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Isle of Sheppey

Isle of Sheppey: 7 Haunted Places to Visit

17 February 2025

Phantom London Bus

The Phantom London Bus: Unravelling An Urban Legend

15 February 2025

Aston Hall, Birminghan’s Haunted Jacobean Mansion

14 February 2025

Swindon: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

12 February 2025

Sir Richard Grenville

Sir Richard Grenville, Phantom Admiral of the Scilly Isles

10 February 2025

Uncanny explores a chilling Buckinghamshire charity shop poltergeist case, where multiple witnesses report eerie encounters, including a shadowy figure, moving objects, and disembodied voices

The Charity Shop Poltergeist: Uncanny (S2, E2) TV REVIEW

8 February 2025

Armchair Thriller (S2, E23-28): The Circe Complex REVIEW

7 February 2025

Joan Collins Horror Films

5 Joan Collins Horror Films You Can’t Miss

7 February 2025

GHOST & HAUNTINGS >

Ghosts and Hauntings

Barnard Castle, A Spectacle Of Strange Hauntings

Gayle Fidler - 27 May 20200

Barnard Castle is a quaint, cobbled town in County Durham in the North East of England with some dark and haunted secrets, says GAYLE FIDLER

Ghost Farm Animals

6 Strangest Ghost Farm Animals In England

4 August 2023

Why I Love Haunted Govan

24 September 2022

Glasgow’s Top 3 Most Haunted Museums to Visit

3 August 2023

Ghostly Secrets of Luton’s Wardown Park

6 August 2024

Haunted Castles

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HORROR & FANTASY FILMS >

Hellraiser Cast

Happy 25th Birthday Pinhead!

19 December 2022

The Limehouse Golem 2016 REVIEW

9 February 2023

Dracula Dead and Loving It

Dracula Dead And Loving It 1995 REVIEW

9 August 2024

Axed 2012 REVIEW

13 February 2022

TELEVISION >

Shadow Man: Uncanny (S2, E3) TV REVIEW

Shadow Man: Uncanny (S2, E3) TV REVIEW

21 February 2025

Uncanny explores a chilling Buckinghamshire charity shop poltergeist case, where multiple witnesses report eerie encounters, including a shadowy figure, moving objects, and disembodied voices

The Charity Shop Poltergeist: Uncanny (S2, E2) TV REVIEW

8 February 2025

Dracula by the Purple Playhouse (1973), Canada’s forgotten vampire film

22 July 2023

Most Haunted The Stage Show

Most Haunted The Stage Show REVIEW

16 April 2024

Reddy Weddy Ghosts BBC

Redding Weddy: Ghosts BBC (S2, E3) REVIEW

28 July 2024

Shadows (S3, E3): And Now For My Next Trick

28 July 2023

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FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION >

Beech Trees: 10 Fascinating Folklore Facts

1 November 2024

The Green Man: A Verdant Deity of Pagan Lore

20 December 2024

Illustrated Tales of Cornwall

Illustrated Tales of Cornwall, John Husband INTERVIEW

3 September 2024

The Boneless, or Frittering, is a shapeless, foul-smelling entity from Shetland folklore that brings terror and misfortune, writes PAUL LONARDO

Frittering: The Boneless Blob of the Shetland Islands

29 November 2024

Cyhyraeth: The Dreaded Groaning Spirit

16 October 2023

10 Sycamore Tree Superstitions and Folklore You Should Know

22 March 2023

DARK HISTORY >

Curse of Alloa Tower: The Erskine Family’s Lament

5 January 2025

Holy Trinity Church Bone Crypt

Holy Trinity Church, The Bone Crypt of Rothwell

21 January 2025

Hatchet Inn: Blackbeard and Ghosts in Bristol’s Oldest Pub

11 November 2024

Image of Woodvale Cemetery in Brighton

Woodvale Cemetery: Victorian Beauty and Crowley’s Final Farewell

8 October 2024

Executioner Jack Ketch beheads James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, in 1685.

