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Harry Called: Is this Uncanny’s perfect M.R. James ghost story?
David Saunderson
5 September 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 Playlist 2019
27 October 2019
Why FEAR at Avon Valley leads the UK scare scene
2 November 2025
Halloween the Beginning: Ireland’s Cave of Cats
21 October 2023
Headless Horsemen and Halloween: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
4 September 2022
ghosts & hauntings
Appuldurcombe House: Isle of Wight’s most haunted hotel?
9 October 2018
St Frideswide’s Day and Oxford’s Ghostly Secrets
18 October 2024
Do Liverpool Morgue Ghosts Haunt Children’s Minds?
19 November 2017
horror & fantasy films
Death Line aka Raw Meat 1972 REVIEW
12 March 2014
Charles Ogle and the first Frankenstein 1910 REVIEW
2 March 2012
18 July 2012
Séance on a Wet Afternoon 1964 REVIEW
6 April 2022
The Abominable Snowman 1957 REVIEW
17 October 2013
The Canterville Ghost 1944 REVIEW
22 October 2024
television
Hellfire Caves and The Ostrich Inn: Great British Ghosts (S1, E6)
13 September 2020
Children of the Stones: Essential Episode Guide
10 October 2018
Thriller (S3, E1): A Coffin For The Bride REVIEW
2 April 2020
23 November 2019
Gorilla War: Ghosts BBC (S1, E2) REVIEW
12 April 2024
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
Hooden Horse Folklore of East Kent
17 February 2026
The Woodwose: The Wild Man of the Woods
20 December 2024
7 Ways Deer Have Shaped British and Irish Folklore
22 November 2024
Ireland’s 7 Most Haunted and Mysterious Islands
25 June 2018
10 Shocking St Valentines Day Facts
11 February 2013
Dark history
Was A Mummied Cat Buried In Secret Pendle Hill Witches’ Cottage?
12 September 2017
Confessions of a Jack the Ripper Tour Guide
27 February 2020
Dr Crippen’s Ghost and Other Murderer Spirits
24 June 2014
Lychgates, Britain’s Forgotten Gates of the Dead
3 July 2026
Elizabeth Sawyer, The Witch of Edmonton
11 March 2015
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
High Wycombe UFO: The Tale of William Robert Loosley
29 September 2023
UFOs over England with Nigel Wright VIDEO
21 May 2020
John Warren’s 1943 Close Encounter in Norfolk
29 September 2023
Dargle Cottage UFO Investigation, A Cautionary Tale
16 October 2023
The Bizarre Legend of St Catherine’s Island
19 April 2024
Cedric Allingham’s Flyer Saucer: A UFO Hoax But A Good One
6 October 2023
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
The Beast of Bodmin Moor: Myth or a Very Big Cat?
17 January 2025
Cryptid Worms: Legend and Lore
4 January 2019
Yeth Hounds and Alien Big Cats VIDEO
7 June 2020
Sightings of the Huttock Top Beast Continue to Intrigue
18 February 2026
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
Time Slips: What Is It and How Does It Happen?
29 November 2012
Is Spontaneous Human Combustion Real?
16 February 2015
What were the Death Tokens of Wales?
23 January 2013
How Hypnosis Helped Me to See a Ghost
24 April 2012
28 October 2022
The Magnus Archives Episode 1: Anglerfish REVIEW
7 December 2021
