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Haunted UK FictionS02 - Ep05 - Angel of Lincoln by James West (a tale of lore, bound in stone)For hundreds of years it stood silent, waiting...“This city is mental!” Tom went on, “Seems everywhere has its own ghosts. I’ve heard all the stories, the thing I don’t know is why Lincoln is so bloody haunted!” “I can tell ye,” said a voice. The two friends turned their heads to the table next to them. An old man in his late 70s, peaked cap and waxed jacket, sat beside them. They had seen him there before many times, he always sat alone, often deep within the pages of the telegraph. “I can tell ye,” he repea...
2026-02-2517 min
Haunted UK FictionS02 - Ep04 - Bleakmore: A Gothic Tale (Part 2) by Emma HudairiA guest at a manor house bears witness terrible events unfolding again and again...“The swell of the waves was much higher now and I could hear them crashing against the cliffs, white spray occasionally shooting high over the cliff top. The shrubs in the garden swayed in the wind. The scene was almost unrecognisable as the location of my walk earlier in the day. My eyes glanced to the left along the path that I had used. A sudden flash of lightning highlighted the way and that’s when I first saw her…”Hello and welcome, dea...
2026-02-2043 min
Haunted UK FictionS02 - Ep03 - Bleakmore: A Gothic Tale (Part 1) by Emma HudairiConclusion of this episoded to be released Feb 25th 7am BSTA guest at a manor house bears witness terrible events unfolding again and again...“There, stood by the bannister and staring down at me with an intensity I found hard to bear, was a man, smartly dressed, with thick black hair and black side whiskers. What I noticed most were his angular features and prominent cheekbones. I stood there, frozen to the spot and meeting his cold stare for what seemed like an eternity before I was finally able to tear my eyes away...
2026-02-1848 min
Haunted UK FictionS02 Flash Fiction Friday 01 - The Wedding Dress by Melissa West (a voyage through time)From the moment of its creation, a wedding dress bears silent witness to decades of human lives.“The box moved again. Had it been years already? This time, a man was staring back at me. I recognized him from the wedding. His eyes looked sad. I felt his tears fall and soak into my satin. I could feel his heavy heart. He put the lid back on the box and I felt myself being carried away…”Hello and welcome, dear listeners, to Haunted UK Fiction – a sister podcast to The Haunted UK which features original flash fiction...
2026-02-1318 min
Haunted UK FictionS02 - Ep02 - Spores by Lewis Darley (a speculative horror story)When something in the walls begins to spread, escape becomes impossible.“The small tear in the skirting spread upwards across the mass of black mould, creating an aperture of flickering light. Robert placed his face in the hole, to find a stone opening. It was a natural cave, a passageway of craggy sandstone. Robert balked at the discovery, amazed that he had never found it before. He knew Nottingham had been built atop a sprawling network of subterranean caves, but most had been discovered, mapped out, or else converted to pub basements or tourist attractions. He should have be...
2026-02-1119 min
Haunted UK PodcastReturn To Dudley Castle Part 3 with Amy HickmanWelcome to part three of my return to Dudley Castle. In this final episode, Amy takes me around the castle grounds themselves, guiding me through some of the locations most closely linked to reported paranormal activity. From shadowy corners to open spaces with long memories, this is where the stories we’ve been discussing throughout the series truly come to life.A huge thank you to Amy for all of her time, knowledge, and generosity throughout this series. I’d also like to thank all the staff and management at Dudley Castle and Zoological Gardens for accommodating me last...
2026-02-0848 min
Haunted UK PodcastReturn To Dudley Castle Part 2 with Amy HickmanWelcome back.This is part two of my interview with Amy, recorded on location last September. In part one, we explored the long and often brutal history of Dudley Castle and the people who once walked its halls and beautiful grounds.In this episode, we hear about more experiences, from strange encounters and ongoing activity to the moments that make even seasoned investigators stop and take notice.We dig deeper into the ghosts and legends most closely associated with the castle, and the phenomena that continues to be reported by staff and visitors alike...
