Welcome to spooky isles
Petticoat Loose: The Haunting Legend of Bay Lough
John Ambrose Martin
11 August 2026
Theatre Royal Chatham: Ghosts of Kent’s Lost Theatre
Spooky Isles
10 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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Ireland’s Púca Festival: A Different Kind of Halloween
27 October 2024
Halloween the Beginning: Ireland’s Cave of Cats
21 October 2023
ghosts & hauntings
Contagion: In the Shadow of the South Shields Poltergeist
2 February 2015
Buckingham Gaol: The Haunted Cell That Scratched Back
8 December 2025
High Wycombe: Top 5 Haunted Places to Visit
15 June 2014
Pontypool’s Haunted Hanbury Arms Hotel
3 September 2023
Daniel Dunglas Home, The World-Famous Scottish Seer
23 March 2020
horror & fantasy films
Hands of the Ripper 1971 REVIEW
30 August 2013
Darby O’Gill and The Little People 1959 REVIEW
17 March 2012
Hazel Court Horror Queen BOOK REVIEW
23 May 2012
The Monster Hunters Keep London Safe
17 May 2012
10 Hellraiser Facts You Probably Didn’t Know
8 October 2017
The Haunted House of Horror 1969 REVIEW
7 October 2013
television
23 December 2021
Sapphire & Steel, Assignment II: The Railway Station 1979 REVIEW
19 October 2025
Ace of Wands: Forgotten Cult Classic That Refuses To Die
23 February 2025
Thriller (S1, E5): The Colour Of Blood (1973) REVIEW
5 January 2017
Thriller (S3, E3): Death To Sister Mary REVIEW
24 October 2020
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
5 Fairies You Might Spot In Scotland
13 August 2022
Britain’s Strangest Food Superstitions
7 July 2019
Dark history
The Possession Of Richard Dugdale, The Surey Demoniac
18 March 2022
Mystery of Roanoke: How 117 English Settlers Vanished Into Thin Air
28 November 2024
London Burkers: How Resurrectionists Turned To Murder
29 April 2026
Mary Pearcey, the Hampstead Murderess
14 March 2015
Islandmagee, Witchtrials, Devil Worship and Ghost Hunting
26 February 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
5 Unexplained UFO Sightings in London
30 June 2019
Berwyn Mountains UFO Crash, Britain’s Area 51
27 July 2019
Clapham Wood: Haunted or Hoax?
10 October 2023
Ralph Noyes: An Authentic MoD Voice Amid UFO Controversies
29 November 2023
How I Started Hunting Ghosts And UFOs: Dr Robert Young
3 January 2024
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
St Columba And the Loch Ness Monster
8 November 2014
The Man-Monkey of Shropshire Union Canal
26 January 2022
Where Have Alien Big Cat Been Spotted In Wales?
21 June 2019
The Beast of Bodmin Moor: Myth or a Very Big Cat?
17 January 2025
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
How Hypnosis Helped Me to See a Ghost
24 April 2012
Mysterious Overtoun Bridge Where Scottish Dogs Go To Die
22 March 2015
Busby Stoop, Thirsk’s Cursed Chair
1 February 2023
The Supernatural Side of Stonehenge
19 October 2023
Time Slips with Dr Ann Winsper INTERVIEW
16 February 2022
