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Haunted UK FictionFlash Fiction Friday - Arena of Shadows by Jed VesperIt 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 collection of talented writers, authors, and storytellers, both in...
2025-12-0511 min
Haunted UK FictionS01 - Episode 10 - Driftstone Marsh by Jason WellsHeart 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.‘What the hell…?’ Riley muttered. He rubbed condensation from the windscreen...
2025-12-0345 min
Haunted UK FictionExclusive Christmas Offers!!! (Presidential Outtake)My musings and mumblings...here's the outtake after the original!!! Thought I'd share it too!!!Listeners… gather close and don’t skip this announcement! A rare alignment has formed for fans of the Haunted UK Podcast and Haunted UK Fiction…but only until 11:59pm on Christmas Eve. From the shadows, a new tier has emerged… the APPARITION.For £1 per month, this limited-number tier grants you ad-free episodes, early access, and full entry to our haunted back catalogue.But when Christmas Eve ends, the APPARITION tier will disappear into the darkness… drifting away until it ret...
2025-12-0102 min
Haunted UK FictionExclusive Christmas Offers!!!Listeners… gather close and don’t skip this announcement! A rare alignment has formed for fans of the Haunted UK Podcast and Haunted UK Fiction…but only until 11:59pm on Christmas Eve. From the shadows, a new tier has emerged… the APPARITION.For £1 per month, this limited-number tier grants you ad-free episodes, early access, and full entry to our haunted back catalogue.But when Christmas Eve ends, the APPARITION tier will disappear into the darkness… drifting away until it returns, mysteriously, in the New Year.But the spirits bring more gifts.Both our SPOO...
2025-12-0101 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 10
Haunted UK FictionS01 - Episode 09 - The Overcoat by LD BrownMy 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 Haunted UK Fiction – a sister podcast to The Haunted UK which features original flash fiction, short stories, and novellas with...
2025-11-261h 02
Haunted UK FictionFlash Fiction Friday - Echoes in the Mist by Michele LiddleEilidh 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 collection of talented writers, authors, and storytellers, both independe...
2025-11-2112 min
Haunted UK FictionS01 - Episode 08 - Blackdamp by T. J. McLaughlinPierce 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 Haunted UK which features original flash fiction, short stor...
2025-11-1930 min
Haunted UK FictionS01 - Episode 07 - Roadsong by Glenn QuigleyA 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, dear listeners, to Haunted UK Fiction – a sister podcast to The Haunted UK which features orig...
2025-11-1222 min
Haunted UK FictionS01 - Episode 06 - Mother Never Liked Dead Things by S.C. FisherWhen 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.In today’s episode we’ll be reading Mother N...
2025-11-0525 min
Haunted UK FictionFlash Fiction Friday - Helen (Something in the Cellar) by Melissa WestI 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 into view. “Look what you’ve done!” Papa shouted so loudly that my ears s...
2025-10-3115 min
Haunted UK FictionS01 - Episode 05 - The Big Top by Willerby“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 and welcome, dear listeners, to Haunted UK Fiction – a sister podcast to The Haunted UK which features ori...
2025-10-2923 min
Haunted UK FictionImportant Spreaker Advert AnnouncementAfter the release of our most recent episodes, a number of you have reached out regarding the number of ads and their placement. After looking into the problem on both Haunted Uk Podcast, and Haunted UK Fiction, we realised that the automated system wasn’t distributing the ad’s in a way that feels appropriate for both shows.We have now fixed the issue, and all episodes should now be back to normal with a standard number of thoughtfully distributed advertisements.We always appreciate your feedback and will always strive to provide the best content possible. If y...
2025-10-2700 min
Haunted UK FictionS01 - Episode 04- Jack's Pool by WillerbyOn 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 will hear were written by a collection of talented writers, authors, and storytellers, both independent and professiona...
2025-10-2221 min
Haunted UK FictionS01 - Episode 03 - Shortcuts by WillerbyWe were between two hedges that formed a narrow, winding passage big enough for two people to stand next to each other with their arms just touching. The hedges were tight packed, but it was still somehow dimmer than it should have been an hour after dawn.“Dad?” Said Jess. “Look up, slowly now.”I did. And gasped….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, aut...
