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Theatre and Live Events

The Howl 2026 REVIEW: the most fun I’ve had at a UK scream park

UFOs/Aliens

Alfred Burtoo and Aldershot’s ageist aliens

Television

A Reluctant Vampire Episode 3 REVIEW

Literature

Fantasmagoriana: The Villa Diodati Ghost Story Challenge

Film Reviews

Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965) REVIEW

Ghosts & Hauntings

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Ghostly Spurn Lighthouse, East Riding of Yorkshire

Haunted Bootle: 7 Spooky Tales from a Dockside Town

Eerie Essex with Bethan Briggs-Miller VIDEO

Brownsover Hall Hotel’s Bizarre One-Handed Haunting

Music and Ghostly Mayhem from Haunted Gloucestershire

Rutherglen Poltergeist Case: When the Paranormal Met The Police

Uncanny Series Two: BBC Podcast Episode Guide

Destruction of the Lyle Hill Demon

Ghosts of the Secretly Buried Haunted my South Wales Childhood

Ceredigion’s Spookiest Folklore And Legends

Alanbrooke Hall, Belfast’s Uncanny Haunting

St Albans: 5 haunted places to visit

Aberdeen: 5 Haunted Places To Visit

Fisherman’s Cot, Home To Good And Evil Spirits

Beast of Killakee: Demonic Entity or Ghost?

Horror Films & Television

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Baby: Beasts REVIEW

Chris Newton

Die Monster Die! 1965 REVIEW

Terry Sherwood

5 Missing British Horror Films

Richard Phillips-Jones

The Tell-Tale Heart 1960 REVIEW

Ann Massey McElroy

Not Again: Ghosts BBC (S4, E6) REVIEW

Gemma Johnson

Top 5 British Werewolf Films Of All Time

David Gelmini

Millennial Killer 2020 REVIEW

Kate Ingleby-Parylo

The Dark Eyes of London (1939) REVIEW

Guest Writer

The Cutting Room 2015 REVIEW

Simon Ball

The Godsend 1980 REVIEW

Peter Fuller

Count Magnus BBC A Ghost Story for Christmas TV REVIEW

Richard Markworth

Prometheus 2012 REVIEW

Ren Zelen

Top 10 Classic British Zombie Films You Shouldn’t Miss!

Richard Phillips-Jones

Shock Waves 1977 REVIEW

Terry Sherwood

The Shuttered Room 1967 REVIEW

Richard Phillips-Jones

Folklore

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Folklore

The Christmas ‘Werewolf’

Dark History Folklore

The Devil In The Derwent Valley

Folklore

English Witches Take on Hitler: The Story of Operation Cone of Power VIDEO

Folklore

St Endelienta Brought Cows Back To Life!

Folklore

Michaelmas Traditions: Supernatural Marks Autumn’s Arrival

Superstitions

10 Sycamore Tree Superstitions and Folklore You Should Know

Folklore

Who was St Patrick? We Profile Ireland’s Patron Saint

Folklore

Beltane, The Ancient Fire Festival Still Burning

Folklore

Who is Bean Nighe, the Celtic Washerwoman, Prophetess of Doom?

Folklore

Lancashire Day, A Time To Celebrate

Folklore

Learn Garlic’s Natural And Supernatural Powers And Benefits

Folklore

A Goblin Funeral and the Rotting Remains of Extwistle Hall

Dark History

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Dark History Ghosts and Hauntings

As May 19th Approaches, Don’t Lose Your Head At Blickling Hall!

Dark History

Ireland’s 7 Nastiest Witch Trials in History

Cemeteries and Burial Places

Beyond the Graves of Layton Cemetery REVIEW

True Crime

Jill the Ripper? 5 Women Accused Of Being Jack

Dark History Ghosts and Hauntings

Jeremy Bentham: The Man Who Mummified Himself

Ghosts and Hauntings True Crime

Charles Peace: The Victorian Killer Who Still Haunts Yorkshire

Dark History Ghosts and Hauntings

The Haunting of Clifford’s Tower: York’s Blood-Soaked Sentinel

Dark History

Oswestry Market Town’s Murderous Dark Past

True Crime

13 Jack the Ripper Facts You Didn’t Know

Folklore Dark History

Hungry Grass tells horrific tales of the Irish Famine

Dark History

Pendle Witches Guide: Where In The Hill To Find Them

Dark History

Who were the Pendle Witches?

Paranormal

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Ghosts and Hauntings Paranormal Research

I Can’t Explain If I Saw A Ghost

Ghosts and Hauntings

Is Elizabeth College Guernsey’s Most Haunted Building?

Ghosts and Hauntings

Hanbury Hall and the Ghost of Emma Vernon

Ghosts and Hauntings

Huddersfield: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Ghosts and Hauntings

Isle of Wight’s 13 Haunted Places to Visit

Ghosts and Hauntings

Edinburgh: Top 30 Haunted Places to Visit

Paranormal Research

Matt Arnold Discusses Ghosts In The Bible VIDEO

Ghosts and Hauntings

Highgate Vampire Witness Speaks Out For First Time

Dark History Ghosts and Hauntings Paranormal Research True Crime

Psychic Uncovers Horror At The Wheatsheaf Pub

Cemeteries and Burial Places Ghosts and Hauntings

The Manchester Mummy Won’t Stay Dead

Paranormal Research

Elliott O’Donnell: Was he a Legitimate Ghosthunter or fake?

Ghosts and Hauntings

Accrington: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

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