2026-02-0750 min
Haunted UK PodcastReturn To Dudley Castle Part 1 with Amy HickmanRecorded on location in September 2025, I was lucky enough to interview Amy, the paranormal host and historian at Dudley Castle.This interview explores the castle’s long and often brutal history, uncovering the surprising connections between Dudley Castle and some of the most colourful, and at times bloody, periods in British history. We also delve deep into the ghostly encounters and paranormal events which have solidified Dudley Castle as being one of the most haunted locations in Great Britain.Now, this interview ended up being so rich it’s been split into three parts.In p...
2026-02-0649 min
Haunted UK FictionS02 - Ep01 - Freddie by Ruth Saberton (a ghostly tale)A young couple’s search for a new home takes an unsettling turn...“Adele passed the Rectory every day on her walk to school. Sometimes she thought she could see a child’s face peeping out from one of the attic windows and one morning she slipped her hand from her mother’s grasp to wave. When asked who she was looking at, Adele couldn’t say and when she glanced back there was nobody there after all. Maybe she had imagined it? Only a very old lady lived in the Rectory. There were no children there…”Hello and...
2026-02-0437 min
Haunted UK FictionHaunted UK Fiction - Ink and Influence - R.L. Stine (middle grade horror writer)Ink & Influence – R.L. StineBetween the stories we tell, there are the stories that shape them. While we prepare for the next season of Haunted UK Fiction, we’re taking a moment to step away from the stories—and into their origins. Ink and Influence is a short-form series from Haunted UK Fiction, exploring the authors, ideas, and moments that gave rise to some of the darkest and most enduring works of fiction.In this episode, we turn our attention to R.L. Stine, and the ideas that shaped his legacy.If you...
2026-01-2804 min
Haunted UK FictionHaunted UK Fiction - Ink and Influence - Daphne du Maurier (author of gothic horror)Ink & Influence – Daphne DuMaurierBetween the stories we tell, there are the stories that shape them. While we prepare for the next season of Haunted UK Fiction, we’re taking a moment to step away from the stories—and into their origins. Ink and Influence is a short-form series from Haunted UK Fiction, exploring the authors, ideas, and moments that gave rise to some of the darkest and most enduring works of fiction.In this episode, we turn our attention to Daphne DuMaurier, and the ideas that shaped her legacy.If you enjoy...
2026-01-2105 min
Haunted UK FictionHaunted UK Fiction - Ink and Influence - Bram Stoker (vampire / horror author)Ink & Influence – Bram StokerBetween the stories we tell, there are the stories that shape them. While we prepare for the next season of Haunted UK Fiction, we’re taking a moment to step away from the stories—and into their origins. Ink and Influence is a short-form series from Haunted UK Fiction, exploring the authors, ideas, and moments that gave rise to some of the darkest and most enduring works of fiction.In this episode, we turn our attention to Bram Stoker, and the ideas that shaped his legacy.If you enjoy...
2026-01-1407 min
Haunted UK FictionS01 - Ep16 - One Always Comes Back by Robert McDermott (a new year's horror story)Ancient customs and lore haunt visitors to a remote Scottish forest...'This place gives me the creeps,’ said Ruth, ‘it’s too quiet. It doesn’t seem natural.’She was right of course, the location, time of year and warning from the night before gave the moment an uncanny quality. Ruth wasn’t given to strange notions but for a second, she couldn’t tell if what she was seeing was real or some very convincing simulation… Hello and welcome, dear listeners, to Haunted UK Fiction – a sister podcast to The Haunted UK which features original f...
2025-12-3134 min
Haunted UK FictionS01 - Ep15 - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day by Willerby (an uncanny Christmas horror story)An eerie story about a Christmas Tree that doesn't want the holiday season to come to an end..."Christmas was over; an expensive non-drop fir tree standing naked next to the TV, dripping browning needles on the carpet all that was left... Looking at the dead tree, the new year felt like nothing special and the world small, cold and mean. She sighed. “I wish it could be Christmas every day,” she whispered, like a prayer or a spell, and then whispered it again without meaning to… "Hello and welcome, dear listeners, to Haunted UK Fic...
