Mysterious Times

Kirst Mason D'Raven
Kirst Mason D'Raven
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  • A Matter of Statistics

    Dr Carrie Dale has spent years uncovering the truth behind unexplained deaths. But when a week of increasingly bizarre fatalities lands on her mortuary table, coincidence begins to feel like conspiracy. As the bodies pile up, Carrie finds herself chasing an impossible pattern – and wondering whether Death itself has developed a very dark sense…

  • History’s Most Bizarre Ends

    Sometimes the facts are stranger than fiction…

  • When Fair Folk Come For The Children.

    Not every fairy tale has a happy ending…

  • Annwn – The Otherworld Beyond the Hedgerow

    Our ancestors didn’t imagine another world above the clouds. They imagined it was just beyond the hill..

  • The Fairy Queen – Rulers of Britain’s Otherworld

    Forget everything you think you know about the Fairy Queen. Long before glitter and fairy tales, Britain knew mysterious women who ruled hidden kingdoms below hills, lakes and ancient forests. Meet the powerful Queens of the Otherworld, where myth, magic and folklore become one…

  • The Places You Should Never Disturb.

    Fairy paths, forts and holloways..

  • Alley Cats Review – May Contain Bollocks

    Ricky Gervais’s Alley Cats is filthy, ridiculous, unexpectedly touching and absolutely hilarious. But if feral cats making knob jokes offend you, what exactly did you expect? 😂

  • The Puppy Nobody Claimed

    Short Story Sunday

  • The Travis Walton Hoax?

    Fifty years after one of the world’s most famous alleged alien abductions, original witness Steve Pierce has returned to the Arizona forest – and says the story the world was told was a hoax. One of the foundations beneath the Travis Walton abduction case may have just shifted.

  • The Folk Beyond the Hedgerows

    Beyond the hedge lies another Britain. A land of fairy paths, hidden kingdoms and ancient warnings…

  • Crying The Neck

    Harvest rituals like ‘Crying the Neck’ in Devon and Cornwall celebrate gratitude as farming communities mark the end of the harvest. It’s a mix of old customs and modern appreciation for agricultural roots.

  • The Watchers in the Fields.

    Scarecrows used to be harmless protectors of crops, but now they creep us out and star in horror stories. Still, towns celebrate them in festivals, showing their quirky charm and creativity.

  • The Man Who Had To Die.

    John Barleycorn has been cut down, drowned and burned for centuries. But behind this brutal old folk song lies a much older story of harvest, sacrifice and rebirth…

  • Woven From the Last Harvest

    Corn dollies are intricate straw creations from harvest traditions, symbolizing good fortune and community. They represent the blend of craftsmanship, belief, and the important relationship between people and the land.

  • Lammas – The Bread That Bound a Community

    Lammas, or Lughnasadh, marks the first harvest, symbolizing survival and community. Celebrated with bread offerings and gatherings, it intertwines gratitude for nature’s bounty with ancient customs, transitioning towards autumn.

  • August 2026

    August welcomes the peak of summer, rich in harvest traditions, celestial wonders, and mysterious folklore. Embrace gratitude and warmth as we celebrate the season’s abundance and look forward to the changing days.

  • Sea Serpents – Britain’s Monsters of the Deep

    Sea serpents aren’t simply monsters. They’re symbols of the unknown. They remind us that there are still places where certainty gives way to possibility, where imagination sails alongside evidence, and where every dark shape beyond the waves invites one irresistible question. What if?

  • The Legend of Screaming Beach.

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  • Cruel Coppinger: Cornwall’s Smuggling Terror

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  • The Forest Beneath the Waves

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  • Sea Saints

    The Holy Men and Women Who Chose the Edge of the World…

  • Short Story Sunday – The Tide Between The Stars

    On a calm night, fisherman Joe Lyche heads out alone expecting nothing more than silence, stars and a decent catch. What follows is an encounter that leaves Joe questioning everything he knows about the sea…

  • The Stone Graves Above the Sea

    Pull up a chair… The tide is coming in and every coastline has a story to tell…

  • Birnam Wood – When a Forest Walked to War

    The real woodland behind Shakespeare’s greatest prophecy..

  • The Woman in the Wych Elm

    Todays throwback article is actually less throwback and more rewrite. It’s a story that you can find on pretty much any true mystery or cold case website or podcast. And though whilst I heartily approve of preserving old stories and cases, these are very rarely anything less than a rehash of the same tale. But…