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Eight Disturbing True Tales of Welsh Changelings

16 June 2018

Strange Prophecies of Scotland’s Brahan Seer

29 May 2012

Learn Garlic’s Natural And Supernatural Powers And Benefits

28 June 2013

Spiders Superstition: Web Of Omens And Beliefs

8 October 2018

5 Deadly Welsh Curses That Could Destroy Your Life

17 August 2017

Gurning Man of Glasgow Mystery: The truth revealed!

17 July 2019

Friday the 13th

13 Creepy Welsh Superstitions For Friday The 13th

13 April 2018

Black Cats and Superstition: 13 Things You Didn’t Know About

28 October 2017

13 Irish Superstitions You Need To Know!

13 October 2017

Who is Bean Nighe, the Celtic Washerwoman, Prophetess of Doom?

14 July 2014

Where to Visit Black Shuck Sightings in East Anglia

17 May 2018

Cornish Owlman: Everything you need to know

2 January 2019

10 Scariest Banshee Hauntings in Ireland

7 July 2019

Púca, Ireland’s Fearsome Shapeshifter that chills the blood!

18 November 2013

Secret Devil’s Standing Stones In Marston Moretaine

11 July 2019

The Bloody History of British Witches

12 May 2017

Scottish Highland Folklore

6 Strangest Beings From Scottish Highland Folklore

8 October 2015

5 Irish Funeral Traditions you’re dying to know

2 September 2014

Ireland’s 7 Darkest Goddesses Who Inspire Revenge And Death

14 March 2015

What evil lurks inside the haunted St Osyth Witches Cage in...

26 November 2016

The Welsh Corpse Candles of St David

1 March 2013

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Medieval Vampire Legends in UK and Ireland

22 August 2013

The Corpse Bird: A Guide to Welsh Owl Folklore

21 June 2019

St Dunstan And His Devil-Beating Tongs

7 June 2012

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