The Bluecap: The Mine Spirit of the North Who Expected to Be Paid for His Work
A light-blue flame flickers into existence somewhere in the darkness of the tunnel. It moves with purpose, settling on a […]
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The Púca: Ireland’s Shapeshifting Spirit That Answers to Nobody and Nothing
You are walking home late from the pub, the road dark and the night quiet, when you hear hooves behind
The Dullahan: Ireland’s Headless Rider and the Death That Comes When Your Name Is Called
Somewhere on a dark road in the west of Ireland, a rider appears from the mist. He is moving fast,
Sir John de Graham’s Castle: The Forgotten Fortress of Wallace’s Most Trusted Knight
In the Carron Valley west of Falkirk, half hidden by forestry commission land at the edge of a reservoir, a
Elf-Shot: The Ancient Belief That Invisible Fairy Arrows Could Strike You Dead
A farmer steps outside on an ordinary morning to find a cow standing motionless in the field. No visible wound.
The Cù-Sìth: The Giant Green Hound That Hunts the Scottish Highlands
Three barks. That is all the warning you get. The first means the Cù-Sìth has caught your scent somewhere out
The Highgate Vampire: The Night Hundreds of Londoners Stormed a Cemetery to Hunt the Undead
Friday the 13th of March, 1970. Within two hours of a single television broadcast, hundreds of people climbed the gates
The Boggart: The Spirit That Follows You Even When You Flee Your Own Home
George Cheetham had finally had enough. The disturbances in his house had gone on for months, and now his family’s
The Owlman of Cornwall: The Night Two Sisters Screamed and Ran From Mawnan Church
On the evening of 17 April 1976, two sisters on a family holiday ran screaming from the churchyard of St
The Gwiber: Wales’ Deadly Winged Serpent and the Legends That Still Echo Through Its Valleys
A shepherd is walking through a valley in North Wales when he notices the livestock have stopped grazing. The river