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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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Dudley Castle’s Halloween Anniversary Ghost
7 October 2022
Psychoville Halloween Special: You’d Be Foolish To Miss It
25 November 2017
How To Make An Authentic Turnip Jack o’Lantern for Halloween
15 October 2022
Why FEAR at Avon Valley leads the UK scare scene
2 November 2025
ghosts & hauntings
Ardvreck Castle’s Tragic Weeping Ghost and Other Spooky Tales
21 December 2022
Phantom Monks Haunt St Dunstan’s Church, East Acton
28 June 2019
Real UK Roman Ghost Sightings You Can Visit Today
24 July 2025
horror & fantasy films
Dr Terror’s House of Horrors 1965 REVIEW
31 March 2013
Hairy and Scary: Peter Cushing’s Finest MoMents
29 May 2013
Omen 3 The Final Conflict 1981 REVIEW
1 June 2012
11 November 2014
11 October 2017
television
Chislehurst Caves (Night 2), Most Haunted REVIEW
11 April 2015
Derek Acorah’s 5 Most Outrageous Television Moments
16 April 2020
Govan Ghost Story 1989 TV REVIEW
1 September 2013
Most Haunted The Stage Show REVIEW
16 April 2024
Free Pass: Ghosts BBC (S1, E4) REVIEW
30 May 2024
Rentasanta: Rentaghost 1979 Christmas Special REVIEW
25 December 2023
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
Rochdale’s Curious Deaths and Superstitions
11 August 2024
Meet Isle of Man Vampire, Matthew Hassal
4 March 2020
Strange British Love Spells and Curses
20 January 2013
Dark history
Bram Stoker And The Legend Of The Bisley Boy
20 January 2015
Shocking Dark History of 19th Century Cardiff Prostitution
6 January 2020
Edinburgh’s Dark October: Newington Cemetery Ghost
14 October 2023
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
The Alien Autopsy Scandal, A Very British Con
22 June 2026
Weirdest England UFO Encounters from History
31 March 2019
The Great Flying Saucer Hoax: How a 1967 Student Prank Fooled Britain
19 September 2025
Europe’s Roswell: 40 Years Since Impact BOOK REVIEW
11 November 2023
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
St Columba And the Loch Ness Monster
8 November 2014
In Search of Gef The Talking Mongoose
18 September 2023
Is Bolam Lake home to Northumberland’s Man-Beast?
29 September 2013
The Pig-Man Roams Cannock Chase
24 July 2013
Where Have Alien Big Cat Been Spotted In Wales?
21 June 2019
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
Who was Gef the Talking Mongoose?
17 April 2014
The Supernatural Side of Stonehenge
19 October 2023
Who are the Black Eyed Children?
13 April 2015
Ley Lines in the British Isles: Your Essential Guide
27 October 2021
Is Spontaneous Human Combustion Real?
16 February 2015
What is a Caulbearer and Why is it Spooky?
27 September 2018
