Welcome to spooky isles
Harry Called: Is this Uncanny’s perfect M.R. James ghost story?
David Saunderson
5 September 2026
Dark History Ghosts and Hauntings
Lough Gur: Ancient Stones, Fairies and Ghosts in County Limerick
Ann Massey McElroy
2 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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Top Creepy British TV Shows for Halloween
22 October 2023
Why FEAR at Avon Valley leads the UK scare scene
2 November 2025
ghosts & hauntings
The Hauntings of Trinity College, Dublin
16 October 2023
England’s Most Haunted And Deadly Roads
14 March 2016
Amersham: 7 Haunted Places to Visit
29 March 2022
Clitheroe: 5 Haunted Places to Visit
6 August 2026
Do You Believe in Ghosts? FULL VIDEO
21 March 2017
Wheal Alfred Mine Ghost: A Tale of Haunting and Deceit
29 September 2019
horror & fantasy films
Denis Gifford’s A Pictorial History of Horror Movies
10 March 2013
Scrapbook memories of horrors past
23 March 2012
17 January 2013
Why I love Peter Cushing, by Marcus Brooks
30 March 2012
Blood On Satan’s Claw 1971 BLU-RAY REVIEW
12 June 2019
television
5 Chilling TV Christmas Specials by the Seaside
15 December 2017
Farewell Douglas Wilmer, TV’s Sherlock Holmes
3 April 2016
The League of Gentlemen, a comedy of terror TV REVIEW
25 April 2012
Top Creepy British TV Shows for Halloween
22 October 2023
Shadows (S2, E4): Dark Encounter REVIEW
11 February 2023
Edinburgh Vaults, Most Haunted REVIEW
20 July 2019
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
Bucca: The Sea Spirit of Cornwall
21 July 2025
Legend of Old Crockern And The Right To Roam VIDEO
1 March 2023
Who Was Jack O’Kent, The Welsh Doctor Faustus?
30 July 2014
6 Magical St Patrick Places to Visit
17 March 2015
Alp-Luachra, flesh-burrowing fairies
21 August 2012
Michaelmas Traditions: Supernatural Marks Autumn’s Arrival
26 September 2024
Dark history
5 Creepy Lancashire Graveyards You Must Visit!
28 October 2018
London’s Plague Pits: A Grim Guide
6 July 2024
Zombies! British and Irish Undead through History
15 November 2016
Why Witches Were Safer In Wales
15 October 2023
Campden Wonder: A Mystery of False Confessions and Injustice
20 September 2024
Glasgow’s Bubonic Plague of 1900
2 January 2013
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
Weirdest England UFO Encounters from History
31 March 2019
Attacked by a UFO: The Robert Taylor Incident
19 October 2019
5 Unexplained UFO Sightings in London
30 June 2019
Did Ancient UFOs Commit Alien Abductions in England in 664AD?
7 September 2022
Ralph Noyes: An Authentic MoD Voice Amid UFO Controversies
29 November 2023
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
Sightings of the Huttock Top Beast Continue to Intrigue
18 February 2026
Adventures in Cryptozoology: Interview with Richard Freeman
24 September 2019
Is Bolam Lake home to Northumberland’s Man-Beast?
29 September 2013
What Is The Monstrous Big Grey Man Of Ben Mac Dhui?
25 October 2017
Where Have Alien Big Cat Been Spotted In Wales?
21 June 2019
How The Loch Ness Monster Was Used For Political Propaganda
15 February 2015
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
28 October 2022
Lord Dufferin and his Moonlit Vision
29 September 2014
10 March 2025
Could ‘Near Death Experiences’ Actually Be Painful?
13 June 2012
The Mysterious Angel of the Thames
23 July 2013
‘Help Me, Help Me! Suzie’s Dying!’
2 October 2022
