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  • Printed & Framed Articles Signed by the Authors

    If you love “Mysterious Times”, and would like a signed and framed article, please read below…….

  • I’m Frank Morgan: RewiRED – A Review

    Review of “I’m Frank Morgan: RewiRED” by Joe O’Byrne.

  • BURN’S NIGHT

    On this 25th of January, 2025, Welcome to Burn’s Night, and a special hello to our friends and family living in Scotland – we hope the Storms currently ravaging the country leave soon and doesn’t do too much damage to your lives.

  • Strawberry Jack – Review

    A review of the play “Strawberry Jack” by Joe O’Byrne. Buxton Pavilion Arts centre, Buxton 22nd June 2025.

  • Strawberry Jack

    STRAWBERRY JACK – By Joe O’Byrne

  • What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness? Breakfasting with Kirst on Jackson’s bread, toasted with honey and a passionfruit curd – and drinking tea, whilst listening to Fleetwood Mac and discussing yesterday’s picnic in a beautiful forrest and looking forward to accompanying her to the next beautiful place we visit!

  • THE BENCH – A TALE FROM PARADISE HEIGHTS

    A Review of the performance at Buxton Opera House, Sunday 9th March 2025.

  • Steve Steinman’s Vampires Rock

    The chat to the audience throughout the show gives away quite early that the real love affair here is actually between this troupe and the people who have been coming to see them for thirty years…. The audience quite obviously love this singer and his shows and all the people he brings with him.

  • WHITBY

    WHITBY IS A SMALL TOWN NESTLING ATOP THE CLIFFS AND ALONG THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER ESK, NORTH YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND.

  • Tales From the Rumour Mill

    Kirst D’Raven takes a look at the subject of Urban mythology in the UK. These are some of the stories that get repeated so many times that people start to believe they are true. Or based on truth. Mostly though, they are not!Some are ideas that have been passed on ‘from a friend’, or ‘overheard…

  • Mysterious Times – The Road trip Files

    Hi, and welcome to a haphazard pot of memories from our road trips, some of which feature in an article, some of which don’t. Also, I like trees, bear with me! Tunstall Beach up beyond Hull, UK, and we had become besotted with the idea of finding a lovely fossil inside a stone (nodule), and…

  • Harry Price: A Life Searching For The Truth.

    Everyone who has an interest of any sort in the Paranormal, will have heard the name, Harry Price. Ghost Hunter, Researcher, Author, De-Bunker.

  • A 13th Century Gem: Eastwell Church

    A beautiful church in Leicestershire UK – built in the 1200s and with many interesting stories.

  • HADRIAN’S WALL

    A Metaphorical Stroll along the wall that Emperor Hadrian had built to keep them pesky Scots out!

  • What Would You Do?

    WHAT WOULD YOU DO…. If you woke up in your bedroom to find three alien beings quietly observing you? 

  • Zombies – random thoughts on why…

    Zombies have been with us in literature and film for many years now, but why do we like them so much?

  • Religion’s obsession with Relics

    Why do millions of religious people travel around the world every year, to look at and pray to severed toes, old pieces of cloth and pieces of old thorn?

  • Beyond The Ages

    Phenomena magazine’s February issue features our own Kirst D’Raven’s article about lithics, Stone Age man and his possible off-world muse!

  • KELPIES – SHAPESHIFTING WATER SPIRITS FROM SCOTLAND.

    THE KELPIES – Where legend becomes steel.

  • Quiz – Answers Edition.

    OK – We know it isn’t a Sunday. Sorry…. But – here are the quiz answers, for anyone who didn’t get 20/20.

  • Films that have changed society

    In the UK this last couple of months, there has been vast social change demanded by the public, concerning the treatment of several hundred Postmasters, in the late 1990’s. That change has come very quickly due to the public showing on TV of the film “Mr Bates Vs the Post Office”.   The film shows how…

  • AWAKENINGS 2024

    The UK’s leading ufology and paranormal event, Awakening Expo, invites you to explore the dark side of ufology at The Albert Halls, Bolton on Saturday, 17th February. Book tickets now!

  • QUIZ

    1. What is the term for a ghostly apparition that repeats the same actions over and over?  a) Poltergeist b) Residual Haunting c) Demon d) Shadow Figure 2. Which famous paranormal investigator couple became the inspiration for the movie “The Conjuring”?  a) Ed and Lorraine Warren b) Zak and Aaron Bagans c) Jason and Grant…

  • 2:22 – A REVIEW

    Navigating the Depths of the Supernatural and Human Psyche What if I told you…. …that we went to see Danny Robins’ play, ‘2:22’ and that it is a masterclass in storytelling that seamlessly weaves together elements of the supernatural and the complexities of the human psyche?  Well, we did, and it is! I bought the…

  • Nottingham’s Subterranean Secrets: A Journey through the “City of Caves”.

    Want to wander through someone’s toilet? No? How about sticking your nose into a tanning pit? Well we had a free afternoon in a rainy Nottingham on New year’s Eve’s Eve, so we went to the caves….. The Nottingham City of Caves Tour is a unique exploration that unveils the hidden history and secrets beneath…