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24 June 2026
Cemeteries and Burial Places Ghosts and Hauntings
The Torsoless Figure at Halfway Cemetery on the Isle of Sheppey
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19 June 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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Teanlay Night: A Fylde Coast Halloween
4 October 2023
10 Great Monster Songs For Your Halloween Party!
9 October 2020
Halloween Poems to Read by Candlelight 2025
4 October 2025
ghosts & hauntings
Colchester: 5 Haunted Places To Visit
7 March 2015
Haunted Torquay Museum, a treasury of ghosts
16 October 2019
Glasgow Theatre Royal Ghost Tour REVIEW
7 December 2014
House of the Binns: Bluidy Tam’s Deal With The Devil
17 October 2023
horror & fantasy films
Dan Brownlie’s made a monster with Fetus-stein!
13 May 2017
11 November 2023
The Devil’s Business 2012 REVIEW
10 August 2012
Darby O’Gill and The Little People 1959 REVIEW
17 March 2012
The Package, ‘a violent promotion of peace’
9 April 2015
Land of the Minotaur 1976 REVIEW
10 October 2019
television
Ripper Street: Victorian Shadows and Haunted Detectives
27 September 2024
Whovian Horrors: Watching Doctor Who From Behind The Couch
23 November 2023
Getting Out: GHOSTS BBC (S1, E6) REVIEW
21 June 2024
Shadows Episode Guide: 1970s Anthology Series
14 January 2022
Phantasm Collective Blends Mystical With Science
16 August 2024
Remembering Christopher Lee’s Fireside Tales
12 June 2015
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
Who Was Jack O’Kent, The Welsh Doctor Faustus?
30 July 2014
5 Strange British Funeral Superstitions
10 December 2019
Who Is The Bogeyman And Where Did He Come From?
23 May 2019
Britain’s Weirdest May Day Rituals
1 May 2015
Black Dogs and Other Terrifying Warnings of Death
27 November 2016
Dark history
Pendle Witches Guide: Where In The Hill To Find Them
7 March 2017
Westminster Bridge: Triffids, Daleks and Zombies
25 July 2023
A Corpse by Lamplight, the Horror of Smalls Lighthouse
20 October 2022
6 Gory Moments From Britain’s Bloody History
12 November 2014
John Horwood: Was Justice Served or Was He a Victim?
24 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
Dr Jekyll and Mr Seek BOOK REVIEW
19 February 2026
UFOS & ALIENS
Phantoms In The Night Or ETs? BOOK REVIEW
17 November 2023
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
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
10 Loch Ness Monster Facts You Didn’t Know
1 September 2023
Loch Ness They Created a Monster TV REVIEW
1 January 2024
What Is The Loch Ness Monster?
5 November 2014
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
Time Slips: What Is It and How Does It Happen?
29 November 2012
Busby Stoop, Thirsk’s Cursed Chair
1 February 2023
Who was Gef the Talking Mongoose?
17 April 2014
Could ‘Near Death Experiences’ Actually Be Painful?
13 June 2012
Eilean Mor’s Empty Lighthouse Mystery
13 July 2014
Did I Live In Haworth During A Past Life?
8 June 2020
