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Literature

The Weird Tales of Dorothy K. Haynes BOOK REVIEW

Ghosts and Hauntings

The Ghosts of Hatfield House, Hertfordshire

UFOs/Aliens

Adrian Hicks and the Winchester alien encounter

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

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Hampton Court Palace Royal Phantoms Revealed

Ghostly Spurn Lighthouse, East Riding of Yorkshire

Forty Hall, Enfield’s Most Haunted Mansion

Ghosts of RAF Air Museum, London

When the Pall Mall Gazette feared London was losing its ghosts

England’s Most Haunted Caves

The Bull Hotel, Long Melford: Where Poltergeists and Ghost Hunters Roam

Haunted Crewe: Ghost Stories, Haunted Places and Halloween Hauntings

Contagion: In the Shadow of the South Shields Poltergeist

Rummer Tavern, Cardiff’s Oldest and Spookiest Pub

The Haunted Ruins of Minster Lovell

Was The Enfield Poltergeist Mother The Focus Of The Haunting?

5 Saddest Tales of Ghostly Romance

Highgate’s Top 5 Haunted Places to Visit, according to David Farrant

Haunted: E. Jay Gilbert’s Journey Through Britain’s Ghost Lore

Horror Films & Television

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The Amazing Mr Blunden 1972 BLU-RAY REVIEW

Richard Phillips-Jones

Something to Share? Ghosts BBC (S3, E5) REVIEW

Gemma Johnson

During Barty’s Party: Beasts REVIEW

Chris Newton

Blood Of The Vampire 1958 REVIEW

Richard Phillips-Jones

Flesh for Frankenstein 1973 REVIEW

Richard Markworth

Most Haunted: Alton Towers REVIEW

Andrew Homer

Hammer House of Horror TV Series EPISODE GUIDE

Andrew Garvey

Bride of Frankenstein 1935 REVIEW

Adam Scovell

Vampyros Lesbos (1971) REVIEW

Simon Ball

Thriller (S5, E5): Good Salary – Prospects – Free Coffin REVIEW

Richard Phillips-Jones

A History of Horror Guided Walk, INTERVIEW

Spooky Isles

Captain Clegg 1962 REVIEW

Guest Writer

Carol For Another Christmas 1964 TV REVIEW

Stevie Miller

Paranormal Lockdown visits Morecombe’s Park Hotel

MJ Steel Collins

The Christmas Carol 1949 TV REVIEW

David Saunderson

Folklore

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Folklore

The Magic of Drake’s Drum Still Beating Strong

Folklore

Dark origins of Halloween: The night the dead haunts the living

Folklore

St Dunstan And His Devil-Beating Tongs

Superstitions

Vine Folklore: Myths and Magic in the UK and Ireland

Folklore

Ring of Brodgar: Orkney’s Ancient Circle of Mystery

Folklore

Lady Howard and the Death Coach VIDEO

Folklore

Why Do We Celebrate Boxing Day?

Folklore

Who was the Wizard Earl of Kildare?

Folklore

Jim Fitzpatrick on Irish Mythology and Phil Lynott

Dark History Folklore

The Devil In The Derwent Valley

Cryptozoology Mysterious Creatures

‘I Saw A Black Demon Dog In Wallington’: Real Life Haunting

Folklore Ghosts and Hauntings

Ceredigion’s Spookiest Folklore And Legends

Dark History

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Ghosts and Hauntings True Crime

Psychic Stain Plagues 16 Wardle Brook Avenue Murder Site

Cemeteries and Burial Places Ghosts and Hauntings

Warstone Lane Cemetery’s Unquiet Inhabitants

Dark History

Maggie Osborne and the Malt Cross Curse

Dark History

The Curious Case Of Water Stratford’s Crazed Cult

True Crime

Margaret Docherty: the Halloween murder that exposed Burke and Hare

Dark History Literature

Whernside Manor’s Dark History Of Slaves, Ghosts And Bronte

Dark History

England’s 5 Bloodiest Royal Executions

Dark History

Last Sunday in August is Eyam’s Plague Sunday

Dark History

Arbor Low: Ancient Stone Circle Steeped in Mystery

Dark History

This Isle Is Full of Monsters: Jon Kaneko-James AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Dark History

The Maggie Wall Witchcraft Monument, Dunning

Dark History True Crime

13 Belfast Creepy Facts That May Shock You!

Paranormal

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Ghosts and Hauntings Paranormal Research

Sma’ Shot Cottages Surprise Haunting in Paisley

Ghosts and Hauntings

Milton Keynes: 5 Haunted Places To Visit

Folklore Paranormal

What evil lurks inside the haunted St Osyth Witches Cage in Essex?

Mysterious Phenomena

The Cornish Dream that foretold a Prime Minister’s Assassination

Ghosts and Hauntings

Dorset’s Top 13 Haunted Places to Visit

Paranormal Research

Tony ‘Doc’ Shiels, Paranormal Wizard OBITUARY

Ghosts and Hauntings Mysterious Creatures

Hell Hounds of Jersey and Guernsey

Paranormal Research

Ghosts may be echoes, not entities, says Irish researcher

Dark History Ghosts and Hauntings

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

Mysterious Phenomena

The Magnus Archives Episode 1: Anglerfish REVIEW

Haunted Hotels and Pubs

6 Haunted Derbyshire Hotels You Can Stay Overnight

Ghosts and Hauntings

13 of Queen Elizabeth I’s victims still haunting England

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