Tag Archives: halloween

An eerie journey along old Corpse Roads

Posted on October 30, 2019 by

Can anyone believe that I have written Halloween (related posts for 7 years now.  When I started this blog I thought I’d be lucky to still be going in a month.   As with everything else, I always try to keep … Continue reading →

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Top 10 films of 2018

Posted on December 19, 2018 by

It’s become tradition that every year I do a blog post listing my favourite television programmes and films of the year. As for the big screen, I don’t think it has been a classic year either.  I don’t think anything … Continue reading →

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An eerie old mortuary from Jack The Ripper and the world’s oldest Police.

Posted on October 31, 2018 by

Whilst out on one of my walks and whilst taking some photos for Mondays post on The Ratcliffe Highway Murders, I made it my business to hunt out a new (for me) location related to Jack The Ripper. Hidden away … Continue reading →

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The Ratcliffe Highway Murders

Posted on October 29, 2018 by

It’s Halloween and I’ve done a number of related posts on the origins of Halloween, hauntings, the modern day Enfield Poltergeist and of course the infamous Jack The Ripper.  Real life figures such as the Victorian poisoner Mary Cotton and figures … Continue reading →

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My latest ‘mini’ horror movie – Bad Dream?

Posted on October 24, 2018 by

It’s become something of a tradition for my friend and I to make a Halloween inspired video and I thought I would share this years effort. Bizarrely, whilst all the other young children would and still do watch cute shows, … Continue reading →

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Crows, Ravens & Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2017 by

Over the years, I have written quite a few posts on Halloween related subjects such as Halloweens of past and present (updated)  Top 10 Haunted places in the U.K. the fearful Spring Heeled Jack who wrought terror in mostly distant times and … Continue reading →

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Mary Ann Cotton – Dark Angel

Posted on October 31, 2016 by

As we reach All Hallows Eve, it has become a tradition that I write a post related to Halloween or at least, things that go bump in the night.  Last year I wrote about the apparently true events portrayed in … Continue reading →

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