Book Category: history
From Folklore to Global Politics – the Strange Story of...
Molly Leigh was born in 1685 in a small cottage on the outskirts of Burslem, near Stoke-on-Trent, in central England....
Fascinating Folklore
Crafted by the masterful minds of two comic world luminaries, John Reppion and PJ Holden, Fascinating Folklore began as a...
Big Issue North 1462
Yule be frightened Why is Christmas, with all its comfort and joy, so closely bound up with ghost stories? John...
The World’s Oldest Ghosts
Throughout the Autumnal Spooky Season on Twitter, I noticed an odd trend. Questions like “why are there no dinosaur ghosts?”,...
Seeing Faeries
Hellebore #8 A5 magazine, approx. 92 pages. Printed on silk coated paper. Perfect binding. The image of the veiled feminine...
Big Issue North 1455
Spook Yourself Silly You could get chased out of a pub by a ghost at last orders or spooked by...
Beyond Stonehenge: Ten Locations Around the World with Amazing Ancient...
For many, the word ‘megaliths’ is intimately associated with the stone circles of the British Isles – not least due...
Strange message interrupts Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral in live broadcast
Yesterday, Monday the 19th of September, 2022, four of the five UK terrestrial television channels showed uninterrupted coverage of the...
An Expedition into the Mystery of Crank Caverns
Since 2019, I’ve been lucky enough to have been a contributor to Hellebore Zine. Currently in its sixth bi-annual issue,...
Hellebore Guide to Occult Britain
Exploring castles, museums and manor houses, megaliths, moors, mountains and lakes, this lavishly illustrated travel guide covers the rich history...
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The epic medieval tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight adapted into a zine sized comic book by Mark...
The House of the Great Beast
Hellebore Zine #6 A5 magazine, around 92 pages. Printed on silk coated paper. Perfect binding. From the Witch of Endor...
The myths and mysteries of Williamson’s Tunnels
It was a long-abandoned stable yard — overgrown and derelict. People passing it on their way through Edge Hill probably...
Mothers’ Night
Hellebore Zine #4 A5 magazine, 96 pages - our biggest issue yet! Printed on silk coated paper. Perfect binding. Midwinter....
The Wild Hunt
Hellebore ZIne #2 A5 magazine, 86 pages. Printed on silk coated paper. Perfect binding. The notion of paganism as a...
Bodies in the Bog
Hellebore Zine #1 A5 magazine, 68 pages. Printed on silk coated paper. Perfect binding. Human sacrifice is perhaps the most...
Diabolus in Musica
Writers and topics in Volume 9 of Darklore: Robert Schoch celebrates the life and research of his good friend John...
The Kidnapping of Patty Hearst
Born on February the 20th 1954, Patricia Campbell Hearst was the granddaughter of American publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst. William...
Charles Dickens and Crime
As Christmas draws ever nearer one particular work written by one particular author always seems to be on our minds,...
Dawn Lee Swan Magyar
On January the 27th 1973, twenty year old Dawn Lee Swan Magyar was grocery shopping in Owosso, Michigan, USA, a...