Ghosts

The Awakening

Superior British period ghost story sets a tone of creepy unease

15 Nov 2011

There’s been a glut of cinematic ghost stories this year. The likes of Paranormal Activity 3 and Insidious often relied on jump scares and cheap parlour tricks, whereas The Awakening goes in the opposite direction letting the story unfold to reveal the…

TOWIE stars film ghost-hunting special

TV Gossip

22 Jul 2011

The stars of 'The Only Way Is Essex' have started filming an ITV2 ghost-hunting special Lauren Goodger, Mark Wright, Joey Essex, Amy Childs and Sam Faiers are joining 'Most Haunted' host Yvette Fielding on the spook-tastic show, which will see them…

TOWIE stars to take part in ghost-hunt special

TV Gossip

10 Jun 2011

The stars of 'The Only Way Is Essex' are to take part in an ITV2 ghost-hunting special. Lauren Goodger, Mark Wright, Joey Essex, Amy Childs and Sam Faiers have been invited by 'Most Haunted' host Yvette Fielding to participate in the spook-tastic…

Insidious - Leigh Whannell and James Wan interview

Terrifying new ghost story Insidious from horror duo behind Saw

26 Apr 2011

They gave the world Saw, followed it up with Dead Silence and now writer director team Leigh Whannell and James Wan are back with the terrifying ghost story that is Insidious. So what is Insidious about? Leigh Whannell: The film is our version of…

Holly Willoughby spooked off This Morning

TV Gossip

4 Mar 2011

Holly Willoughby walked off the 'This Morning' set yesterday (03.03.11) after being spooked by a piece on ghosts. The 30-year-old TV host - who is pregnant with her second child - was so terrified by the feature, she burst into tears and left…

A guide to the best ghost tours of haunted Edinburgh

The best of the spooky and haunted side of the historic Scottish capital

16 Feb 2011

In the words of Robert Louis Stevenson, one of Edinburgh’s most famous literary sons, ‘Only a few inches separate the living from the dead.’ And nowhere is that more true than in the Old Town. From Burke and Hare to Half-Hangit Maggie, the city has more…

Ghost Hunting in Loch Lomond

Who needs Derek Acorah when you have Colin Sykes?

10 Sep 2009

Greetings dear reader, and welcome to another grim tale of mystery, madness and trouser-filling terror. This being our Halloween issue, I thought I would go all out and investigate a genuine haunted castle or an authentic creepy mouldering ruin, so I…

Ghost Hunter

1 Jun 2009

Our regular Ghost Hunter Colin Sykes takes another spooky expedition into the unknown. Only the bravest of the brave could tread in this man’s gargantuan footsteps.

Ghosts

28 May 2009

Of the two Ibsen revivals gracing Scottish stages at present, Dundee Rep and the National Theatre of Scotland’s award-winning Peer Gynt appears the more irreverent in its approach to the playwright’s satirical fantasy. On the surface at least, Jeremy…

Ghost Hunter

1 Mar 2009

As travellers to our fair shores may already be aware, Scotland is considered a hotbed of supernatural activity. In fact, it is positively - to use a Scots word - ‘hoachin’ with ghosts, ghouls, spectres, spooks and spirits. This is especially true of…

Spooky Scotland

1 Oct 2008

Glamis Castle Reported to be one of the most haunted castles in Scotland, Glamis is the original seat of the Bowes and Lyons family. The castle is the setting of many a good ghostly yarn, including Shakespeare’s Macbeth. It’s also rumoured to…

Mary King’s Ghost Fest

8 May 2008

Back once again with the paranormal behaviour! The annual scary celebration of ghouls, ghosts, things that go bump in the night and (even more terrifyingly) perma-tanned television psychics, resurfaces through the ectoplasm. Night vigils in Edinburgh’s…

Mary King’s Ghost Fest

7 May 2007

Who ya gonna call?

Ghosts

More4, Tue 17 Apr, 10pm

9 Apr 2007

SOCIAL DRAMA When you think about Nick Broomfield and his work, you probably don’t think grimy, subtle and slow. Though, you might conjure up an image of a posh guy with a camera upsetting all manner of ruthless crooks and political outcasts with his…

Ghosts

15 Jan 2007

Documentary-maker Nick Broomfield’s first dramatic feature since his ill-fated toff murder tale Diamond Skulls some 17 years ago, Ghosts traces the events leading up to the drowning of 23 Chinese cockle-pickers in February 2004 off Morecambe Bay. Like…