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The Hanging Cell, Walton Jail’s Chilling Ghost Legend
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4 August 2026
Employee of the Dead: The Zombie Film 20 Years in the Making
Haunted Charlie Hall
29 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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Spooky Isles Halloween Radio Show 2021
26 October 2021
Dark Origins of Halloween: The Night The Dead Haunts The Living
29 October 2012
Halloween the Beginning: Ireland’s Cave of Cats
21 October 2023
ghosts & hauntings
Ghosts wander Wardour Castle and its haunted forest
14 November 2018
Norwich’s Top 5 Haunted Places to Visit
13 February 2013
Haunted London: Manor Park E12
23 November 2016
Paranormal Cumbria by Steve Watson BOOK REVIEW
28 September 2024
Bexley’s Haunted Hall Place Creaks With Ghosts!
28 December 2016
horror & fantasy films
6 December 2020
Tod Slaughter, England’s Forgotten Horror Star
14 March 2020
A Muppet Christmas Carol 1992 REVIEW
1 December 2023
24 January 2012
11 August 2013
television
Doctor Who British Gothic Horror Connections
27 October 2014
The Christmas Carol 1949 TV REVIEW
23 December 2024
Happy Holiday: Ghosts BBC (S4, E1) REVIEW
27 November 2024
Drury Lane Theatre, Most Haunted REVIEW
19 August 2019
Carpathian Eagle: Hammer House of Horror (Ep.9)
23 May 2013
Ghostwatch: A Legacy of Horror
23 September 2022
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
Avebury Stone Circles And Their Ancient Mysteries
14 December 2020
13 September 2018
The Wolf Who Protected St Edmund’s Head!
16 August 2012
Birch Trees Folklore: 10 Things You Didn’t Know
16 July 2023
Irish Zombies: A Bite of Superstition
14 November 2014
Tiddy Mun: The Bog Spirit of Lincolnshire
7 July 2025
Dark history
8 Scottish serial killers who shocked the world
9 April 2012
5 Strange Great Fire of London Facts
4 June 2014
10 Brutal Murders That Shocked London
6 July 2019
The Mysterious Coffin of Thatcham
15 September 2012
Mrs Baird’s Burden Or The Ghost of Chaplains’ Court
31 December 2012
The Manchester Mummy Won’t Stay Dead
21 January 2026
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 Mince Pie Martians And The Housewife
21 September 2023
Ralph Noyes: An Authentic MoD Voice Amid UFO Controversies
29 November 2023
The Bizarre Legend of St Catherine’s Island
19 April 2024
Berwyn Mountains UFO Crash, Britain’s Area 51
27 July 2019
Neil Nixon: Why We Still Don’t Know the Truth About UFOs
16 September 2025
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
Do Real-Life Monsters Stalk Our Moors, Lakes And Mountains?
22 September 2019
Yeth Hounds and Alien Big Cats VIDEO
7 June 2020
Mystery Animals of The Lothians
4 June 2024
Did Elliott O’Donnell Meet Bigfoot?
2 July 2020
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
10 March 2025
The Voice of Vrillon: A Hoax from Out of this World
15 June 2022
Did I Live In Haworth During A Past Life?
8 June 2020
Eilean Mor’s Empty Lighthouse Mystery
13 July 2014
The Supernatural Side of Stonehenge
19 October 2023