2025-10-1528 min
Haunted UK FictionS01 - Episode 02 - It Shows Up When It's Needed by Robert McDermottI turned. A boy sat at the far end of the bench leaving a gap big enough for maybe two or three people between us. He wore a school hoodie, and his light brown hair was untidy as if blown by a strong wind. His face was at an angle where I couldn’t make out his features, only the profile of his nose and chin. I felt as if something about him was off, not eerie or wrong, just off as if he was somehow dimmer and softer. Like the light didn’t catch him quite the same way it d...
2025-10-0823 min
Haunted UK PodcastEpisode 63 – Ghosts of Glensheen MansionThat fateful night, Elisabeth’s usual night nurse had taken ill, causing her recently retired nurse, Velma Pietela, to come out of retirement for the night. It is said that Velma’s husband had a strange feeling about her going to Glensheen and implored her to stay home; but Velma – likely feeling a sense of duty to Elisabeth – ignored his pleas … a decision that would cost her … her life …This is episode 63 of the Haunted UK Podcast, and in this episode, we flock to America and the innermost point of Lake Superior to a very specific location – Glensheen Mansion in Duluth, Minnesot...
2025-10-0434 min
Haunted UK FictionS01 - Episode 01 - Shadows in the Barri Gotic by Tim HaleBy the time they went to bed Jane had almost convinced herself that she was simply adjusting to the strange acoustics and unfamiliar rhythms of their new home… but she woke again to the smell of cigar smoke. This time, it was so strong that she was certain Terry must smell it too. She reached over to shake him awake, then stopped. The smoke seemed to be concentrated on her side of the bed, as if someone were sitting in the chair by the window, smoking and watching her sleep.Jane lay perfectly still, barely breathing, every sense straining to de...
2025-10-0148 min
Haunted UK FictionEpisode 07 - Bloodsuckers by James AldersonGodfrey stirred in his coffin and pressed his hands against his ears, trying to block out the rattles, whistles and creaks of the battered twenty-five-year-old transit van as it protested its way along the A5. Cedric claimed he remembered the Romans building it centuries before it was called Watling Street, but Godfrey didn’t believe him. Over the years they’d spent together he’d spotted enough gaps and contradictions in Cedric’s stories to know he always lied…Hello and welcome, dear listeners, to Haunted UK Fiction – a sister podcast to The Haunted UK which features original flash fiction...
2025-09-2425 min
Haunted UK FictionFirst Call For Christmas SubmissionsHello dear listeners, we hope you are enjoying the teaser episodes of Haunted UK Fiction so far! The holiday season is quickly approaching, and we are looking for story submissions that combine both the paranormal and Christmas or New Year’s Eve. There are countless stories involving ghosts and the holidays, the most famous of which is undoubtedly A Christmas Carol… No need to write an entire novel though! We at Haunted UK Fiction are ideally looking for short stories anywhere from 5-15 pages long, but flash fiction and novellas will also be considered.If you have a...
2025-09-2201 min
Haunted UK FictionEpisode 06 - Blasted Heath by Lewis DarleyThere was a gentle rapping on the door, which caused him to start. He reckoned it must be Francis, an old friend coming to check on him after he had walked away, or a runner, summoning him to set for further rehearsals. The knocks on the door started to get louder as he walked towards it…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...
2025-09-1736 min
Haunted UK FictionEpisode 05 - Rattle Chains by Ellen ForkinIt has been many nights since someone has come. I stare at the nail before nudging the fallen picture frame with my foot. Should I really be enticing someone to this fate? I think of the old woman with the glowering mouth. How many came before her? I wish I knew. Maybe I could be the last. I think this, feeling noble, until the chains tighten, their coldness biting and sharp. I whimper, an animal sound, and know I must escape...Hello and welcome, dear listeners, to Haunted UK Fiction – a sister podcast to The Haunted UK which fe...
2025-09-1012 min
Haunted UK FictionEpisode 04 - New House, Old Demons by Craig ForsterAt first, the planchette barely moved, tracing a lazy 'no' to their timid inquiries. But as the night grew darker, the whispers grew louder. The planchette began to slide with purpose, the letters forming words that sent chills down their spines. It spelled out a name, "Martha," and a date, "1863." The children shared a nervous glance, their hearts racing. They had stumbled upon something ancient, and possibly malevolent. The room grew cold, and the planchette shot to the corner of the board, coming to a sudden halt after spelling the word "RUN." Panic set in, and the family bolted from...
