Join Belgian writer Signe Maene for this dark Zoom exploration of the shapeshifters, spirits, gnomes and witches that haunt Flemish folklore.

This talk aims to examine the themes and structure of the novel, leading to a deeper understanding of Clarke’s enthralling alternative past

This discussion examines how gender has informed traditional life and folklore in the Balkans for generations

A Zoom talk by Dr Simon Young on one of the UK's strangest possible fairy encounters, which took place on 23 September 1979.

Carolyne will talk about her new book - a fresh look at the stories at the heart of Norse mythology, exploring their cultural impact right up to the present day

An illustrated Zoom lecture on the real Scottish locations used in 'The Wicker Man' to create the geography of the fictional Summerisle.

This presentation will examine a key early work of cryptozoological fiction in the form of the novel In Search of the Unknown

Maria will start with a short history of Greenland, and then talk about her own background and where the interest in monsters began

This Zoom lecture investigates the story of the two ‘Green Children’ who appeared ‘as if out of the ground’ in a C12th Suffolk village.

In this illustrated Zoom talk Dr Alex Woodcock will explore one of the most familiar images from medieval art.

She invites the audience to learn more about this important, long-lasting tradition. Please bring a "vital object" of your choosing

The remnants of an ancient forest and Tudor hunting grounds between Barnet and Enfield is the setting for a host of supernatural sightings including medieval knights and boggarts.

Unique British-Bulgarian storytelling company, A Spell In Time, tells extraordinary tales from the hidden magical world of Bulgarian myth

"I am a ghost in the form of a mongoose, and I shall haunt you with weird noises..." Find out about the Isle of Man's most-famous spook in this Zoom talk with Christopher Josiffe.

Sharon Jacksties will tell tales from her collection of Somerset Folk Tales published by the History Press

In this talk Dr Merrick Burrow, Head of English and History at the University of Huddersfield and an expert on Conan Doyle

This talk is devoted to a particular form of ancient pagan goddess, one who is at the same time associated with love and sex, and with warfare

Professor Roger Luckhurst explores the history of London's famous 1882 Ghost Club.

Jon Dear leads us through the work of Nigel Kneale, one of Britain’s most significant screenwriters of the 20th century – the creator of Professor Bernard Quatermass

In this illustrated Zoom talk Dr Alex Woodcock will explore why there are monsters, wild figures and faces carved on our medieval churches.

This talk will introduce listeners to the links between women and magic in Irish history and how women may have used ritual/spells

This talk explores the complex culture and history of the late nineteenth century and how the earliest theories of the paranormal were developed.

An expedition—with some diversions—through four hundred years of Highland folklore and popular belief, in this world and the otherworld.

This talk is a quest in itself, for the origins of the story, which can be pinpointed quite specifically

In this talk, I will present and discuss types of love divination and curses in myth and folklore

In this lecture we will be focusing on those steamy, hilarious and astonishingly graphic stories that have been passed down

Sean O'Connor's book 'The Haunting of Borley Rectory' (Simon & Schuster, Oct 2022) details the strange history of this infamous house...

This talk is intended to show what was so different about him that made him so famous in world culture while other outlaws

The traditional Russian folk character Baba Yaga is an ambiguous and fascinating figure.

Professor Roger Luckhurst explores advances in medical science, the modern zombie story and its role in horror fiction and film.

Join farmer and conservationist Derek Gow as he discusses one of Britain's rarest and most enigmatic native mammalian predators.

A Zoom talk by Colin Dickey on the father of all things Fortean: Charles Fort

A follow-up lecture on more of the magical, mysterious and scary creatures we meet in Scandinavian folklore

An online Zoom lecture about one of the greatest American women writers of unsettling fiction, Shirley Jackson (1916–1965).

This presentation will answer the questions: Who is She?; When and where did Her stories take place?

Folklorist Mark Norman takes us through the real world folklore, urban myth and legend that populates the cartoon universe of Scooby-Doo.

This lecture will look closer at the history of the supernatural trolls in Scandinavia

An illustrated Zoom talk on this particular form of magical house protection, with Brian Hoggard.

This will be an evening of captivating tales about the main characters of Asgard and the creatures that existed alongside them

Jim Rockhill gives an illustrated talk on the Irish ghost story writer and novelist Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, who was born this day (28 Aug) in 1814.

In this talk Dame Marina Warner will discuss her book 'From The Beast to The Blonde - on Fairy Tales and their Tellers

This presentation will explain the differences between the broad categories of esoteric marks found in old buildings

In this illustrated Zoom talk, Mark will discuss some of the themes which he explores in his most-recent book, 'Dark Folklore'.

A Zoom talk by Dr Simon Young on the boggart, a much-feared, little-studied supernatural being from the north of England

James Machin gives an introduction to Welsh writer Arthur Machen, ‘The Flower-Tunicked Priest of Nightmare’

A live, illustrated Zoom lecture with Lena Schattenherz Heide-Brennand, Master of Literature and Language.

An illustrated Zoom talk by Jeremy Harte in which he examines the folk Devil – an inconsistent character who is frightful and wicked, but also silly, combative, vengeful and vain.

‘Let us catch the sea-wolves falling on their prey’: Folklore and Strange Tales of Cornwall’s Seas - Zoom Lecture