2025-12-2620 min
Haunted UK PodcastHaunted UK Fiction - S01 - Episode 14 - The Retribution of Parson Beelzebub Brown by Jed VesperA bead of sweat careered down the dome of his forehead like a wet cockroach. Slapping his head and rubbing frenziedly, he squeezed his eyes tight shut and groaned quietly. What to do? What to do? When he re-opened his bleary eyes, his heart lurched. In wiping the sweat from his brow, he must have caught the curtains, and they had parted more widely. A good six or seven inches. Blinking his vision back into focus, he saw the dark invaders stop dead where they were; a tableau from some obscene pantomime.Hello and welcome, dear listeners, to Haunte...
2025-12-2439 min
Haunted UK PodcastHaunted UK Fiction - S01 - Episode 09 - The Overcoat by Luke BrownIn keeping with the tradition of telling ghost stories at Christmas, we offer you this expertly crafted submission from our sister podcast Haunted UK Fiction... Find this and over two dozen more stories on Haunted UK Fiction: https://linktr.ee/hauntedukfictionMy father was in a strange mood that day. He welcomed me with genuine warmth and appeared, to me at least, quite comfortable and content in his soft armchair and his cup perched delicately on the left knee. His words, however, were of the most serious sort; he betrayed no emotion by stating the facts clearly and...
2025-12-241h 00
Haunted UK FictionS01 Flash Fiction Friday 05 - The Christmas Ghost by Melissa West (a haunting tale of nostalgia)When the ghost of Christmases past lingers in the back of our minds, and the dark corners of the room..."I have a Christmas Ghost. Each year, the moment I haul the bins of holiday decorations into the living room, it begins to form. I can usually feel it hovering in the corner of the room, like a mass of swirling clouds coming together to form a storm…"Hello and welcome, dear listeners, to Haunted UK Fiction – a sister podcast to The Haunted UK which features original flash fiction, short stories, and novellas with paranormal themes. All...
2025-12-2413 min
Haunted UK PodcastTalk Haunts - Christmas Special – Monsters in the Machine with Gary NumanWelcome dear listeners, to our series of ‘Talk Haunts’ – a chat that’s all scary ... just for you. So, grab a hot chocolate, maybe a tea, pull up a chair … because this is Haunted UK Podcast’s Talk Haunts Christmas Special – Monsters in the Machine with Gary Numan. Deemed the ‘Godfather of Electronic music’ and one of the most influential musicians of our time, Gary Numan has sold over 10 million records with such era-defining classics as ‘Cars’ and ‘Our Friends Electric’ as well as extraordinary albums in recent years such as Splinter, Savage and Intruder. Gary kindly agreed to take a break from rehear...
2025-12-211h 25
Haunted UK FictionS01 Flash Fiction Friday 04 - Running from the Christmas Tractor by Harrie Tabor (a holiday horror)Preparations for a festive event turn into a terrifying holiday horror...“She eyed the tractor. Maybe he’d needed it too. They hadn’t told her much about the previous owner, but she’d heard the rumours. She hoped they weren’t true. Imagine living such an isolated life that you’re only found because the bills are long overdue…” Hello and welcome, dear listeners, to Haunted UK Fiction – a sister podcast to The Haunted UK which features original flash fiction, short stories, and novellas with paranormal themes. All stories you will hear were written by a collection of tal...
2025-12-1916 minHaunted UK FictionS01 - E14 - The Retribution of Parson Beelzebub Brown by Jed Vesper (a Christmas horror story)Revenge is best served at Christmas..."A bead of sweat careered down the dome of his forehead like a wet cockroach. Slapping his head and rubbing frenziedly, he squeezed his eyes tight shut and groaned quietly. What to do? What to do? When he re-opened his bleary eyes, his heart lurched. In wiping the sweat from his brow, he must have caught the curtains, and they had parted more widely. A good six or seven inches. Blinking his vision back into focus, he saw the dark invaders stop dead where they were; a tableau from some obscene pantomime..."
2025-12-1740 min
Haunted UK FictionS01 - Ep13 - The Lady of the Stairs by LJ Aldon (a Scottish ghost story)A lingering presence, keen to be heard, tries to set things right...“The famous one is the Lady of the Stairs. Around the late 1400s, there was a woman who was a mistress of one of my ancestor’s lairds. His vengeful wife locked her up in one of the castle turrets, where she perished from not eating. Some psychics have seen her. She walks the stairways at night.” “That’s a lie,” a voice hissed in Pucci’s ear—warm breath prickled her cheek... Hello and welcome, dear listeners, to Haunted UK Fiction – a sister podcast to...
