Britain’s most famous Vampire has a name, a date and a terrifying history. But dig into the original sources and the Croglin Vampire becomes stranger than the legend suggests…
The Mysterious Times Almanac: October 2026
October has thirty-one days. This year, that seemed like a perfectly reasonable number of opportunities to make questionable decisions.…
Aleistor Crowley – The Wickedest Man in the World.
Born Edward Alexander Crowley on the 12th October 1875 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. The self…
Short Story Sunday Part 2 Paws four, Fort
The next morning we felt a little worse for wear. Alison had had three double…
The Woman Who Came Back – Simon Axford
Ellie returns home to find a stranger in her kitchen and a perfectly good cup chipped. Unfortunately for him, Ellie has survived considerably worse things than an unexpected houseguest…
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When the Dead Don’t Stay Dead
There are few things that humanity has been quite so consistently afraid of as a dead person who refuses to behave like one.
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The King Who Was Killed By… Lampreys??
The Curious Death of Henry I
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The Truths We Hide – A.D. Small
A prisoner must be delivered before 03:00. The mission is clear, the orders absolute. But deep beneath the earth, something knows the truths Seth has spent a lifetime hiding.
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The Matagot – Kirst D’Raven
“Come back if you want to know more about the Matagot… And bring milk!”
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The Killer Moustache
How one man’s facial hair turned against him.
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The Lawyer Who Shot Himself
How Clement Vallandigham became history’s unluckiest defence lawyer
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Timeline Of Notable Big Cat Sightings – UK
The UK has a history of big cat sightings, including the “Beast of Bodmin” in the late 1700s, the “Essex Lion” in 1905, and the “Fen Tiger” in the 1980s. These reports have sparked speculation about the presence of exotic felines in the British countryside, with sightings continuing into the 2020s.
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Dressed to Kill
Beauty, style, a little fire… What can possibly go wrong?
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A Matter of Statistics – Kirst D’Raven
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 of humour. A macabre, witty tale where statistics, fate and forensic science collide.
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History’s Most Bizarre Ends
Sometimes the facts are stranger than fiction…
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When Fair Folk Come For The Children.
Not every fairy tale has a happy ending…
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The Cottingley Fairies
The matter first became public in the summer of 1919 when Polly Wright went to a meeting at the Theosophical Society in Bradford. She was interested in the occult, having had some experiences of astral projection and memories of past lives herself.
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Annwn – The Otherworld Beyond the Hedgerow
Our ancestors didn’t imagine another world above the clouds. They imagined it was just beyond the hill..
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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…
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The Places You Should Never Disturb.
Fairy paths, forts and holloways..
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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? 😂
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The Puppy Nobody Claimed – Kirst D’Raven
Short Story Sunday
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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.
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The Folk Beyond the Hedgerows
Beyond the hedge lies another Britain. A land of fairy paths, hidden kingdoms and ancient warnings…
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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.
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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.
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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…