Jack Ketch: The Executioner Who Horrified London

6 October 2024

Campden Wonder: A Mystery of False Confessions and Injustice

20 September 2024

LITERATURE >

The Magician by W. Somerset Maugham

The Magician: W. Somerset Maugham’s Lost Horror Classic

18 January 2025

7 Chilling Victorian Ghost Stories Perfect for Christmas

7 Chilling Victorian Ghost Stories Perfect for Christmas

24 December 2024

Paul Adams, Guy N Smith and David Saunderson

Guy N Smith Horror Author Interview AUDIO

20 July 2023

British Horror Writers

Most Influential British Horror Writers UPDATED

30 October 2023

Betsey Trotwood And The Vampires

19 December 2022

‘Most modern horror sucks’ says UK comic book writer Adam Cheal

22 November 2020

Dracula

Frankenstein

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UFOS & ALIENS >

Paranormal The Village That Saw Aliens

Paranormal: The Village That Saw Aliens TV REVIEW

8 July 2024

The Bizarre Legend of St Catherine's Island

The Bizarre Legend of St Catherine’s Island

19 April 2024

UFOs over England with Nigel Wright VIDEO

23 September 2023

Cedric Allingham's 1954 book "Flying Saucer from Mars," claiming a UFO encounter, was later exposed as a likely debunking hoax by TV astronomer Patrick Moore. NEIL NIXON tells us more

Cedric Allingham’s Flyer Saucer: A UFO Hoax But A Good One

6 October 2023

Dr Robert Young

How I Started Hunting Ghosts And UFOs: Dr Robert Young

12 December 2023

Alan Godfrey and the Yorkshire Alien Abduction

4 August 2023

CRYPTOZOOLOGY >

Beast of Bodmin Moor

The Beast of Bodmin Moor: Myth or a Very Big Cat?

10 November 2024

Morgawr: Cornwall’s Legendary Sea Serpent

15 November 2024

Was The Terrifying Bat Beast Of Kent Really An Alien UFO?

4 August 2023

Black Dogs and Other Terrifying Warnings of Death

19 February 2023

The Story Of St Leonard, England’s Last Dragon Slayer

4 August 2023

Beast of Bodmin Moor

The Beast of Bodmin Moor: Myth or a Very Big Cat?

10 November 2024

MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA >

Curse of Alloa Tower: The Erskine Family’s Lament

5 January 2025

Chilling Messages: My Haunting Encounter with the Unseen

Chilling Messages: My Haunting Encounter with the Unseen

8 September 2024

Lord Dufferin and his Moonlit Vision

19 February 2023

10 Historic Disappearances That Are Still A Mystery

30 October 2023

Stonehenge Crow

The Supernatural Side of Stonehenge

24 October 2023

Chasing Nightmares: The Horror of Sleep Paralysis

Chasing Nightmares: The Horror of Sleep Paralysis

26 March 2024

EDITOR'S PICKS

Literature

Clive Barker: 10 Things You Didn’t Know

Spooky Isles Team - 22 May 20240

Clive Barker, the British horror master, is a multi-talented artist known for his chilling imagination. Here's 10 things you might not known about him...

100 Years of Peter Cushing

26 May 2013

Russell Hunter (as Mr. Stabs) and Kenneth Caswell (as Luko) in Sahdows: Dutch Schlitz's Shoes (1975)

Shadows (S1, E6) Dutch Schlitz’s Shoes REVIEW

10 April 2022

Stranglers of Bombay 1959

The Stranglers of Bombay 1959 REVIEW

19 January 2023

The Power of Clairvoyance: Unlocking the Power Within

6 August 2018

The Monster Hunters Keep London Safe

17 May 2012

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Burke and Hare ‘The Bodysnatchers’

31 December 2022

Berkeley Castle

Berkeley Castle Still Echos With Ghostly Screams

26 July 2022

Ardoginna House: Gentry, Gallows and Ghosts in Waterford

19 October 2015

Ash Tree

Superstitions

11 Fascinating Facts About Ash Trees in Folklore

Spooky Isles Team - 10 August 2024 0

Alien Big Cat Sightings Claw Through Kent

Cryptozoology

Alien Big Cat Sightings Claw Through Kent

Neil Nixon - 12 November 2023 0

Lady Sybil, Supernatural

Television

Lady Sybil, Supernatural 1977 (Ep5)

