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Solefald
Jun 9, 2010

sleepy~capy


Post about your favourite british spooky things.

such as the beloved ghost noncer derek acorah
god rest his soul




but yeah, there's lots of old buildings in the UK that are 100% haunted and very spooky and we also get a lot of fog which is also spooky
and bogs!!!!!!!!!!!!

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NotJustANumber99
Feb 15, 2012

somehow that last av was even worse than your posting
rip black cat roundabout. about to be a soulless junction i guess

kecske
Feb 28, 2011

it's round, like always

Parma violets are the worst thing to get for trick or treat.

NotJustANumber99
Feb 15, 2012

somehow that last av was even worse than your posting
which do they qualify as?

ShaneMacGowansTeeth
May 22, 2007



I think this is it... I think this is how it ends

Solefald posted:

Post about your favourite british spooky things.

such as the beloved ghost noncer derek acorah
god rest his soul




but yeah, there's lots of old buildings in the UK that are 100% haunted and very spooky and we also get a lot of fog which is also spooky
and bogs!!!!!!!!!!!!

god I miss old Degsy

Solefald
Jun 9, 2010

sleepy~capy


kecske posted:

Parma violets are the worst thing to get for trick or treat.

loving LOVE parma violets
more for me!

fridge corn
Apr 2, 2003

NO MERCY, ONLY PAIN :black101:
I don't know any cool British spooky Halloween things cuz I didn't grow up here. All I can say is I feel very embarrassed for the kids that try and go trick or treating around here when maybe only a handful of houses are participating and everyone else is like turn all the lights off make it look like we're not home

NotJustANumber99
Feb 15, 2012

somehow that last av was even worse than your posting
we put a bucket of poo poo out and the first lot with their parents were fine then some knobhead kids took the lot in one go and whats the point.

NotJustANumber99
Feb 15, 2012

somehow that last av was even worse than your posting
i might set up a honey trap this year

take those 11 year old fucks down

Dysgenesis
Jul 12, 2012

HAVE AT THEE!


Where is the star to bookmark this thread.

Asking for a friend.

Edgar Allen Ho
Apr 3, 2017

by sebmojo
The ghost of Jimmy Saville

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ZogrimAteMyHamster
Dec 8, 2015

Solefald posted:

Post about your favourite british spooky things.

such as the beloved ghost noncer derek acorah
god rest his soul




but yeah, there's lots of old buildings in the UK that are 100% haunted and very spooky and we also get a lot of fog which is also spooky
and bogs!!!!!!!!!!!!

Public bogs are definitely the spookiest.

Sloth Life
Nov 15, 2014

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Fallen Rib
First generation to be traumatized by Ghostwatch, represent!

I was watching it in the attic on a proper old CRT - absolutely shat myself and ran out the house up to my auntie at the top of the road.

Can't get much UK spookier than Parky and Pipes

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ShaneMacGowansTeeth
May 22, 2007



I think this is it... I think this is how it ends

Sloth Life posted:

First generation to be traumatized by Ghostwatch, represent!

I was watching it in the attic on a proper old CRT - absolutely shat myself and ran out the house up to my auntie at the top of the road.

Can't get much UK spookier than Parky and Pipes

I watched it on DVD a few years ago, and suddenly I was 12 again and that was the end of that

Hexyflexy
Sep 2, 2011

asymptotically approaching one

Dysgenesis posted:

Where is the star to bookmark this thread.

Asking for a friend.

Ghost ate it.

Dr. Cool Aids
Jul 6, 2009
barry chuckle


ty sub-actuality for av & the kins for sig

Neo Rasa
Mar 8, 2007
Everyone should play DUKE games.

:dukedog:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUhuPn8_d0Q

Szyznyk
Mar 4, 2008

The ghost of Enoch Powell keeps throwing away my tandoori chicken.

Party Boat
Nov 1, 2007

where did that other dog come from

who is he


When I was a kid you couldn't get pumpkins in the shops so my mam hollowed out a turnip for a jack o lantern which must have taken forever. Mams rule

Thora
Aug 21, 2006

Look on my Posts, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away

Solefald posted:

but yeah, there's lots of old buildings in the UK that are 100% haunted and very spooky and we also get a lot of fog which is also spooky
and bogs!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've wanted to visit England (e: shorthand for "The British Isles") since forever. What is the best time of year to experience the aforementioned foggy spooky bogs and other eerie scenic views? Is it different in the north vs the south vs the etc etc? Where would you recommend, and when, for the best "I am finally here in England (e2: see previous)! It is creepy and awesome and everything I hoped it would be not to mention my Instagram is going to look awesome for weeks!" experience?

Thora fucked around with this message at 06:22 on Oct 5, 2023

freelop
Apr 28, 2013

Where we're going, we won't need fries to see



If you want ~spooky~ go to s somewhere like York which has a million ghost tours.

