ll Tear Your Soul Apart

Haunted Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough: 5 Haunted Places To Visit

Most Haunted - Mary King's Close

Levens Hall, Most Haunted REVIEW

Welcome 35

Armchair Thriller (S2, originally untransmitted): The Chelsea Murders REVIEW

Welcome 36

Discover Easter’s Pagan Roots: The Story of Eostre

Illustrated Tales of Wiltshire

Illustrated Tales of Wiltshire: Eddy Greenfield Author Interview

Welcome 37

5 Most Terrifying Irish Poltergeist Hauntings

Pauline Quirk in Beasts: Special Offer

Special Offer: Beasts REVIEW

The Orford Wild Man

The Orford Wild Man: Fact or Folklore?

Welcome 38

The Two Faces of Evil: Hammer House of Horror (Ep.12)

Welcome 39

Meet Arthur Machen, Wales’ Unsung Hero of Horror

Russell Hunter (as Mr. Stabs) and Kenneth Caswell (as Luko) in Sahdows: Dutch Schlitz's Shoes (1975)

Shadows (S1, E6) Dutch Schlitz’s Shoes REVIEW

Robin Redbreast 1970

Robin Redbreast 1970 TV REVIEW

Nightmare on One Sheet: Graham Humphreys

Nightmare on One Sheet: Graham Humphreys VIDEO

Welcome 40

Ghost Hunting Equipment Back to Basics with Andrew Homer

Avebury Red Lion Pub in Wiltshire

Is the Avebury Red Lion Pub, the Most Haunted Pub Ever?

Welcome 41

Dudley: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Flaherty Sisters

Blackpool’s Horrible Flaherty Sisters and Their Trail of Blood!

Roger Daltrey and Katharine Ross in The Legacy 1978.

The Legacy 1978 REVIEW

The Vulture 1967

The Vulture 1967 REVIEW

Co-operating with Fairies

The Art of Co-Operating With Fairies

Welcome 42

17 Most Haunted Northern Ireland Castles

Welcome 43

Witch of Saratoga, Northampton’s Forgotten Magickal Emigrant

Christmas Carole 2022

Christmas Carole 2022 TV REVIEW

Marcus (Tony Curran) in Underworld Evolution

Underworld Evolution 2006 REVIEW

Robert Hardy as Dr Haynes in The Stalls of Barchester

The Stalls of Barchester 1971 REVIEW

Welcome 44

Edinburgh: Top 30 Haunted Places to Visit

Welcome 45

Should Paranormal Investigators Tell Ghosts They’re Dead?

MR James birthday

The Ghosts Of M.R. James: A Guide To Curious Phantoms

You Are Not My Mother

You Are Not My Mother 2021 REVIEW

Doghouse 2009

Doghouse 2009 REVIEW

Paranoiac 1965

Paranoiac 1963 REVIEW

Count Duckula

Count Duckula Quacks Us Up

Most Haunted - Mary King's Close

The Ostrich Inn Most Haunted REVIEW

Welcome 46

Tracey Everett, Paranormal Investigator Q&A

Bram Stoker

7 Irish Horror Authors You Must Read

Richard Case and Gef The Talking Mongoose

Richard Case: How I’d Solve The Talking Mongoose Mystery

Beaghmore Stone Circles

Beaghmore Stone Circles: 7 Reasons to Visit

Welcome 47

From Sirens to Nymphs: A Short History of Mermaids

Bram Stoker Dracula

The Road to Transylvania Begins Here

Murders in the Zoo

Murders In The Zoo 1933 REVIEW

Welcome 48

New Slains Castle, The Real Dracula Castle?

Bram Stoker and the Legend of the Bisley Boy

Bram Stoker And The Legend Of The Bisley Boy

Reg Presley

The Night Reg Presley Told Me About Crop Circles And Alien...

Julian (Simon Farnaby) and Fanny (Martha Howe-Douglas) in a scene from the Ghosts BBC episode of Home.

Home: Ghosts BBC (S5, E2) EPISODE REVIEW

Garnet

Garnet: Unleash Power of Emotional Healing

Mari Lwyd Horse Skull

Mari Lwyd: How the Welsh celebrate Christmas with Horse Skull

William Blake

William Blake Locations You Can Visit in London

Welcome 49

Chester: 5 Haunted Places To Visit

Welcome 50

5 Strange Victorian Deaths That’ll Make You Laugh and Cry

Welcome 51

Maids Head Hotel, Norwich’s most haunted

The Witches 1966

The Witches 1966 REVIEW

Scene from Jack the Ripper 1959

Jack the Ripper 1959 REVIEW

Percy Shelley

Chilling Beauty of Percy Shelley’s The Cold Earth Slept Below

Black Shuck

Where to Visit Black Shuck Sightings in East Anglia

Mystic Meg

Mystic Meg, UK’s Most Famous Astrologer dies, aged 80

Lochmaben Castle Vampire

Legend Of The Lochmaben Castle Vampire

Welcome 52

Son of Dracula 1974 REVIEW

16 Waterdales Northfleet

Did An Evil Poltergeist Force 3 Families To Flee A Northfleet...

haunted south london trains

Haunted South London Train Stations

Ozzy Osbourne Bark at the Moon

The Horror of Ozzy Osbourne

Halloween Postcard

5 Scottish Haunted Places To Visit On Halloween

Welcome 53

10 Ireland Horror Film Connections You Didn’t Know

Welcome 54

Bedford: 5 Haunted Places To Visit

The haunted George Hotel is the ideal hotel to stay when exploring the royal county of Berkshire.

George Hotel Pangbourne, cursed by an vengeful witch!

Ghost Hunting in the Black Country and Beyond with Andrew Homer

Ghost Hunting in the Black Country and Beyond

Judy Matheson in Twins of Evil (1971)

Hammer's Judy Matheson Counts Down Her Horror Film Favourites

Welcome 55

Lewisham train cries haunt spooky South London bridge

Turnip Jack o'Lantern

How To Make An Authentic Turnip Jack o’Lantern for Halloween

Welcome 56

Cursing Stones, the Mysterious Altar for Revenge in Ireland

Little Penny Dreadfuls

Little Penny Dreadfuls, 99 reasons why it’s great

Nina Dodds Interview about Dunster

Mysteries of Dunster: Interview with Nina Dodd

Colin Clive welcomes the Monster into the world in Frankenstein (1931)

One Man Crazy: The Life and Death of Colin Clive REVIEW

Scottish serial killers

8 Scottish serial killers who shocked the world

Welcome 57

Camberwell’s Machete-Wielding, Pram-Pushing Ghost

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