Richard Markworth - 18 September 2023 0

Not Again Ghosts BBC

Television

Not Again: Ghosts BBC (S4, E6) REVIEW

Gemma Johnson - 1 January 2025 0

Curse of the Robert the Doll 2016

Film Reviews

The Curse Of Robert The Doll 2016 REVIEW

Gemma Johnson - 16 October 2023 0

Welcome 17

Television

Sapphire & Steel Episode Guide: Classic Creepy Sci-Fi Series

Richard Phillips-Jones - 13 October 2024 0

Most Haunted The Stage Show

Paranormal Research

Most Haunted The Stage Show REVIEW

Rachael Elizabeth - 16 April 2024 1

Welcome 18

Television

Uncanny Case 2: The Bearpark Poltergeist TV REVIEW

Gayle Fidler - 24 October 2023 2

Viktoria Supernatural

Television

Viktoria, Supernatural 1977 (Ep6)

Richard Markworth - 25 September 2023 0

Wardown Park

Ghosts and Hauntings

Ghostly Secrets of Luton’s Wardown Park

Spooky Isles Team - 1 September 2024 0

The Ancient Unicorn, Bowes

Ghosts and Hauntings

The Ancient Unicorn: A Tragic Ghost Story

Spooky Isles Team - 11 November 2023 0

The Castle of Otranto, written by Horace Walpole in 1764, was the first "Gothic Novel", combining romance with horror to explore fear and mystery, writes WILLIAM BOVE

Literature

The Castle of Otranto: The Birth of Gothic Fiction

William Bove - 5 September 2024 1

Beaumaris Gaol

Ghosts and Hauntings

Haunted Beaumaris Gaol: Ghosts Behind the Bars

Spooky Isles Team - 6 December 2024 0

Brown Lady of Raynham Hall

Ghosts and Hauntings

Brown Lady of Raynham Hall: Hoax Or Haunting?

Josie Palmer - 5 May 2015 3

Phantoms in the Night or ETs highlights Lorraine McAdam's significant UFOlogy career, praised by NEIL NIXON for its honest and straightforward storytelling

UFOs/Aliens

Phantoms In The Night Or ETs? BOOK REVIEW

Neil Nixon - 17 November 2023 0

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Welcome 19

10 English Folklore Characters You Need To Know

David Saunderson - 14 January 2023 0

English folklore is full of colourful characters. Here are the most famous of them.

Thriller (S2, E4): One Deadly Owner REVIEW

30 November 2019

Dracula Chapter 3 by Bram Stoker: My Thoughts

3 June 2014

Who was Dr Rant

The Tractate Middoth: 10 Things You Didn’t Know

23 December 2017

The Redwood Massacre 2014 REVIEW

10 October 2015

Haunting of the Ye Olde Man and Scythe Pub, Bolton

29 June 2015

The Family Ness

Lochs Of Fun With The Family Ness

9 March 2024

27 Spookiest London Ghost Sightings To Visit

22 November 2016

Sherlock Holmes for the Uninitiated

15 April 2016

PARANORMAL

Peel Castle Postcard

Ghosts and Hauntings

Peel Castle: Moddey Dhoo And Other Manx Tales of Terror

Spooky Isles Team - 12 August 2023 0

DARK HISTORY

Who was Vlad the Impaler

Dark History

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

Macsen Matthews - 28 May 2012 0

HORROR FILMS

The Vulture 1967

Film Reviews

The Vulture 1967 REVIEW

Terry Sherwood - 25 July 2023 0

FILM REVIEWS >

The Sleeping Room

The Sleeping Room 2014 REVIEW

Kayleigh Marie Edwards - 15 May 2015 0

KAYLEIGH MARIE EDWARDS speaks to Christopher Adamson about his role as a Victorian psychopath in the supernatural horror, The Sleeping Room

The Lodger 1927

The Lodger 1927 REVIEW

1 October 2017

The Satanic Rites of Dracula 1974

The Satanic Rites of Dracula 1974 REVIEW

16 October 2013

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 1912 Full Film VIDEO

9 October 2012

Nosferatu 1922 REVIEW: Count Orlock’s vampire still chills

24 April 2015

The Man Who Could Cheat Death 1959

The Man Who Could Cheat Death 1959 REVIEW

9 July 2022

Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb 1964 REVIEW

10 April 2012

Dr X 1932 REVIEW

20 October 2017

Dracula's Daughter 1936

Dracula’s Daughter 1936 REVIEW

23 August 2013

FOLKLORE

Scottish fairies

Mysterious Creatures

5 Fairies You Might Spot In Scotland

Guest Writer - 13 August 2022 0

ESOTERIC ARTS

Welcome 27

Esoteric Arts

How to Use a Dowsing Rod to Find Water and Other...