2025-12-1226 min
Haunted UK FictionS01 - Ep11 - The Hollow Rooms Part 1 by Ian Harris (a twisted holiday nightmare)The perfect holiday retreat holds a deep, dark, twisted secret..."The Hollow Rooms stood on the crest of the mountain like a black crown…. A long drive curved up through wrought iron gates, their bars twisted into the shapes of roses and thorns. The two figures who had been waiting were staff members—a man in a black suit with a gold watch chain, and a woman in a gray dress buttoned high to her neck. Both were pale in a way that spoke of years indoors, but there was something else, too: a stillness in their faces, as t...
2025-12-1031 min
Haunted UK FictionS01 - Ep12 - The Hollow Rooms Part 2 by Ian Harris (a twisted holiday nightmare)Below the surface, the perfect holiday retreat hides a dark secret..."To anyone else, the Hollow Rooms was a grand winter retreat. Only Ian and Liam knew the truth: beneath the glitter, the walls pulsed with something else..."Hello and welcome, dear listeners, to Haunted UK Fiction – a sister podcast to The Haunted UK which features original flash fiction, short stories, and novellas with paranormal themes. All stories you will hear were written by a collection of talented writers, authors, and storytellers, both independent and professional.In today’s Haunted Holiday episode, we’ll be rea...
2025-12-1034 min
Haunted UK FictionS01 Flash Fiction Friday 03 - Arena of Shadows by Jed Vesper (a Christmas horror story)A child's Christmas wish gone wrong..."It is the not knowing that twists the guts of the helpless figure, almost as much as the awesome fear inspired by its breath-rasping gaoler. This butcher now reaches deep into a pocket and its hand emerges with a fistful of brightly-coloured, self-adhesive bows – some green, some red, some silver, some gold…"Hello and welcome, dear listeners, to Haunted UK Fiction – a sister podcast to The Haunted UK which features original flash fiction, short stories, and novellas with paranormal themes. All stories you will hear were written by a colle...
2025-12-0511 min
Haunted UK FictionS01 - Ep10 - Driftstone Marsh by Jason Wells (a dramatic holiday horror)A post Christmas party drive home takes a terrifying turn..."Heart pounding, he exhaled a shaky breath and forced himself to look left, then right. Nothing. No headlights, no shapes, nothing at all. Who else would be out here on a night like this? He was about to move off when something caught his eye—a flicker of movement in the field opposite..."A dark shape, large, powerful, tearing across the snow. He couldn’t tell what it was, only that it moved fast, until it vanished into the swirling snow and the ink-black night beyond.
2025-12-0345 min
Haunted UK FictionHaunted UK Fiction - In Conversation with Theresa Cheung + Nightborn Preview"Alice saw the wave. It was a beast. It rose slowly at first, the way a predator prepares to strike – silent, inevitable. It quickly gained speed, swelling into a towering monster, a force of nature, as if the ocean itself had decided to swallow her whole. The wave surged, easily 30 feet high, dark and roaring with a ferocity she could feel in her bones. It moved toward her with the relentlessness of fate…"Welcome, dear listeners, to a special episode of Haunted UK Fiction where we will read an excerpt from a brand-new novel, and have a chat with...
2025-11-301h 10Haunted UK FictionS01 - Ep09 - The Overcoat by LD Brown (a Victorian style vampire story)A stranger's request puts a tailor in a delicate terrifying position that changes the course of his life..."My father was in a strange mood that day. He welcomed me with genuine warmth and appeared, to me at least, quite comfortable and content in his soft armchair and his cup perched delicately on the left knee. His words, however, were of the most serious sort; he betrayed no emotion by stating the facts clearly and with a certain stiff formality. I was informed that he had something very important to tell…"Hello and welcome, dear listeners, to...
