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Petticoat Loose: The Haunting Legend of Bay Lough
John Ambrose Martin
11 August 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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Samhain: A New Witch’s Perspective
30 October 2024
Halloween Poems to Read by Candlelight 2025
4 October 2025
Dacre Stoker on Why Dracula is the Ultimate Halloween Story
21 August 2025
Dudley Castle’s Halloween Anniversary Ghost
7 October 2022
ghosts & hauntings
Warwick Castle, A Guide To Its Ghosts And Haunted History
21 September 2018
Gartloch Hospital: Glasgow’s Haunted Asylum Revealed
13 August 2023
Dublin’s Original Ghostbus Tour REVIEW
19 September 2017
Winchester’s 5 Haunted Places to Visit
18 November 2021
Hartley Mauditt, The Ghost Village of Hampshire
13 July 2024
horror & fantasy films
Tod Slaughter, England’s Forgotten Horror Star
14 March 2020
Jekyll and Hyde Takes A Funny Turn
2 October 2024
20 October 2022
23 September 2024
Remembering Channel 4’s Monster Horrors Season (1986)
9 January 2016
The Invisible Man Returns 1940 REVIEW
12 April 2014
television
The Woman In Black 1989 Blu-Ray REVIEW
2 August 2020
Charlie Boy: Hammer House of Horror (Ep.6)
15 May 2013
20 March 2022
Children of the Stones: Essential Episode Guide
10 October 2018
Edinburgh Vaults, Most Haunted REVIEW
20 July 2019
Souter Lighthouse, Most Haunted REVIEW
19 August 2019
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
The Black Elf of Islay Strikes in Battle
22 October 2025
Herne the Hunter: The Spirit of Windsor Forest
28 December 2021
Who was St Patrick? We Profile Ireland’s Patron Saint
17 March 2013
Dark history
Psychic Uncovers Horror At The Wheatsheaf Pub
6 September 2022
Where Is Bedlam Asylum, London’s Original Madhouse?
6 April 2012
Grace O’Malley, the Pirate Queen of Ireland
10 March 2015
Who were the Witches of Belvoir?
8 May 2019
How Half Hangit’ Margaret Dickson Survived The Hangman’s Noose!
16 January 2020
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
Did Ancient UFOs Commit Alien Abductions in England in 664AD?
7 September 2022
UFOs Over Britain by Neil R Storey BOOK REVIEW
29 August 2025
Ralph Noyes: An Authentic MoD Voice Amid UFO Controversies
29 November 2023
UFOs over England with Nigel Wright VIDEO
21 May 2020
7 Strangest Ireland UFO Sightings
19 February 2020
The Mince Pie Martians And The Housewife
21 September 2023
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
Sightings of the Huttock Top Beast Continue to Intrigue
18 February 2026
How The Loch Ness Monster Was Used For Political Propaganda
15 February 2015
St Columba And the Loch Ness Monster
8 November 2014
Shug Monkey Strikes Fear Into Cambridgeshire
19 April 2023
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
There’s Something Mysterious About Milton Keynes
26 August 2013
The Bizarre Kersey Time Slip Mystery
27 October 2023
Who are the Black Eyed Children?
13 April 2015
Richard Case: How I’d Solve The Talking Mongoose Mystery
9 October 2023
‘Help Me, Help Me! Suzie’s Dying!’
2 October 2022
