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It’s not the tryptophan turkey making you sleepy

December 26, 2022 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Is there a particular reason why Christmas dinners make people feel so sleepy? You might have been told about turkey being rich in an amino acid called tryptophan.

Who knew Christmas could be so freaky creepy?

December 19, 2022 by Andrew Leave a Comment

A list of unusual Christmas traditions from around the world.

They call it the Poltergiest House: Is 30 East Drive in Pontefract haunted?

October 31, 2015 by Andrew 15 Comments

Some say that the Black Monk of Pontefract is one of the most violent poltergeists in Europe. Are they right?

Is this really photographic evidence of a sexy ghost?

October 19, 2015 by Andrew Leave a Comment

A funny thing happens around about Halloween. Certain newspapers start to get interested in reporting ghost stories. This encounter that apparently features a blonde female ghost flashing her cleavage comes from The Mirror. Is there any evidence other than the blurry photograph above? According to reports the paranormal entity left behind a possible fingerprint smudge […]

Former Stanley Tools Factory in Neepsend is haunted, says Gcuk

January 4, 2015 by Andrew Leave a Comment

The team at Ghost Central UK took some of the Most Haunted team, including Yvette Fielding, Karl Beattie and Stuart Torevell, to investigate the Former Stanley Tools Factory in Neepsend. More than a dozen members of the public were along for a whole night of paranormal investigation. According to news coverage from The Star they […]

Totally strange local traditions

January 3, 2015 by Andrew Leave a Comment

John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars, and host of Mental Floss takes us through some 27 unbelievable local traditions. Are you ready? He begins with Cooper’s Hill cheese rolling, describing how the cheese wheel can hit speeds on 70 mph, and then moves on to really weird stuff. How weird? We’ve got […]

Haunted? A look at the Royal Court Theatre in Bacup, Lancashire

June 23, 2014 by Andrew 4 Comments

The Royal Court Theatre in Bacup, Lancashire, is renowned as a local focus for paranormal activity, attracting ghost hunters and mediums from around the country, eager to experience the unusual atmosphere that surrounds the property. The building that is now home to the Royal Court Theatre, originally housed the Henrietta Street Iron Foundry, which was […]

Bringing Most Haunted back: An interview with Lee Roberts

February 18, 2014 by Andrew 3 Comments

The Most Haunted brand is coming back. The owner of Haunted Events UK, Lee Roberts, has teamed up with Karl Beattie to launch Most Haunted Paranormal Nights. The brand returns as a pair of live events for which tickets are on sale, if you’re quick. Some Most Haunted fans may not have encountered Haunted Events […]

The 5 most haunted wedding venues in the UK

February 7, 2014 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Getting married is traditionally the best day of your life. Consumed with happiness, you both are riding high on the wings of love and nothing can touch you… or can it? Numerous wedding venues across the country have built up a reputation as being haunted. Sightings of ghostly goings-on have been reported by the bride […]

World’s most dangerous and haunted roads

January 27, 2014 by Andrew Leave a Comment

This infographic has been put together by a loan company and shows an impressive collection of dangerous roads. North Yungas Road sounds horrible, just 3 metres wide and with between 100 to 300 deaths every year. Would you risk it? We can only speculate that the loan company was suggesting that driving was a dangerous […]

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