Welcome to spooky isles
A Guide to Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone BOOK REVIEW
Sarah Blair-Dickinson
8 February 2014
Ghosts and Hauntings Haunted Hotels and Pubs
Brooks Country House Has Luxury With Plenty of Ghosts!
Rick Hale
23 July 2019
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 Halloween Fun For The Whole Family
9 October 2022
Headless Horsemen and Halloween: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
4 September 2022
Nos Galan Gaeaf, Halloween in Wales’ Strangest Customs
5 October 2023
ghosts & hauntings
The 3 Ghosts of Dalzell House, Motherwell
16 December 2021
3 September 2015
The Ghost Bus of Ladbroke Grove
2 February 2013
Beaumaris, Wales: 5 Haunted Places To Visit
13 April 2026
Lumphanan: Murder and Ghosts in Aberdeenshire
12 April 2020
horror & fantasy films
11 November 2013
Murders In The Zoo 1933 REVIEW
10 October 2017
19 November 2011
House of Frankenstein 1944 REVIEW
5 May 2014
2 April 2022
Top 5 Greatest Hammer Horror Monsters List
27 July 2019
television
Mark Gatiss and the Revival of A Ghost Story for Christmas
27 January 2025
The Haunting of Hollymount Farm: Uncanny (S2, E1) TV REVIEW
1 February 2025
Dracula by the Purple Playhouse (1973), Canada’s forgotten vampire film
27 September 2020
Ghostwatch: A Legacy of Horror
23 September 2022
14 January 2018
Patrick Dromgoole Obituary: The Man Who Made Children’s TV Weird
10 September 2026
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
Shamrocks and Clover: 10 Superstitions You Didn’t Know
17 March 2023
Chancing Your Soul With The Devil
17 July 2013
40 Death Folklore and Superstitions You Should Know
12 March 2026
Morgan Le Fay, The Woman Who Stole Excalibur
8 March 2015
Secret Devil’s Standing Stones In Marston Moretaine
11 July 2019
Dark history
Manchester Cholera Victims Haunt St John’s Gardens
16 November 2025
What is Dead Man's Hole in London?
8 August 2013
10 Brutal Murders That Shocked London
6 July 2019
Murder and Mystery on Arnish Moor
31 July 2013
29 November 2013
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
Did Ancient UFOs Commit Alien Abductions in England in 664AD?
7 September 2022
How I Started Hunting Ghosts And UFOs: Dr Robert Young
3 January 2024
Attacked by a UFO: The Robert Taylor Incident
19 October 2019
Neil Nixon: Why We Still Don’t Know the Truth About UFOs
16 September 2025
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
Is Bolam Lake home to Northumberland’s Man-Beast?
29 September 2013
Sightings of the Huttock Top Beast Continue to Intrigue
18 February 2026
Trewint Tor: A Tale Of Scaredy Cats On Bodmin Moor
19 August 2020
Did Elliott O’Donnell Meet Bigfoot?
2 July 2020
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
The Angels of Mons: Ghostly guardians of the Great War
19 August 2026
What were the Death Tokens of Wales?
23 January 2013
Are Time Slips Caused by Paranormal Memory Tampering?
23 August 2023
Charles Jevington’s Mysterious Journey to the Stars
13 August 2022
Could ‘Near Death Experiences’ Actually Be Painful?
13 June 2012
