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Dacre Stoker on Why Dracula is the Ultimate Halloween Story

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21 August 2025

From Hell 2001 REVIEW

David Saunderson

21 August 2025

Ghosts and Hauntings

Ghostly Whispers at Leeds’ Abbey House Museum

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Reculver Towers: Kent’s Haunted Ruins by the Sea

Reculver Towers: Kent’s Haunted Ruins by the Sea

18 August 2025

Paranormal Scratches Are Rarer Than You Think

Paranormal Scratches Are Rarer Than You Think

17 August 2025

St Edmund Arrowsmith: Lancashire’s Martyr, Miracle Worker and Mystery

St Edmund Arrowsmith: Lancashire’s Martyr, Miracle Worker and Mystery

16 August 2025

Was Manchester’s Castlefield House Poltergeist Fake?

Was Manchester’s Castlefield House Poltergeist Fake?

13 August 2025

St Werburgh: The Goose-Taming Saint of Chester

St Werburgh: The Goose-Taming Saint of Chester

13 August 2025

7 Cardiff Poltergeist Cases That Defy Logic

7 Cardiff Poltergeist Cases That Defy Logic

9 August 2025

Stig of the Dump: The Kent Legend Behind a Two-Million-Selling Classic

Stig of the Dump: The Kent Legend Behind a Two-Million-Selling Classic

9 August 2025

Ghostly Gatherings: One Home County Haunting at a Time

Ghostly Gatherings: One Home County Haunting at a Time

8 August 2025

ghosts & hauntings

Ghosts and Hauntings

Newquay’s Scariest Haunted Places to Visit

4 October 2020

These are some of the best places to see a ghost in the town of Newquay, Cornwall.

Reculver Towers: Kent’s Haunted Ruins by the Sea

Reculver Towers: Kent’s Haunted Ruins by the Sea

18 August 2025

Was Manchester’s Castlefield House Poltergeist Fake?

Was Manchester’s Castlefield House Poltergeist Fake?

