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About UncannyUK

I am the editor of Uncanny UK (www.uncannyuk.com), a website devoted to British ghosts and folklore. I am the former editor of Paranormal Magazine and the author five books on Welsh folklore. Just launched Apparition Developments, first product of which is Ghost Finder London - an app plotting 300 haunted sites in London for iPhone. I'm a highly experienced journalist and corporate copywriter. I'm an enthusiast on the subjects of UK folklore, the supernatural and antiquities and am fond of old horror and sci-fi movies, cult TV such as Dr Who and I collect Victorian/Edwardian magazines. I also enjoy weird art and macabre literature by the likes of M R James, E F Benson, Algernon Blackwood, W Hope-Hodgson, H P Lovecraft etc. I live in North Wales, which is a very spooky place.

Just arrived – Cumbrian Ghost Stories!

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Just arrived – Cambridgeshire Ghost Stories!

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Just arrived – Oxfordshire Ghost Stories!

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Just arrived – Scottish Ghost Stories!

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‘The Devil’s Steps’ by Dan Berry – very funny cartoon based on local Hallowe’en folklore

Enjoy it here: http://www.thingsbydan.co.uk/2013/10/the-devils-steps/

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The Stuffed Men by Anthony Rud – hard-boiled high strangeness

I’ve just finished reading a truly bizarre book, one that is almost legendary. It’s The Stuffed Men by Anthony Rud. Other than this strange byway of hard-boiled detective fiction, Rud’s only other claim to fame is that his short story … Continue reading

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Uncanny UK is A-OK again

Thanks to my developer Emma the malicious bit of code that got into the http://www.uncannyuk.com website has been sorted so if you were one of those who had trouble viewing the site, you will now have no problems. This means … Continue reading

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Uncanny UK has been hacked!

Apologies to anyone who has tried to visit Uncanny UK recently and found themselves unable to view the site. We’re not quite sure what’s going on but it looks like it might have been hacked by some Wonga-type outfit. Hopefully … Continue reading

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Fantastic collection of illustration

Just discovered the entire online catalogue of the sale of Michael Winner’s collection of children’s illustration, sold at Sotheby’s in December last year. Oh, how I would have loved to have owned his Tiggers Don’t Climb Trees. http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2012/the-art-of-illustration-l12409/lot.1.html

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Got the proof

Just about to start work on proofing my next four regional ghost guides. These are for Cumbria, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire and the whole of Scotland (I’d argued for Lowlands and Highlands & Islands but the publishers didn’t think they could afford … Continue reading

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