Spooky Isles Team - 31 March 2023 0

HORROR FILMS

Welcome 28

Film Reviews

Cross-Roads 1955 REVIEW

Richard Phillips-Jones - 27 May 2022 0

Horror of Gyb Farm

F G Lee, Resurrecting A Neglected British Ghost Hunter

Born with a caul David Copperfield

David Copperfield and other amazing caulbearers in fiction

Inch Abbey Haunted Downpatrick

Downpatrick: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Co-operating with Fairies

The Art of Co-Operating With Fairies

It wouldn't be Halloween without some Donald Pleasence horror films! Discover the spine-tingling films that solidified his status as a horror icon!

13 Greatest Donald Pleasence Horror Films

Welcome 29

Kevin Spindloe, Paranormal Research York Interview

Gerald Gardner

Gerald Gardner: A Very British Witchcraft REVIEW

Imber-Main-Street-1910

Imber: Abandoned Ghost Town of Wiltshire

Scottish serial killers

8 Scottish serial killers who shocked the world

Welcome 30

Alan Frank on Peter Cushing

The Haunting of Radcliffe House

Director Reveals Creepy Goings-on Shooting The Haunting of Radcliffe House

Welcome 31

6 Welsh Places with Gates to Annwn, ‘The Otherworld’

Harry Price

Harry Price Versus The Psychic Frauds

British road horror films

10 Essential British Road Horror Films

Meggernie Castle

A Ghost of Two Halves

A Game of Chance and Grain Drain

Farmhouse of Horror: Terrifying 70s Kids To Play Safe

Here are some things you might not know about Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock: 13 Things You Didn’t Know

Doctor Jekyll 2023

Doctor Jekyll 2023 REVIEW

Richard Case and Gef The Talking Mongoose

Richard Case: How I’d Solve The Talking Mongoose Mystery

Sean Hogan is the director of To Fire You Come At Last 2023

Sean Hogan: ‘To Fire You Come At Last’ INTERVIEW

Peckham: Top 5 Haunted Places To Visit

Toads, Witches and Murder in Stradbroke Village, Suffolk

London Bridge

Keeper of the Heads: London Bridge’s Grim Custodian

John Hurt dies, 77, leaving long list of quirky and strange...

London has lots of ghost monks haunting its churches...

10 Ghost Monks Of London And Where To Find Them

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected TV RETROSPECTIVE

why is the horror of heights a horror story

Was The Horror Of The Heights the first Lovecraft horror?

Haunted Cardiff

10 Ghosts That Haunt Cardiff Castle

Steve Potter, Paranormal Investigator Interview

Great British Ghosts

Red Lion Hotel and Kelvedon Hatch Nuclear Bunker: Great British Ghosts...

Pete the Cardiff Poltergeist Plays Havoc With Repair Shop

Dracula New Vic

Dracula at the New Vic REVIEW

Cathedral Witchfinder General

Doom Metal Fun With Cathedral’s Witchfinder General

Welcome 36

Don’t Open Till Christmas 1984 REVIEW

Fyvie Castle

The Phantom Housekeeper of Fyvie Castle

Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) with Hedwig in Harry Potter and the Philiosopher's Stone 2001

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone 2001 REVIEW

Borley Rectory Writer-Director Ashley Thorpe INTERVIEW

8 Most Terrifying Ireland Headless Ghosts

Haunted Dorset

Dorset’s Top 13 Haunted Places to Visit

What Big Eyes Beasts

What Big Eyes: Beasts REVIEW

Stratford Upon Avon

Stratford Upon Avon: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Nightmare on One Sheet: Graham Humphreys

