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Television

Chiller (1995): The Man Who Didn’t Believe in Ghosts TV REVIEW

Ghosts and Hauntings Theatre and Live Events

Lincoln Ghost Walk: the stories that still unsettle a guide

True Crime

Margaret Docherty: the Halloween murder that exposed Burke and Hare

Paranormal

Why are Ghosts seen wearing Bedsheets?

Television

BBC confirms The Witch Farm release date

Ghosts & Hauntings

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Southampton’s Dolphin Hotel guests come face-to-face with ghosts!

Hauntings and Curses at Sherborne Castle, Dorset

St Mary’s Church Houghton-on-the-Hill, Full of Ghostly Activity

Datchworth, Hertfordshire: A Ghostly Guide

Worthing: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Edinburgh Haunted Theatres and the Ghosts That Linger

Finding Ghostly Grey Lady Of Dudley Castle

RAF Cosford And The Haunted Aeroplane

Haunted Beaumaris Gaol: Ghosts Behind the Bars

Mary Ann Cotton and The Haunted Bench

Carew Castle: Horrors Lurk Within Its Haunted Walls

Spaniards Inn: Dracula, Dick Turpin and Ghosts!

Hounslow’s 10 Haunted Places To Visit

Phantoms Haunt The Cursed Coombe Abbey Hotel, Coventry

Paranormal Burton Upon Trent, Richard O’Connor INTERVIEW

Horror Films & Television

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Scrooge 1913 aka Old Scrooge REVIEW & FULL VIDEO

Barry McCann

Lair of the White Worm 1988 REVIEW

Andrew Garvey

Legend of the Werewolf 1975 REVIEW

Terry Sherwood

Universal Horror Blu-ray Collections Are ‘A Mixed Blessing’

Richard Phillips-Jones

The Nightcomers 1971 REVIEW

Simon Ball

Dr Crippen 1962 REVIEW

Terry Sherwood

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell TV EPISODE GUIDE

Andrew Garvey

Ancient Ram Inn Most Haunted REVIEW

MJ Steel Collins

The R.I.P. Man 2025 is a British horror with bite!

Haunted Charlie Hall

During Barty’s Party: Beasts REVIEW

Chris Newton

7 Must-See Picks From Boris Karloff’s Last Decade

Stephen Jacobs

The Wicker Tree: Robin Hardy’s Underrated Sequel

Barry McCann

The Mummy 1959 REVIEW

Adam Scovell

Ghost of Venice, Supernatural 1977 (Ep1)

Richard Markworth

The Dummy: Beasts REVIEW

Chris Newton

Folklore

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Folklore

Boggart Hole Clough: What is a Boggart?

Folklore

What Lurks At The Written Stone, Longridge?

Folklore

The Christmas ‘Werewolf’

Folklore Mysterious Creatures

Glossary of British and Irish Folklore Creatures

Mysterious Creatures

Mermaid Of Zennor, Cornwall’s Mysterious Maritime Tale

Folklore

Strange Prophecies of Scotland’s Brahan Seer

Folklore

Derbyshire’s Ghostly Choir and Sermon for the Dead

Superstitions

Britain’s Strangest Food Superstitions

Mysterious Creatures

Alnwick Bloodsucker Terrorises Northumberland

Folklore

Big Cat Sightings of North-West England

Folklore

The Further Adventures of Spring Heeled Jack

Superstitions

Fire-gazing Folklore: A Guide Seeing Through The Flames

Dark History

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Cemeteries and Burial Places Ghosts and Hauntings

The Torsoless Figure at Halfway Cemetery on the Isle of Sheppey

Dark History True Crime

How Half Hangit’ Margaret Dickson Survived The Hangman’s Noose!

Dark History

Anne Askew and the Brutal Reality of Execution in 1546

Dark History

Who was Vlad the Impaler, the warlord who inspired Dracula?

Dark History

Bizarre real-life film coincidences that will raise the hairs on your neck!

Dark History

Nell Racker: Wisewoman or Witch?

Dark History Ghosts and Hauntings

As May 19th Approaches, Don’t Lose Your Head At Blickling Hall!

Dark History

Aleister Crowley Secret Agent, Real Adventure Of A Satanic Spy

Dark History Mysterious Phenomena

When Archaeology Meets the Psi Factor

Dark History

Who were the Witches of Belvoir?

Dark History

Pendle Witches Guide: Where In The Hill To Find Them

Dark History

Gruesome Death of Robert Wilfred Skeffington Lutwidge

Paranormal

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Dark History Ghosts and Hauntings

The Many Hauntings Of Dame Alice Lisle

Ghosts and Hauntings Haunted Hotels and Pubs

Kirkstone Pass Inn, breathtaking haunted views and hair-raising ghosts!

Ghosts and Hauntings

Discover London’s Creepiest And Most Haunted Museums

Ghosts and Hauntings

Paranormal Yorkshire by Meryl James BOOK REVIEW

Ghosts and Hauntings

Soho: 8 Haunted Places To Visit

Paranormal Research

Plas Teg Hall In Pontblyddyn, North Wales’ Most Haunted House

Cemeteries and Burial Places Ghosts and Hauntings

Warstone Lane Cemetery’s Unquiet Inhabitants

Paranormal Reality TV Paranormal Research Television

7 Strange Derek Acorah Facts You Didn’t Know

Paranormal Research

5 Reasons Your House Probably Isn’t Haunted

Folklore Ghosts and Hauntings

What Lurks In Dartmoor’s Wistman’s Woods?

Ghosts and Hauntings

Leicester Guildhall Visitors Report Chilling Encounters

Ghosts and Hauntings

The Ghosts of Glasgow’s Provan Hall

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