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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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Ireland Halloween: 5 Spookiest Places To Visit
25 October 2023
Robert Burns’ Halloween: Haunting Origins of Tradition
12 October 2024
Top Creepy British TV Shows for Halloween
22 October 2023
Edinburgh’s Top 5 Haunted Places to Visit at Halloween
21 January 2013
ghosts & hauntings
Beaconsfield: A Town of Hauntings and Highwaymen
10 December 2022
Highgate’s Top 5 Haunted Places to Visit, according to David Farrant
3 September 2013
Check the haunted staircases when you visit The George Inn
7 January 2019
Milton Keynes: 5 Haunted Places To Visit
24 June 2013
Greyfriars Kirkyard, the Ultimate City of the Dead
15 July 2014
Swintsy Hall: Dark History Behind Gareth Southgate’s Haunted Mansion
28 November 2022
horror & fantasy films
Supper with the Stars, Vincent Price Cookbook AUTHOR INTERVIEW
20 December 2021
26 July 2021
11 November 2014
Lair of the White Worm 1988 REVIEW
23 June 2013
Pareidolia Horror: Aaron and Aiden Truss Interview
20 January 2024
television
Jamaica Inn, Most Haunted REVIEW
23 March 2015
Bodmin Gaol Most Haunted REVIEW
23 January 2021
Thriller (S6, E3): Nightmare For A Nightingale REVIEW
2 October 2021
The Thomas Thorne Affair: Ghosts BBC (S2, E4) REVIEW
31 July 2024
Thriller (S1, E3): Someone At The Top Of The Stairs REVIEW
11 December 2016
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
Cryptid Worms: Legend and Lore
4 January 2019
How Finn McCool made the Giants Causeway
17 March 2016
Beech Trees: 10 Fascinating Folklore Facts
9 January 2025
Springheel’d Jack: The Terror Of My Imagination
4 September 2013
Goblins In British Folklore: Myths And Mischief
10 March 2023
Dark history
13 Jack the Ripper Facts You Didn’t Know
21 February 2015
5 Creepy Lancashire Graveyards You Must Visit!
28 October 2018
Route 666, On The Trail Of The Devil In Ireland
30 August 2015
Pardon the Pendle Witches: Sign The Petition
24 November 2021
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
4 Sceptical Reasons Against Alien Abduction
21 June 2019
Weirdest England UFO Encounters from History
31 March 2019
UK Beginners Guide to UFOs VIDEO
28 September 2023
The Great Flying Saucer Hoax: How a 1967 Student Prank Fooled Britain
19 September 2025
Greater Manchester: A Hub of UFO Activity?
23 February 2023
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
Loch Ness They Created a Monster TV REVIEW
1 January 2024
The Pig-Man Roams Cannock Chase
24 July 2013
Trewint Tor: A Tale Of Scaredy Cats On Bodmin Moor
19 August 2020
In Search of Gef The Talking Mongoose
18 September 2023
Shug Monkey Strikes Fear Into Cambridgeshire
19 April 2023
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
Who was Gef the Talking Mongoose?
17 April 2014
Are Time Slips Caused by Paranormal Memory Tampering?
23 August 2023
In Search of Gef The Talking Mongoose
18 September 2023
The Time Slips of Bold Street, Liverpool
22 May 2022
Ley Lines in the British Isles: Your Essential Guide
27 October 2021
Lord Dufferin and his Moonlit Vision
29 September 2014