Nightmare on One Sheet: Graham Humphreys VIDEO

Welcome 38

The Tyburn Tree: London’s Most Infamous Gallows

Welcome 39

Brian J Cano: Haunted Objects & Paranormal Caught on Camera VIDEO

Attack the Block 2011

Attack the Block 2011 REVIEW

The Badger in Superstition and Spellcraft

The Badger in Superstition and Spellcraft

Welcome 40

Lumphanan: Murder and Ghosts in Aberdeenshire

Scene from Jack the Ripper 1959

Jack the Ripper 1959 REVIEW

The Lost Tradition of Ghost Stories at Christmas

The Lost Tradition of Ghost Stories at Christmas

Freddie Jones, an actor and national treasure, OBITUARY

Welcome 42

Bury St Edmunds: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Jack the Ripper Scares During Autumn of Terror

Harry Potter Shop Kings Cross Review

Harry Potter Shop at Platform 9 3/4 REVIEW

Welcome 44

Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country BOOK REVIEW

Irish Vampire Dearg Due

Dearg Due, Demon Brides And Other Irish Femme Fatale

Welcome 45

10 Ways To Protect Your Home From Ghosts and Hauntings

Horror Pickers by Howard Jackson REVIEW

Hanbury Hall

Hanbury Hall and the Ghost of Emma Vernon

Music Experiments with Terror

7 Haunted Musical Experiments With Terror In The UK

Mary Denny CAPRA Paranormal Investigator Interview

Mr Corbett's Ghost

Mr Corbett’s Ghost 1987 REVIEW

Remembering Channel 4’s Monster Horrors Season (1986)

Epping Forest

Epping Forest’s Haunting Suicide Pool

Hull’s Haunted Funeral Parlour

Welcome 49

5 Powerful Scottish Witch Memorials

Welcome 50

She 2014 REVIEW

Welcome 51

The Mummy’s Shroud 1967 REVIEW

Neil R Storey Bram Stoker Book

I’m Dracula Author Bram Stoker’s Kindred Spirit: Neil R Storey

Chillingham Castle, A Haunted Guide

Deer Mythology

7 Ways Deer Have Shaped British and Irish Folklore

Welcome 53

10 Greatest Christopher Lee Posters You’ve Never Seen

edinburgh ghost tours

Is Mary King’s Close in Edinburgh Haunted?

A Highland Funeral by Sir James Guthrie, 1883.

5 Scottish Death Customs You Never Knew Existed

Maria Marten Red Barn Murder

Red Barn Murder Told in Song: Shirley Collins and The Albion...

Welcome 54

Elliott O’Donnell: Was he a Legitimate Ghosthunter or fake?

Jack the Ripper films

Top 5 Jack the Ripper films of all time

Haunted St Andrews, the home of ghosts … not just golf!

Aberystwyth: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

Schooner Hotel in Alnmouth has a range of haunted rooms to choose from - if you dare!

Schooner Hotel, full of supernatural activity

Witchfinder General 1968 REVIEW

Sexy Screams Attract Buckinghamshire Poltergeist

Welcome 58

Zombies from History BOOK REVIEW

Day of the Unexplained

Day of the Unexplained: Ireland’s Biggest Paranormal Event

London’s Knights of the Living Dead

Gef the Talking Mongoose, aka Dalby Spook

Why Gef the Mongoose, the Dalby Spook, Will Remain A Mystery

Black Swine, Feral Pigs in London Sewers

Black Swine: Did Feral Pigs Live In London’s Sewers?

Welcome 60

Thriller (S6, E5): Kill Two Birds REVIEW

Most Haunted Leap Castle

The Schooner Hotel Most Haunted REVIEW

Welcome 61

Hellfire Club and West Wycombe’s Phantoms

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray 1945 REVIEW

5 Unexplained UFO Sightings in London

St Columba And the Loch Ness Monster

Most Haunted

Delapré Abbey, Northampton: Most Haunted REVIEW

Top 5 Greatest Hammer Horror Monsters List

Peeping Tom 1960

Peeping Tom 1960 Facts: 10 Shocking Things You Didn’t Know

Towneley Hall Postcard

Haunted Towneley Hall: Every Room Has A Ghost!

Hound of the Baskervilles 'unlucky' for Peter Cushing

Supernatural 1977 TV

Supernatural 1977 BBC TV EPISODE GUIDE

The Garrick's Head and Theatre Royal in Bath

Curious Ghosts Of The Garrick’s Head and Theatre Royal, Bath

Haunted Sheffield

Sheffield: 5 Haunted Places to Visit

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