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Television

Chiller (1995): Number Six TV REVIEW

Television

Tales of Frankenstein (1958) REVIEW

Folklore

The fairy abduction of Anne Jeffries of St Teath

Ghosts and Hauntings

First Ghosts: From ancient civilisations to Britain

Theatre and Live Events

Dracula: A feminist revenge fantasy, really – Rochdale REVIEW

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County Cavan: 5 Haunted Places To Visit

What is the truth behind haunted Minsden Chapel?

Torbay: Haunted Places To Visit

Feltham’s Most Haunted Places To Visit

Ghostly Castle of Mey and the Queen Mother

Himley’s Crooked House: Exploring Its Ghostly Mysteries

Haunted Stevenage BOOK REVIEW

Milton Keynes: 5 Haunted Places To Visit

Killarney, Ireland: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Cardiff: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

The Ancient Unicorn: A Tragic Ghost Story

Lady Lovibond: Ghost Ship of Goodwin Sands

Why Is Grange-over-Sands A Spooky Place To Visit?

Knutsford: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

The Ghosts Of Hinchingbrooke House

Horror Films & Television

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Lionel Atwill, Horror Star’s Hollywood Sex Scandal

Stephen Jacobs

Not Again: Ghosts BBC (S4, E6) REVIEW

Gemma Johnson

Lair of the White Worm 1988 REVIEW

Andrew Garvey

Curse Of The Scarecrow 2018 REVIEW

Richard Phillips-Jones

Hammer Frankenstein films, ranked from best to worst

Richard Phillips-Jones

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein 1994 REVIEW

David Saunderson

Viktoria, Supernatural 1977 (Ep6)

Richard Markworth

Exploring The Devil Rides Out Film Versus Book

Chris Newton

The Thirteenth Reunion: Hammer House of Horror (Ep.2)

Andrew Garvey

And Soon The Darkness 1970 REVIEW

Stephen Mosley

Remembering Christopher Lee’s Fireside Tales

Ann Massey McElroy

The Enfield Haunting 2015 TV REVIEW

Guest Writer

Uncanny Case 3: The Oxford Exorcism TV REVIEW

Gayle Fidler

The Legacy 1978 REVIEW

Guest Writer

Buddyboy: Beasts REVIEW

Chris Newton

Folklore

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Folklore

The Green Man: Myth and Reality by Imogen Corrigan BOOK REVIEW

Mysterious Creatures

Changelings Fairies: Dark Side of Irish Fairy Lore

Mysterious Creatures

6 Strangest Beings From Scottish Highland Folklore

Mysterious Creatures

William of Newburgh’s vampires and ghosts of the Dark Ages

Folklore

Boggart Hole Clough: What is a Boggart?

Cryptozoology Mysterious Creatures

Where to Visit Black Shuck Sightings in East Anglia

Folklore

Old Sarum, The Rise And Fall Of An Ancient Settlement

Folklore

Giant Ram of Derby’s Horrible Origins Revealed!

Folklore

Welsh Dragons: Everything You Need To Know

Mysterious Creatures

What is a Selkie or Seal Bride?

Mysterious Creatures

Eight Disturbing True Tales of Welsh Changelings

Mysterious Creatures

Hidden Magic Of Northumberland Fairies

Dark History

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True Crime

Whatever happened to Lord Lucan? The strangest theories revealed!

Dark History

St David, Wales’ Patron Saint: 10 Facts You Should Know

True Crime

Mary Bateman: The Dark Deeds Of A Yorkshire Witch

True Crime

Edward Pritchard, the Poisoning Philanderer

Cemeteries and Burial Places Folklore

Father Andrew Mullen: The Healing Grave of County Offaly

True Crime

The Charing Cross Trunk Murder: London’s Gruesome Parcel of Horror

Dark History Folklore

Shocking Child Demonic Possession Cases in Medieval England

Dark History

Irish woman told to sell pigs by ghost in Limerick

Cemeteries and Burial Places Ghosts and Hauntings

Greyfriars Kirkyard, the Ultimate City of the Dead

True Crime

10 Dick Turpin Facts You Didn’t Know

Cemeteries and Burial Places Ghosts and Hauntings

How Ghosts Helped Discover Sutton Hoo’s Royal Treasure

Dark History

400th Anniversary of Pendle Witch Trials

Paranormal

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Ghosts and Hauntings

Accrington: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Ghosts and Hauntings

Haunted Bootle: 7 Spooky Tales from a Dockside Town

Ghosts and Hauntings

The Demon Bride of County Monaghan

Ghosts and Hauntings

9 Most Haunted Ireland Cemeteries And Graves

Ghosts and Hauntings

All Aboard the Real Ghost Bus of Edinburgh

Ghosts and Hauntings Haunted Hotels and Pubs

5 Haunted Southampton Pubs To Visit For Halloween

Paranormal Reality TV Paranormal Research Television

Delapré Abbey, Northampton: Most Haunted REVIEW

Ghosts and Hauntings

Ghosts of St Mary’s Lighthouse, Whitley Bay

Paranormal

Ashley Darkwood’s Haunted Road Trip Begins

Ghosts and Hauntings Haunted Hotels and Pubs

A Fright at the Feathers Hotel, Ludlow

Ghosts and Hauntings

The Moaning Workman of Burnham-on-Sea High Lighthouse

Ghosts and Hauntings

Towers Asylum: Leicester’s Most Haunted Hospital

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