2025-09-0332 min
Haunted UK FictionEpisode 03 - 27 by Alis GriffithsThis night, however, Duke came over after the gig and introduced himself. He remembered a casual conversation with Duke whilst the pair knocked back too many bourbons. He remembered Duke, with a glint in his eyes, reminiscing about his “old friend” Robert Johnson, “back in the day,” (hell, how old was this guy?), selling his soul to Lucifer for a slice of the big ol’ blues pie. Yeah, yeah, everyone knew about that tall tale! He remembered laughing when Duke said that he, Johnny, could have that too if he wanted it enough…Hello and welcome, dear listeners, to Haunted U...
2025-08-2716 min
Haunted UK FictionEpisode 02 - Okuri Inu and Rain by Liah S. ThorleyShe opens her mouth to shout but no sound comes. No one believes her anyway.She has seen the adults exchange nervous glances. Footsteps stop. The skirt stops. There,outside her room now. Always at seven o’clock! A cry, no, a scream! A long painfulscream. A thud, scraping, dragging, the footsteps move away…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 i...
2025-08-2012 min
Haunted UK FictionEpisode 01 - HMP Signals End by James WestDave froze as he had every night since he took on the nights Officer job a decade ago. He quickly hit the reset button and peered over the top of the control board, staring intently at the well-lit level crossing in front of him. He noted that the gates were shut to any oncoming train. Dave sat immobile in his chair. He noticed his breathing had become more rapid and his heart was beating harder and harder inside his chest. Time seemed to slow to a crawl as he waited… And waited… Hello and welcome, dear listeners, to this...
2025-08-1317 min
Haunted UK FictionIntroducing the Haunted UK Fiction PodcastThis is Steve from the Haunted UK Podcast with a very special announcement and request.We’re calling all writers, storytellers and creators of tales of the Paranormal and Supernatural. Do you have a spine-tingling story that's too chilling to keep to yourself? If the answer is yes, then wherever you are in the world…The Haunted UK Fiction podcast wants to hear from you!!We're on the hunt for original, spine-tingling paranormal and supernatural stories to be professionally narrated and featured on our brand-new show – completely free of charge.Whether you're a published author, an aspiri...
2025-07-3002 min
The Skylark BellSkyedive - Chapter 20, The Music BoxIn today’s episode we read the chapter 20 – The Music Box – in which a day of celebration turns rather dark, rather quickly.This week's podcast partner is Bluestep Audio:INSTRAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bluestepaudio/EMAIL: bluestepaudio@hotmail.comOutro Music: Elliot Under Glass (instrumental) - Composed and recorded by Cannelle, Mixed and Mastered by Bluestep Audio, featuring special guests Steven Holloway on Rhythm Guitar, Drums, and Triangle, and Anthony Freeman on Lead Guitar and Bass.The Skylark Bell official websit...
2023-06-2319 min
Haunted UK PodcastEpisode 18 - ReincarnationWhat happens when we die? Do we simply cease to exist, or is there something else? Is there a posibility that the very element of our being, the thing that makes us who we are, personality, sense of humour, our traits, habits and our ability to process emotions, can somehow be transfered or picked up by a completely different person? Can the human mind, or soul or consciousness live on after we die? This is episode 18 of The Haunted UK Podcast, and this time we're going to delve into the phenomenon that is reincarnation. Regardless of...
2022-05-1329 min
Haunted UK PodcastSeason 2 Bonus Episode - Poltergeist - The Making & The CurseBefore we get started, I just want to let you know that the Haunted UK Podcast is now on Ko-Fi. If you love the show and want more content, such as bite size bonus episodes, horror and paranormal movie reviews, chances to get your hands on exclusive Haunted UK Podcast Merch courtesy of CDS Print and Design, as well as a Free Haunted UK Podcast sticker, and more, then get yourself over to Ko-Fi and sign up to donate £3.00 per month. That's KO hyphen FI and the search for the Haunted UK Podcast....Ko-Fi, why not buy us one?
2022-02-2719 min