Kevin O’Shea

HAUNTED MAGAZINE: AN UNCANNY ENDING Saying goodbye to something you love is never easy. Which probably explains why we’ve stretched our final issue across three parts. Even our farewell has felt like we had unfinished business. As we mentioned in the last issue, December’s Haunted Magazine will be our last, bringing us to the final chapter as we turn our attention to new projects and ideas for 2027 and beyond. With the magazine selling more copies than ever and reaching more people, choosing to finish now is either incredibly brave or incredibly stupid. Time will tell. But there’s something special about finishing while you’re at the top of your game, with so much to be proud of and so many people to thank. We’re immensely proud of Haunted and deeply grateful to everyone who has helped it grow. This hasn’t been an easy decision; it’s probably been in the making for 18 months or so, but we have other ideas, projects, and plans we want to bring to life. If we never give them a go, we’ll always wonder what might have been. For our final chapter, we’re delighted to welcome @danny_robins as guest editor of Issue 50 Part Three. We couldn’t ask for better company as we bring together the strange stories, curiosity, humour and heartfelt moments that have always been part of Haunted. When we started, we hoped fellow paranormal fans might enjoy a glossy magazine celebrating all things spooky, supernatural and prone to going bump in the night, complete with cheeky—and occasionally shamelessly cheesy—taglines. We wanted our brilliant writers’ personalities to shine through, with stories that welcomed you in, sparked your curiosity and let you make up your own mind, without feeling you’d opened an academic paper or a rulebook on how to enjoy the paranormal. What we couldn’t have imagined was how much the people reading it and writing for it would come to mean to us. Behind every issue are contributors who trusted us with their words, witnesses who shared deeply personal experiences, and readers who kept coming back. Some of you have been here from the beginning. Others have only recently found us. Terrible timing, admittedly, but we’re very glad you’re here. Thank you for making room for Haunted in your lives. For reading us, recommending us, arguing over the stories and joining in with the nonsense. For being curious enough to consider another possibility, even when we couldn’t give you a tidy answer. We’ve spent years asking, “Is anybody there?” You were. And you made it all possible. This last issue of Haunted celebrates everything we’ve shared. Danny and a wonderful cast of contributors are helping us give Haunted the send-off it deserves. Expect ghosts, spirited debate, a bit of cheek and a few moments that might leave us unusually quiet. Issue 50 Part Three: AN UNCANNY ENDING is officially out on 1 December. You can pre-order your copy here; it may well sell out. hauntedmagazineprintshop.com… One last issue. With all our thanks, and the same wonderfully strange spirit. Paul & Andy #TeamHaunted #DontBeNormal - BE PARANORMAL!! #uncannycommunity Please feel free to repost, like, comment, etc.