2025-11-261h 02
Haunted UK FictionS01 Flash Fiction Friday 02 - Echoes in the Mist by Michele Liddle (a tale inspired by Celtic lore)Sometimes, echoes just need to be heard..."Eilidh MacKenzie always knew she was different. Raised in a quiet Scottish village cradled by hills and lochs, her childhood was shaped by the whispers of her great-grandmother —stories of second sight, banshees crying by the river, and the mist that wasn’t just mist. Most folk rolled their eyes. Eilidh never did…" Hello and welcome, dear listeners, to Haunted UK Fiction – a sister podcast to The Haunted UK which features original flash fiction, short stories, and novellas with paranormal themes. All stories you will hear were written by a collect...
2025-11-2112 min
Haunted UK FictionS01 - Ep08 - Blackdamp by T. J. McLaughlin (a supernatural thriller)Some things should always remain below ground..."Pierce saw a large group of men appear from a bellowing wall of white. Like ghostly figures emerging from beyond the supernatural veil. They were carrying a man on a makeshift stretcher. Pierce’s eyes still were not great, and he thought someone had covered the man in a velvet blanket for warmth, but as the struggling group got closer, he could see that it was no blanket. Blood covered the man from head to toe..."Hello and welcome, dear listeners, to Haunted UK Fiction – a sister podcast to The...
2025-11-1930 min
Haunted UK FictionS01 - Ep07 - Roadsong by Glenn Quigley (an unsettling road trip story)A roadtrip takes a dark turn after a stop at a roadside diner..."A jukebox blasted out some Chuck Berry. He knew the tune but not the words. His mother liked Chuck, she had played his music all the time when he was growing up. He couldn’t remember the last time he’d heard it. Or any music, come to think of it. Had they been listening to the radio in the car? He didn’t think so, but hadn’t there been a tune? Perhaps Nina had been humming as she drove…"Hello and welcome, d...
2025-11-1222 min
Haunted UK FictionS01 - Ep06 - Mother Never Liked Dead Things by S.C. Fisher (a chilling ghost story)A ghostly tale told from a chilling perspective..."When I awoke again, it was to darkness. I had been hopeful for my bed, to find myself ensconced in blankets with my beloved governess by my side, mopping my brow. Instead, four, solid, wooden walls bore down upon me…"Hello and welcome, dear listeners, to Haunted UK Fiction – a sister podcast to The Haunted UK which features original flash fiction, short stories, and novellas with paranormal themes. All stories you will hear were written by a collection of talented writers, authors, and storytellers, both independent and professional.
2025-11-0525 min
Haunted UK FictionS01 Flash Fiction Friday 01 - Helen (Something in the Cellar) by Melissa West (a haunting story)A ghost story told from the perspective of the ghost itself..."I took a deep breath, charged at Henry with all my might, and CRASH! My knee gave out, and I slammed into the side table, sending a vase hurtling toward the floor. It landed with a smash, shards of glass flying everywhere, and water seeping between the rapidly wilting flower petals. I stayed put on the floor, frozen in fear. A large shadow hovered in the doorway. Papa. Papa had just come home. Papa had seen the whole incident. The shadow came toward me, and Papa came...
2025-10-3115 min
Haunted UK FictionS01 - Ep05 - The Big Top by Willerby (a weird and wonderful tale)A train brings the circus into the village of Willerby, offering one family a unique opportunity...“Welcome to my Big Top,” she said, “From nowhere and everywhere. From the ice-islands of Ros 154 to the green deserts of Emerelda, from the jungled hills of Amazonian Maya to the bottomless oceans of Lanneria. From our last stop ghost-soaked Hookland, to here for one night only, your home, weird-scarred Willerby. Who knows where we’ll go next and when we’ll be back? Welcome – you will be delighted and amazed, the wonders of this multiverse brought here to your front door…”Hello...
2025-10-2923 min
Haunted UK FictionS01 - Ep04- Jack's Pool by Willerby (a cryptid tale)In the village of willerby, a mysterious creature makes it's presence felt after newcomers awaken it..."On the two-minute walk home, Sally and Dan picked their starlit way back to their cottage and felt – at last – Willerby was home. There was a note pinned to their front door: Things don’t lie still in Willerby. You must be more careful. Here to help when you’re ready..."Hello and welcome, dear listeners, to Haunted UK Fiction – a sister podcast to The Haunted UK which features original flash fiction, short stories, and novellas with paranormal themes. All stories you...
2025-10-2221 min