Creepiest though was part of a regular tour of Nottingham and there was since weird shrine in some underground medieval buildings under a pub. If I recall there's supposedly the ghost of a child there so people bring it stuffed toys.

In London there's the Mithraeum, a Roman temple for a cult that happens to be under the Bloomberg HQ. Nothing suspicious there

sasha_d3ath
Jun 3, 2016

Ban-thing the man-things.
oi them skeletons is poo poo, innit

Thora
Aug 21, 2006

Look on my Posts, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away

freelop posted:

If you want ~spooky~ go to s somewhere like York which has a million ghost tours.

Creepiest though was part of a regular tour of Nottingham and there was since weird shrine in some underground medieval buildings under a pub. If I recall there's supposedly the ghost of a child there so people bring it stuffed toys.

In London there's the Mithraeum, a Roman temple for a cult that happens to be under the Bloomberg HQ. Nothing suspicious there

Those are all really good ideas. I like both ~spooky~ and Spooky (e: and I loooove historical spooky). America has got some really good haunted places, but come on, all those people living and dying for thousands of years on those little islands? The ghosts have got to be tripping over each other.

Thora fucked around with this message at 07:07 on Oct 5, 2023

Gasmask
Apr 27, 2003

And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee
oi a ghost chav nicked me mobile

freelop
Apr 28, 2013

Where we're going, we won't need fries to see



I meant to post these in here but must have been waylayed by a ghost.

freelop posted:

I once passed out on a bar in Birmingham. When I woke up most of the lights were off and the only other person I could see was sitting in a side room wearing a hooded cloak (not that unusual for the pub). When I looked away and looked back the person was gone so I went outside to the smoking area where the barman and remaining people were chatting.

The barman cheerfully explained I'd met the ghost and that they sometimes watched via CCTV knocking things off shelves.

RIP to the Black Horse rock bar in Brum, it was the best

freelop posted:

Just realised I posted my original post in utterly the wrong thread.
It was a Rock/biker pub just outside the Aston Science Park so people wore whatever. A hooded cloak wasn't exactly regular but it wouldn't really have turned any heads.
Here's a really blurry photo of the room where I saw the figure


Dell_Zincht
Nov 5, 2003



Turnip > Pumpkin

dr_rat
Jun 4, 2001
Turnip's where what was traditionally carved for Samhain!

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/when-people-carved-turnips-instead-of-pumpkins-for-halloween-180978922/

It was those filthy yankees that made pumpkin carving a thing!

MyChemicalImbalance
Sep 15, 2007

Keep on smilin'



:unsmith:

Dell_Zincht posted:

Turnip > Pumpkin

You have to boil the bastard a bit first though, or have the type of forearm strength only possessed by a Granny born during the war.

Radio Paranoia
Jun 27, 2010

It is now safe to turn off your computer.
Ghostwatch!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQfMTktMZLQ

CancerCakes
Jan 10, 2006

Posting in the scary thread, can't wait to get halloweenie

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Sloth Life
Nov 15, 2014

Built for comfort and speed!
Fallen Rib
If anybody likes spooky movies with limited gore and nudity (i.e not slasher ones) I watched an Italian film called the sound of silence. It's 95pc in English and a solid old fashioned ghosty movie.

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Sloth Life
Nov 15, 2014

Built for comfort and speed!
Fallen Rib
Like Woman in Black ,which is a very English 👻 y movie.

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ShaneMacGowansTeeth
May 22, 2007



I think this is it... I think this is how it ends
I saw The Woman In Black at the theatre in 1997 (?) with my class in sixth form with absolutely no idea what it was about. Like Ghostwatch, not an experience I enjoyed

Tarquinn
Jul 3, 2007

I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal.
Hell Gem
That one time the doctor was chased by statues was pretty spooky, I guess.

NotJustANumber99
Feb 15, 2012

somehow that last av was even worse than your posting
if you dont think britain is a scary country try being white and middle class

ulvir
Jan 2, 2005

there’s a monster lurking under every young girl’s bed. it’s the spectre of Jimmy Savile

Solefald
Jun 9, 2010

sleepy~capy


NotJustANumber99 posted:

if you dont think britain is a scary country try being white and middle class

NO GO ZONES

Solefald
Jun 9, 2010

sleepy~capy


It's very foggy in the River Mersey so I get to hear the fog horns going off all night yay :toot:

Pretzel Rod Serling
Aug 6, 2008



ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:

I saw The Woman In Black at the theatre in 1997 (?) with my class in sixth form with absolutely no idea what it was about. Like Ghostwatch, not an experience I enjoyed

this but 2007, we were 11th and 12th graders from Amerikkka, and it was an experience I thoroughly enjoyed

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Pretzel Rod Stewart posted:

this but 2007, we were 11th and 12th graders from Amerikkka, and it was an experience I thoroughly enjoyed

Then you'll be delighted to learn it is on youtube!
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