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7 Ways Deer Have Shaped British and Irish Folklore

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Deer have played a magical and symbolic role in British and Irish folklore, connecting the natural world to the mystical realms

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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein 1994 REVIEW

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LATEST ARTICLES >

Part of the Family: Ghosts BBC (S3, E6) REVIEW

20 November 2024

Ruth Ellis: The Last Woman Executed in England

19 November 2024

Rutherglen Poltergeist Case: When the Paranormal Met The Police

17 November 2024

Alone in a centuries-old pub in Gloucestershire, I came face to face with a shadowy figure that chased me through the darkness, writes SCOTT MERRETT

How I Escaped The Shadow Man of Almondsbury’s Clutches

16 November 2024

Armchair Thriller (S2, E01-06): The Victim REVIEW

15 November 2024

Morgawr: Cornwall’s Legendary Sea Serpent

15 November 2024

The Haunting Truth of the Ancient Ram Inn

14 November 2024

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

13 November 2024

FROM THE ARCHIVES

GHOST & HAUNTINGS >

How I Escaped The Shadow Man of Almondsbury’s Clutches

16 November 2024

The Haunting Truth of the Ancient Ram Inn

14 November 2024

Dublin: 30 Most Haunted Places to Visit

6 October 2023

Ghostly Sailors of Cape Wrath

7 August 2023

Is Bristol’s Farrington Inn, The UK’s Most Haunted Pub?

6 October 2023

Hellfire Caves and The Ostrich Inn: Great British Ghosts (S1,...

4 August 2023

Haunted Castles

Haunted Pubs

Haunted Hotels

HORROR & FANTASY FILMS >

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein 1994 REVIEW

21 November 2024

Love At First Bite 1979 REVIEW

2 November 2024

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes 1963 REVIEW

10 March 2022

Lionel Atwill’s 7 maddest and baddest scientists

1 November 2022

Attack the Block 2011 REVIEW

30 December 2022

Bride of Frankenstein 1935 REVIEW

26 July 2023

TELEVISION >

The Burning Girls TV REVIEW

21 November 2024

Part of the Family: Ghosts BBC (S3, E6) REVIEW

24 September 2024

The BBC's Ghosts Christmas Special 2022 brings a pantomime to Button House and GEMMA JOHNSON couldn't be happier

Ghosts Christmas Special 2022 REVIEW

31 December 2023

Apparitions BBC TV EPISODE GUIDE

9 March 2023

Guardian of the Abyss: Hammer House of Horror (Ep.10)

18 October 2023

These creepy UK Kids TV Shows from the 1980s and 90s delivered spooky fun for the whole family, writes RACHAEL ELIZABETH

Spooky UK Kids TV Shows of 1980s and 1990s

18 February 2024

GHOST HUNTING

PARANORMAL REALITY TV

ESOTERIC ARTS

FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION >

7 Ways Deer Have Shaped British and Irish Folklore

24 September 2024

The Devil’s Breath: Lincoln Cathedral’s Sinister Legend of St Anne’s Well

11 November 2024

Who Was Jack O’Kent, The Welsh Doctor Faustus?

6 August 2023

The Nuckelavee has been described as the nastiest of all Scottish demons. Guest writer MONA HERB BOUGHTON introduces us to this devil beast from Orkney...

Meet Nuckelavee, Scotland’s Cronenbergian Centaur

3 September 2023

9 Weird Welsh Mythical Creatures that will blow your mind!

9 Weird Welsh Mythical Creatures That’ll Blow Your Mind!

16 October 2023

The Devil’s Breath: Lincoln Cathedral’s Sinister Legend of St Anne’s Well

11 November 2024

DARK HISTORY >

Ruth Ellis: The Last Woman Executed in England

17 November 2024

The Billinge Vampire Grave

3 November 2024

a broom and kettle outside of a stone building

Witch Hunt Horror: Jane Wenham’s Shocking Tale

28 August 2024

Thames River Monsters Lurk In the Heart of London

25 August 2024

Victorian Rochdale's coroners practiced eerie death superstitions like "The Fate of 3" and unsettling rituals. Gemma Johnson gives us a glimpse into these haunting traditions

Rochdale’s Curious Deaths and Superstitions

6 August 2024

New Book Unearths UK Dark Tourism Spots

10 August 2024

LITERATURE >

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - a scene from the most famous screen version, Frankenstien1931.

Why I Love Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

5 October 2024

T.P. Cooke and O. Smith: Pioneers of Stage Monsters

11 November 2024

Tracy Fahey: I’m Obsessed With Sinister Folklore

14 August 2023

Sherlock Holmes: the Liverpool Demon

4 August 2023

10 A Christmas Carol Facts You Need To Know

18 December 2021

David Copperfield and other amazing caulbearers in fiction

8 December 2021

Dracula

Frankenstein

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde

UFOS & ALIENS >

Paranormal: The Village That Saw Aliens TV REVIEW

8 July 2024

The Bizarre Legend of St Catherine’s Island

19 April 2024

Did Ancient UFOs Commit Alien Abductions in England in 664AD?

4 August 2023

Mark Olly's book, Europe's Roswell: 40 Years Since Impact, is a thorough and engaging examination of the Llanilar UFO event in Wales in 1983, writes NEIL NIXON

Europe’s Roswell: 40 Years Since Impact BOOK REVIEW

11 November 2023

A Beginner's Guide to UFOs in the UK with Neil Nixon

UK Beginners Guide to UFOs VIDEO

28 September 2023

Winston Churchill WW2 UFO coverup exposed!

1 November 2022

CRYPTOZOOLOGY >

Morgawr: Cornwall’s Legendary Sea Serpent

15 November 2024

Mystery Animals of The Lothians

4 June 2024

Cleadon, A Village Of Ghosts And Monstrous Beasts

4 August 2023

In Search of Gef The Talking Mongoose

8 October 2023

Yeth Hounds and Alien Big Cats VIDEO

21 October 2023

10 Loch Ness Monster Facts You Didn’t Know

1 September 2023

MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA >

Chilling Messages: My Haunting Encounter with the Unseen

8 September 2024

Chasing Nightmares: The Horror of Sleep Paralysis

26 March 2024

10 Historic Disappearances That Are Still A Mystery

30 October 2023

Who are the Black Eyed Children?

4 August 2023

Precognition: I Saw House Fire Before It Happened

8 October 2023

What were the Death Tokens of Wales?

3 August 2023