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Lychgates, Britain’s Forgotten Gates of the Dead
Spooky Isles
3 July 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 Radio Show 2021
26 October 2021
Dark Origins of Halloween: The Night The Dead Haunts The Living
29 October 2012
Jack O’Lantern: 13 Things You Didn’t Know
7 October 2018
Halloween the Beginning: Ireland’s Cave of Cats
21 October 2023
ghosts & hauntings
Covent Garden: 5 Haunted Places to Visit
1 May 2013
Bishop’s Stortford: 5 Haunted Places to Visit
10 June 2014
The Old Haunted Rectory of Rhossilli, Wales
29 July 2014
Leeds: 5 Haunted Places to Visit
4 May 2014
horror & fantasy films
25 May 2023
Karloff Classic, Targets 1968, Now On Blu-Ray
19 September 2023
13 October 2017
The Plague Of The Zombies 1966
8 August 2012
Night of the Demon 1957 REVIEW
14 June 2012
1 October 2015
television
Is Rupert Everett the most underrated Sherlock Holmes?
23 March 2016
The Charity Shop Poltergeist: Uncanny (S2, E2) TV REVIEW
8 February 2025
Belgrave Hall: Most Haunted REVIEW
7 July 2020
Tully: Being Human (S1,E2) REVIEW
21 September 2024
Aberglasney House, Most Haunted REVIEW
30 July 2014
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
The Woodwose: The Wild Man of the Woods
20 December 2024
Michaelmas Traditions: Supernatural Marks Autumn’s Arrival
26 September 2024
Cat-Sith: The Soul-Stealing Fairy Cat
17 June 2026
Dark history
Protecting Against Grave Robbers
23 September 2012
Shocking Child Demonic Possession Cases in Medieval England
29 August 2017
The Last King To Die On English Soil
15 September 2013
Haunting Beauty of Highgate Cemetery
16 July 2012
Jack the Ripper Victims Graves: Their Final Resting Places
6 September 2012
London Burkers: How Resurrectionists Turned To Murder
29 April 2026
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
John Warren’s 1943 Close Encounter in Norfolk
29 September 2023
The Bizarre Legend of St Catherine’s Island
19 April 2024
4 Sceptical Reasons Against Alien Abduction
21 June 2019
Flap Over Broad Haven UFO Encounters
23 August 2023
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
How The Loch Ness Monster Was Used For Political Propaganda
15 February 2015
Mystery Animals of The Lothians
4 June 2024
Is Bolam Lake home to Northumberland’s Man-Beast?
29 September 2013
Cornish Owlman: Everything you need to know
2 January 2019
Do Real-Life Monsters Stalk Our Moors, Lakes And Mountains?
22 September 2019
Where Have Alien Big Cat Been Spotted In Wales?
21 June 2019
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
There’s Something Mysterious About Milton Keynes
26 August 2013
10 March 2025
Did I Live In Haworth During A Past Life?
8 June 2020
Curse of Alloa Tower: The Erskine Family’s Lament
21 February 2025
Time Slips: What Is It and How Does It Happen?
29 November 2012
Richard Case: How I’d Solve The Talking Mongoose Mystery
9 October 2023
