
The Haunted Generation
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Writer @bob_fischer explores the TV, film, music and cultural experiences that helped define the "haunted" 20th century childhood. ko-fi.com/hauntedgen
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Bit unseasonal, but fresh on the The Haunted Generation site... the Fortean Times chat I had with Chris Chapman and Devin "Kay Harker" Stanfield about the beautiful Box of Delights blu-ray. Which you should all buy and save for December. hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/04/17/scr…

Fresh on The Haunted Generation website... a charming afternoon in Glasgow with one of my favourite haunto people, Drew Mulholland. Mount Vernon Arts Lab, The Sid Pistols, Jackie photo-shoots, Wicker Man etc. Written for Electronic Sound hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/04/24/dre…

A little reminder, we're having a free Mulgrave Audio Listening Party for our new release 'Patchwuff' at 7.30pm tonight! Join us to hear the full release - starring Valerie Singleton with music by Bagpuss maestro Sandra Kerr. RSVP here... mulgraveaudio.bandcamp.com/merch/patchwuf…

Doing a Haunted Generation The Haunted Generation night at Crossing the Tees in June - in Hartlepool! Stories of 1970s childhood oddness, watching Rainbow in colour for the first time, having a little man called Fred visit my bedroom. I'll do some new stuff too... crossingthetees.org/whats_on/the-h…


Liverpool weirdies! We're doing a one-off Scarred for Life Q&A special at LAUGHTERHOUSE COMEDY next Thu 22 May. Me, Ste and Dave with a full night of Q&A! Come along and discuss your own 70s and 80s TV traumas, completely unplanned. Tickets... laughterhousecomedy.com/products/scarr…

In April 1984, I found a portal leading to another dimension. It was in a hedgerow, opposite the doctor's surgery in Yarm. Full story now on the The Haunted Generation website, with added Alan Garner, ZX Spectrum and Stranger Things... hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/05/15/a-v…

Here's my The Haunted Generation column from Fortean Times #453. Hello to David Jaycock @xqui.bsky.social Subexotic Records Heartwood Institute Rupert Lally Faithful Johannes Kayla Painter 💜🌎 Listen Through the Brown Window Clay Pipe Music and more... hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/05/20/the…

To celebrate the review in the latest The Haunted Generation update, here indeed is Richard Stilgoe investigating some rather special synthesizers.. youtu.be/b4YKw5ZrKBo?si…


Fresh on the The Haunted Generation site... my reviews from Electronic Sound #110. So hello to Wayside & Woodland Recordings Ltd epic45, Office for Personal Development, Tapir!, Aurora Engine, Letters From Mouse, Subexotic Records... hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/05/21/ele…

Hexham Heads anyone? Here's the Fortean Times feature I wrote about the unearthing of this notorious 1976 Nationwide report. It has Celtic mythology, poltergeists, werewolves and BBC Archive's own Greg McKevitt... hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/05/23/the…

Still honouring my pledge to update the The Haunted Generation website thrice weekly. Corporate motivational speaking on a Bank Holiday, anyone? Here's my Electronic Sound chat with Trevor Deeble of the brilliant Office for Personal Development... hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/05/26/tre…

I'm doing a Haunted Generation The Haunted Generation night at Crossing the Tees... tales of 1970s and 80s childhood strangeness, local folklore and urban myths, and you can have a crack at my home-made Fighting Fantasy book as well. Sat 14 June in Hartlepool. Tickets at link below...

Fresh on the The Haunted Generation site - huge thanks to Matt Sawyer for this evocative look at his early 1970s family holidays. Dungeness, Dymchurch and The Claws of Axos... hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/05/28/the…

Fresh on The Haunted Generation site - my reviews from Electronic Sound #111. So hello to Saint Saviour Rupert Lally Garden Gate Clay Pipe Music and more... hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/06/02/ele…

Fresh on the The Haunted Generation website... Woo! My Electronic Sound chat with Clive Ives of Woo, possibly the country's most prolific DIY duo? Fifty years and counting now. Check out a bit of Dobbin's Lost His Coconuts... hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/06/04/woo…

My latest The Haunted Generation column from Fortean Times. Hello MoonWiringClub 30 Door Key Gayle Brogan / Pefkin Bonfirehill Clay Pipe Music and more... hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/06/06/the…

Still stuck under Devil's Bridge in Acklam. Come to the Haunted Generation night at Crossing the Tees in Hartlepool next Saturday, and I'll tell you what I found under there. Tickets: crossingthetees.org/whats_on/the-h…


Fresh on the The Haunted Generation site, my reviews from Electronic Sound #112... hello Peter Olof Fransson RIDE wichitarecs The Twelve Hour Foundation The Night Monitor Justin Hopper Clay Pipe Music and more... hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/06/09/ele…