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Hauntings, review: ghostly docu-series trudges through scarily familiar territory
There’s an endless appetite for spooky stories, but this series kicks off with two ‘hauntings’ that have been raked over countless times
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I was haunted by a Nazi general who killed himself in my palace bedroom, says princess
Norwegian royal and ‘clairvoyant’ claims that ghost of Hitler’s SS commander during occupation would appear and try to strangle her
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A creepy time-slip tale to keep children on the edge of their seats
In Mary Cathleen Brown’s haunting debut novel, The Tall Man, a 12-year-old boy must solve an old mystery and save an imprisoned child
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Ghosts star Kiell Smith-Bynoe on why sitcoms stopped being funny: ‘After Fleabag, everything’s a drama’
The actor and comedian on TV’s comedy crisis, the legacy of ‘platty joobs’ and his unlikely new turn as a Great British Sewing Bee host
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How ‘ghosts’ can affect your house price
Selling a property may look a little different when paranormal activity is involved
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Trump ‘sees dead people’ but as in the movie Haley may be one of them without realising
Be careful what movie quotes you tweet, Nikki
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All of Us Strangers: Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal’s chemistry is off the charts
Adapted by Andrew Haigh from a Japanese ghost story, this unusual romance is aching, gorgeously shot and shimmering with sadness
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The Enfield Haunting: the scariest thing here is the ticket price
Catherine Tate and David Threlfall star in this occasionally sharp but insufficiently shocking play about a poltergeist-beset council house
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Andrew Lloyd Webber called in priest over troublesome poltergeist
Composer says he shared Belgravia home with mischievous spirit until clergyman persuaded it to leave
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‘The man in grey turns up when you have a big hit’: the secrets of Britain’s haunted theatres
Many theatres have their own resident spectres. Cameron Mackintosh, Andrew Lloyd Webber and others talk about their eerie experiences
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Let this be the year Britain stops lying to itself
Blaming others for our problems has become a national pastime. It’s time we all accept responsibility
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How Arthur Conan Doyle invented the killer mummy
The Sherlock Holmes creator is lesser known for his chilling tales of the supernatural and belief in psychic phenomena
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Meet the scariest man on TV this Christmas
In the BBC's Ghost Story for Christmas, an Egyptian mummy rises from the dead. Its star James Swanton explains why mummies have a bad rep
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‘A figure ascended the stairs in his funeral suit’: Telegraph readers share their ghost stories
After journalist Tristan Redman shared his paranormal experience, you were keen to reveal your own chilling encounters
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The Spare Room: a new ghost story by Jeanette Winterson
In this exclusive short story, a woman moves into an old townhouse, but feels the presence of something sinister
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The Enfield Poltergeist, review: a ghost story this good doesn't need all the padding
The latest in a long line of programmes about the supposed haunting of a London home in the 1970s would benefit from an edit
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‘I don’t believe in ghosts – but I was haunted by a Hollywood actor’s great grandmother’
When Tristan Redman found out what happened in the house next door to his childhood home, it opened up a Pandora’s box of madness
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‘Until you have experienced a ghost yourself, it is impossible to imagine and easy to ridicule’
Jeanette Winterson wrote about her London home haunting, and Telegraph readers shared equally chilling tales
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The mystery of the ‘ghost frequency’, the most terrifying sound known to man
Horror films use inaudible ‘infrasound’ effects to induce goosebumps and nausea. But can the so-called ‘fear frequency’ make you see ghosts?
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More than half of people ‘visited by a dead relative’
'Moderately religious' people more likely to have such experiences than others, Pew Research Center study finds
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The bizarre story behind the world’s most haunted painting
An eerie artwork bought in a charity shop is currently sending chills down the spine of all who buy it. But it’s not the first of its kind
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Paranormal: The Girl, The Ghost and The Gravestone, BBC Three, review: a tediously rehashed tale
Sian Eleri digs into a famous Welsh ghost story, involving farm owners David and Rose-Mary Gower, but fails to uncover anything new
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The astonishing story of the last British woman jailed for witchcraft – just 80 years ago
Nellie Duncan's missives from the other side caused a wartime scandal – leading to a trial Churchill dubbed ‘obsolete tomfoolery’
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A spooky tale of an imprisoned child and a 500-year-old curse
With his penchant for classical riddles and myth, Philip Womack retains an air of nostalgia in this thoroughly modern children’s fantasy
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The Victorian Stephen King? Why MR James continues to haunt us
Casting the Runes, the first edition of the writer’s letters, reveals just how little we know about the man behind the horror
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Can ghosts inspire great art?
Jennifer Higgie's The Other Side explores the lives of female artists who dabbled in spiritualism – from Emma Kunz to Hilma af Klint
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We Are Not Alone, review: alien sitcom has out of this world talent but earthbound jokes
Dave's new comedy, from two of the creators behind BBC hit Ghosts, has a promising leading man in Declan Baxter, but needs work
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The true believers behind Most Haunted: ‘Now I know, 100 per cent, that there is life after death’
The show has terrified celebrity cynics from Girls Aloud to Happy Mondays. The team behind it reveal its secrets – and insist it's all real
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‘Ghost’ sightings soar as Covid spooks more into believing the paranormal
'Magical thinking' sparked by the uncertainty of the pandemic could behind a surge in hauntings and reports of messages beyond the grave
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Would you have a sixth sense for a fake psychic?
Radio 4’s new series is essential listening and an insight into how easily even intelligent people can be duped
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A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint: Mark Gatiss delivers sharp, old-fashioned thrills
This Edwardian chamber piece, starring Rory Kinnear, was authentically horrifying. Watch alone, with a large mince pie to hide behind
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Ghosts Christmas special, review: bursting with seasonal charm, goodwill and mischief
Ghosts delved into the history of Button House for this year's warming Christmas special, and featured a visit from Jennifer Saunders