13 August 2025

7 Cardiff Poltergeist Cases That Defy Logic

7 Cardiff Poltergeist Cases That Defy Logic

9 August 2025

Owlpen Manor, A Haunted Tudor Retreat

Owlpen Manor, A Haunted Tudor Retreat

8 August 2025

more ghosts & hauntings

Haunted Castles

Haunted pubs

Haunted hotels

horror & fantasy films

Frankenstein’s Fillies: A Whole Bunch of Elizabeths

Frankenstein’s Fillies: A Whole Bunch of Elizabeths

19 June 2013

Bridget Cleary, Waking the Witch film director interview

Bridget Cleary, Waking the Witch film director interview

14 June 2014

Scrooge 1935 Full Movie VIDEO

Scrooge 1935 Full Movie VIDEO

24 December 2012

The Survivor 1981 REVIEW

The Survivor 1981 REVIEW

18 October 2017

An American Christmas Carol 1979 REVIEW

An American Christmas Carol 1979 REVIEW

12 December 2024

The Vampire Lovers 1970 REVIEW

The Vampire Lovers 1970 REVIEW

20 June 2012

more horror & fantasy films

television

Sapphire & Steel – Assignment I: Escape Through A Crack In Time 1979 REVIEW

Sapphire & Steel – Assignment I: Escape Through A Crack In Time 1979 REVIEW

14 May 2025

Why the UK Version of Ghosts Still Haunts Us – And the US One Doesn’t

Why the UK Version of Ghosts Still Haunts Us – And the US One Doesn’t

11 April 2025

Dr Terrible’s House of Horrible: A Wicked Homage to Classic British Horror

Dr Terrible’s House of Horrible: A Wicked Homage to Classic British Horror

9 April 2025

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

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

1 March 2025

Emily’s Room: Uncanny (S2, E4) TV REVIEW

Emily’s Room: Uncanny (S2, E4) TV REVIEW

1 March 2025

Ace of Wands: Forgotten Cult Classic That Refuses To Die

Ace of Wands: Forgotten Cult Classic That Refuses To Die

23 February 2025

more television

ghost hunting

paranormal reality tv

esoteric arts

FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION

St Werburgh: The Goose-Taming Saint of Chester

St Werburgh: The Goose-Taming Saint of Chester

13 August 2025

Bucca: The Sea Spirit of Cornwall

Bucca: The Sea Spirit of Cornwall

21 July 2025

Tiddy Mun: The Bog Spirit of Lincolnshire

Tiddy Mun: The Bog Spirit of Lincolnshire

7 July 2025

Ring of Brodgar: Orkney’s Ancient Circle of Mystery

Ring of Brodgar: Orkney’s Ancient Circle of Mystery

31 May 2025

9 Fascinating Facts About Elm Superstitions in the UK and Ireland

9 Fascinating Facts About Elm Superstitions in the UK and Ireland

21 May 2025

Whispering Mysteries of the Rollright Stones

Whispering Mysteries of the Rollright Stones

9 May 2025

more folklore and superstition

Dark history

St Edmund Arrowsmith: Lancashire’s Martyr, Miracle Worker and Mystery

St Edmund Arrowsmith: Lancashire’s Martyr, Miracle Worker and Mystery

16 August 2025

Mary Bateman: The Dark Deeds Of A Yorkshire Witch

Mary Bateman: The Dark Deeds Of A Yorkshire Witch

5 August 2025

10 Grisly Victorian Murders That Weren’t Jack the Ripper

10 Grisly Victorian Murders That Weren’t Jack the Ripper

20 June 2025

Murder and Dripping Fat: Kate Webster Horrors

Murder and Dripping Fat: Kate Webster Horrors

7 June 2025

Tales from the Necropolis, Liverpool Ghost Tour REVIEW

Tales from the Necropolis, Liverpool Ghost Tour REVIEW

23 May 2025

St Mary’s at Lambeth: Grimoires, Graves and Curiosities

St Mary’s at Lambeth: Grimoires, Graves and Curiosities

23 May 2025

more dark history

Literature

Dacre Stoker on Why Dracula is the Ultimate Halloween Story

Dacre Stoker on Why Dracula is the Ultimate Halloween Story

21 August 2025

Stig of the Dump: The Kent Legend Behind a Two-Million-Selling Classic

Stig of the Dump: The Kent Legend Behind a Two-Million-Selling Classic

9 August 2025

The Monster Within: Duality in Classic Horror’s Greatest Stories

The Monster Within: Duality in Classic Horror’s Greatest Stories

30 July 2025

La Belle Dame Sans Merci: John Keats’ Haunting Romance

La Belle Dame Sans Merci: John Keats’ Haunting Romance

29 June 2025

William Blake’s The Sick Rose Casts Dread and Bloom

William Blake’s The Sick Rose Casts Dread and Bloom

25 June 2025

The Count Speaks: Inside The Lost Diaries of Dracula

The Count Speaks: Inside The Lost Diaries of Dracula

26 May 2025

more literature

dracula

Frankenstein

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde

UFOS & ALIENS

Paranormal: The Village That Saw Aliens TV REVIEW

Paranormal: The Village That Saw Aliens TV REVIEW

8 July 2024

The Bizarre Legend of St Catherine’s Island

The Bizarre Legend of St Catherine’s Island

19 April 2024

How I Started Hunting Ghosts And UFOs: Dr Robert Young

How I Started Hunting Ghosts And UFOs: Dr Robert Young

3 January 2024

Ralph Noyes: An Authentic MoD Voice Amid UFO Controversies

Ralph Noyes: An Authentic MoD Voice Amid UFO Controversies

29 November 2023

Phantoms In The Night Or ETs? BOOK REVIEW

Phantoms In The Night Or ETs? BOOK REVIEW

17 November 2023

Europe’s Roswell: 40 Years Since Impact BOOK REVIEW

Europe’s Roswell: 40 Years Since Impact BOOK REVIEW

11 November 2023

more UFOs & aliens

CRYPTOZOOLOGY

The Beast of Bodmin Moor: Myth or a Very Big Cat?

The Beast of Bodmin Moor: Myth or a Very Big Cat?

17 January 2025

Morgawr: Cornwall’s Legendary Sea Serpent

Morgawr: Cornwall’s Legendary Sea Serpent

15 November 2024

Mystery Animals of The Lothians

Mystery Animals of The Lothians

4 June 2024

Loch Ness They Created a Monster TV REVIEW

Loch Ness They Created a Monster TV REVIEW

1 January 2024

Alien Big Cat Sightings Claw Through Kent

Alien Big Cat Sightings Claw Through Kent

12 November 2023

In Search of Gef The Talking Mongoose

In Search of Gef The Talking Mongoose

18 September 2023

more cryptozoology

MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA

Deathbed Visions: A Glimpse Beyond the Veil?

Deathbed Visions: A Glimpse Beyond the Veil?

21 April 2025

The Shadow Man Who Stalks Us

The Shadow Man Who Stalks Us

10 March 2025

Curse of Alloa Tower: The Erskine Family’s Lament

Curse of Alloa Tower: The Erskine Family’s Lament

21 February 2025

Chilling Messages: My Haunting Encounter with the Unseen

Chilling Messages: My Haunting Encounter with the Unseen

9 September 2024

Chasing Nightmares: The Horror of Sleep Paralysis

Chasing Nightmares: The Horror of Sleep Paralysis

26 March 2024

The Crisis Apparition of John Bonnell

The Crisis Apparition of John Bonnell

21 November 2023

more mysterious phenomena

EDITOR’S PICKS

Horror and Fantasy Films

Boris Karloff London Location Guide

2 February 2012

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004 REVIEW

Sarah Blair-Dickinson

14 May 2014

The Skull 1965 REVIEW

Selene Paxton-Brooks

30 October 2013

Paranormal Research

Belfast ghost stories that will make you cry

13 November 2013

Thriller (S1, E1): Lady Killer REVIEW

Richard Phillips-Jones

4 December 2016

Ghosts and Hauntings

Brentwood, Essex: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

30 September 2024

Dr Who: 10 Things You Might Not Know About The Daemons

1 March 2018

Mysterious Creatures

Tiddy Mun: The Bog Spirit of Lincolnshire

7 July 2025

Ghosts and Hauntings

County Antrim: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Janet Quinlivan

3 April 2016

Taste the Blood of Dracula 1970 REVIEW

23 October 2013

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