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Who is the Little Girl Ghost of Chester’s Queen Hotel?
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13 July 2026
Halloween is coming!
Why FEAR at Avon Valley leads the UK scare scene
2 November 2025
FEAR at Avon Valley delivers the UK’s most consistently thrilling and immersive Halloween event, balancing theatre-quality storytelling with a genuine festival atmosphere, writes PM BUCHAN
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Jack O’Lantern: 13 Things You Didn’t Know
7 October 2018
Halloween Poems to Read by Candlelight 2025
4 October 2025
Spooky Isles Halloween Radio Show 2021
26 October 2021
ghosts & hauntings
William Terriss’ Ghostly Encores In Haunted London
14 June 2017
Owlpen Manor, A Haunted Tudor Retreat
8 August 2025
Did a Boggart or Headless Lady cause traffic accident?
11 November 2016
Norwich’s Top 5 Haunted Places to Visit
13 February 2013
horror & fantasy films
10 Mum and Dad 2008 facts you didn’t know!
29 May 2017
Goodnight, Dark Prince: Sir Christopher Lee OBITUARY
11 June 2015
29 June 2014
The Monster Hunters Keep London Safe
17 May 2012
22 March 2015
27 May 2022
television
Shadow Man: Uncanny (S2, E3) TV REVIEW
21 February 2025
23 September 2024
Shadows (S3, E1): Eleven O’Clock REVIEW
20 May 2023
I Love Lucy: Ghosts BBC (S3, E4) REVIEW
6 November 2024
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
Vampire of Croglin Grange: A Paranormal Guide
22 June 2014
Bucca: The Sea Spirit of Cornwall
21 July 2025
The Lantern Men: Norfolk Broads’ Haunting Lights
11 March 2025
The Wrekin Giant Who Hated The People Of Shrewsbury
10 January 2017
Dark history
Callanish Stones: Mysteries Older Than Stonehenge
2 November 2023
Witch of Scrapfaggot Green: Essex’s Wartime Ghost Story
25 August 2025
Literature
Who is Dracula’s Father? BOOK REVIEW
15 April 2026
D.E.V.I.L by Jill Lincoln BOOK REVIEW
18 March 2026
UFOS & ALIENS
The Warminster Thing, UFO over Wiltshire
13 June 2019
How I Started Hunting Ghosts And UFOs: Dr Robert Young
3 January 2024
UFOs Over Britain by Neil R Storey BOOK REVIEW
29 August 2025
Clapham Wood: Haunted or Hoax?
10 October 2023
High Wycombe UFO: The Tale of William Robert Loosley
29 September 2023
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
The Beast of Bodmin Moor: Myth or a Very Big Cat?
17 January 2025
Alien Big Cat Sightings Claw Through Kent
12 November 2023
Black Dogs and Other Terrifying Warnings of Death
27 November 2016
How The Loch Ness Monster Was Used For Political Propaganda
15 February 2015
Cornish Owlman: Everything you need to know
2 January 2019
Is Bolam Lake home to Northumberland’s Man-Beast?
29 September 2013
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
The Supernatural Side of Stonehenge
19 October 2023
In Search of Gef The Talking Mongoose
18 September 2023
‘Help Me, Help Me! Suzie’s Dying!’
2 October 2022
When Archaeology Meets the Psi Factor
2 January 2026
Could ‘Near Death Experiences’ Actually Be Painful?
13 June 2012
Time Slips: What Is It and How Does It Happen?
29 November 2012
