Welcome to spooky isles
Petticoat Loose: The Haunting Legend of Bay Lough
John Ambrose Martin
11 August 2026
Theatre Royal Chatham: Ghosts of Kent’s Lost Theatre
Spooky Isles
10 August 2026
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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Ghostwatch, the birth of paranormal reality TV
19 June 2019
Spooky Isles Halloween Radio Show 2021
26 October 2021
ghosts & hauntings
York: 5 Haunted Places To Visit
28 April 2012
16 August 2020
Beware Ruthin Castle Hotel’s axe murderer ghost!
30 October 2018
Hertford: 5 Haunted Places to Visit
31 May 2014
Owlpen Manor, A Haunted Tudor Retreat
8 August 2025
horror & fantasy films
My Hammer Horror Shock Theatre Bubblegum Days
21 May 2012
11 November 2013
11 June 2012
23 May 2022
23 January 2013
Charles Laughton’s 7 Best Horror Films
3 October 2024
television
22 July 2020
6 Surprising Christmas Carol TV Specials
17 December 2011
The Haunted Airman 2006 TV REVIEW
17 February 2015
Most Haunted The Stage Show REVIEW
16 April 2024
Thriller (S4, E1): Screamer REVIEW
16 January 2021
The Station Hotel Most Haunted REVIEW
16 November 2019
FOLKLORE & SUPERSTITION
The Ying and Yang Of Scottish Fairy Queens
13 April 2016
Welsh Dragons: Everything You Need To Know
25 July 2014
10 Mandrake Roots Facts: Mysticism, Magic and Death
4 February 2024
The Trickster Fox in British Folklore
1 October 2022
Visit Grovely Woods And Its Haunting Terrors
9 August 2021
The Art of Co-Operating With Fairies
5 November 2016
Dark history
British Death Through The Ages
20 February 2012
John George Haigh’s vampire circus of blood and acid
2 November 2014
Queensberry House: Edinburgh’s Forgotten Cannibal Ghost
2 September 2025
The Bones of St Bride’s Church
23 July 2012
26 February 2015
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
4 Sceptical Reasons Against Alien Abduction
21 June 2019
Phantoms In The Night Or ETs? BOOK REVIEW
17 November 2023
Ralph Noyes: An Authentic MoD Voice Amid UFO Controversies
29 November 2023
Cedric Allingham’s Flyer Saucer: A UFO Hoax But A Good One
6 October 2023
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
Trewint Tor: A Tale Of Scaredy Cats On Bodmin Moor
19 August 2020
10 Loch Ness Monster Facts You Didn’t Know
1 September 2023
Shug Monkey Strikes Fear Into Cambridgeshire
19 April 2023
Morgawr: Cornwall’s Legendary Sea Serpent
15 November 2024
Mystery Animals of The Lothians
4 June 2024
Sightings of the Huttock Top Beast Continue to Intrigue
18 February 2026
MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
Deathbed Visions: A Glimpse Beyond the Veil?
21 April 2025
Who was Gef the Talking Mongoose?
17 April 2014
10 March 2025
Busby Stoop, Thirsk’s Cursed Chair
1 February 2023
Why Do Mystics, Misfits and Madmen Fascinate Us?
21 October 2023
