Welcome to spooky isles
Who is the Little Girl Ghost of Chester’s Queen Hotel?
Spooky Isles
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
read more
Nos Galan Gaeaf, Halloween in Wales’ Strangest Customs
5 October 2023
Ghostwatch, the birth of paranormal reality TV
19 June 2019
Edinburgh’s Top 5 Haunted Places to Visit at Halloween
21 January 2013
Dudley Castle’s Halloween Anniversary Ghost
7 October 2022
ghosts & hauntings
The Spirits Of Stratton Farm, Inverness
28 October 2021
Top 10 Ireland Haunted Bridges
14 March 2025
Ghosts of the North East by Rob Kirkup BOOK REVIEW
15 August 2025
West Midlands’ 30 Most Haunted Transport Links
4 November 2016
Brentford: 6 Haunted Places To Visit
7 October 2017
Bromley: 8 Haunted Places to Visit
25 November 2022
horror & fantasy films
Charles Ogle and the first Frankenstein 1910 REVIEW
2 March 2012
The Ghoul 1933 REVIEW: When Karloff met British Horror
3 October 2018
14 April 2022
From Brum to the Batcave: Alan Napier’s Life in Horror
30 January 2026
11 November 2013
television
Thriller (S5, E4): The Crazy Kill REVIEW
3 July 2021
Thriller (S2, E6): K Is For Killing REVIEW
10 February 2020
The Clock House, Most Haunted REVIEW
9 September 2019
Emily’s Room: Uncanny (S2, E4) TV REVIEW
1 March 2025
Danny Moss and The Haunted Hunts Interview VIDEO
8 December 2020
Bram Stoker’s Dublin Childhood: Folklore, Illness and Horror
17 September 2025
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
Piseóg – The Curse of the Irish?
18 September 2013
Dullahan: Ireland’s Headless Horseman
11 November 2014
Changelings Fairies: Dark Side of Irish Fairy Lore
27 July 2013
Slua Sidhe, the Fairy Shock Troop of Ireland
23 September 2014
Dark history
Murder and Dripping Fat: Kate Webster Horrors
7 June 2025
The Strange Case Of Glasgow’s Madeleine Smith
11 March 2015
The Silent Pool’s Legacy of Medieval Surrey Murder
4 November 2014
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
Dargle Cottage UFO Investigation, A Cautionary Tale
16 October 2023
UK Beginners Guide to UFOs VIDEO
28 September 2023
Phantoms In The Night Or ETs? BOOK REVIEW
17 November 2023
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
Shug Monkey Strikes Fear Into Cambridgeshire
19 April 2023
10 Loch Ness Monster Facts You Didn’t Know
1 September 2023
St Columba And the Loch Ness Monster
8 November 2014
Adventures in Cryptozoology: Interview with Richard Freeman
24 September 2019
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
There’s Something Mysterious About Milton Keynes
26 August 2013
Time Slips: What Is It and How Does It Happen?
29 November 2012
Clapham Wood: Haunted or Hoax?
10 October 2023
Who are the Black Eyed Children?
13 April 2015
Could ‘Near Death Experiences’ Actually Be Painful?
13 June 2012
Chasing Nightmares: The Horror of Sleep Paralysis
26 March 2024
