The SAS (Special Air Service) make routine use of sleep-deprivation exercises in their selection process, and these often feature in later training. Hallucinations during such exercises are very commo

MARK GATISS INVITES US INTO THE ROOM IN THE TOWER TO TELL US A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS

An old man lives at the bottom of my garden. His name is Robert Barkus, or Bakehouse, or Bagust. Nobody is quite sure. But I often sense him around when I’m gardening, and I’ve found out a fair bit ab

Reading Laura Mauro’s “Japanese Toilet Ghosts” [FT459:30-35], reminded me of a less well known fear in the Western world, which –according to the modern rabbinical Internet resource site TheTorah.com

From exploding lightbulbs to the Knights Templar – via Ron Howard and the Daleks

These Spectred Isles