<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[ianjarviswriter]]></title><description><![CDATA[ianjarviswriter]]></description><link>https://www.ianjarviswriter.com/blog-1</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 07:44:30 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.ianjarviswriter.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR]]></title><description><![CDATA[BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR… unless, of course, you’re wishing for a comical, supernatural mystery. Persian or Persians Unknown  was released by MX Publishing on the 12th of December, the latest in the Bernie Quist series of detective novels set on the northern city of York. A modern-day Sherlock Holmes, Bernie Quist operates as a consultant detective from Baker Avenue in York. His assistant is Watson, although this Watson is a streetwise youth from the Grimpen housing estate and he's...]]></description><link>https://www.ianjarviswriter.com/post/be-careful-what-you-wish-for</link><guid isPermaLink="false">697650d46e1e6fddb816b9d7</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 17:55:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4386be_a1a80afc3e6847889163868d242e0f35~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>ianjarvis2000</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[HELLO DOLLY]]></title><description><![CDATA[THE BIZARRE CURSE OF ROBERT THE DOLL. Thanks to Hollywood, many people are now aware of the doll named Annabelle (possessed by pure evil,...]]></description><link>https://www.ianjarviswriter.com/post/hello-dolly</link><guid isPermaLink="false">683899e805d24dc7562cc716</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 18:32:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4386be_26366642e1444941bd550953c2efe190~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>ianjarvis2000</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[CONJURING COINS]]></title><description><![CDATA[The famous Enfield poltergeist case of 1977 made it onto the cinema screens in 2016 as the Conjuring 2. If you’ve seen the other horror films by director James Wan, you can probably imagine how his  take on the paranormal activity is a touch more sensational than the excellent 2015 screen version - the Enfield Haunting, a down-to-earth television dramatization with Timothy Spall and Matthew Macfadyen.  As with the first Conjuring film, Conjuring 2 follows the investigations of New England...]]></description><link>https://www.ianjarviswriter.com/post/2016/08/13/conjuring-coins</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5dee7d58af552b0017cfa1e2</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Feb 2025 16:08:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4386be_1cfc8a98a3b54875ab3dd17849fc8a8d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_990,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>ianjarvis2000</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[WHERE'S DRACULA?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where did Bram Stoker write his celebrated novel, Dracula? Take a pictorial tour of the locations that inspired the book and the places...]]></description><link>https://www.ianjarviswriter.com/post/2024/07/08/wheres-dracula</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5dee7d58333b440017e8bd3f</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2024 15:07:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4386be_3189cb6a44054c799c01395f42f1c2d5~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_744,h_563,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>ianjarvis2000</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SPLOSH !]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why do people have this bizarre urge to literally throw away their money, especially these days in our current ‘cost of living’ crisis?...]]></description><link>https://www.ianjarviswriter.com/post/splosh</link><guid isPermaLink="false">661d273c344d020f543ad85c</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 13:24:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4386be_2eb45abe3dfc477c836ce9c56eae5f9a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_880,h_547,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>ianjarvis2000</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[NETHERWOOD - A BEASTLY NIGHT IN HASTINGS]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Rumba of the Beast  was released by MX Publishing in September 2023, the latest in the Bernie Quist series of humorous detective...]]></description><link>https://www.ianjarviswriter.com/post/a-beastly-night-in-hastings</link><guid isPermaLink="false">600c543d84524c00172c7daa</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2023 11:52:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4386be_d8ebd5750484459ca1a737ae2b9f6c1e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_883,h_439,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>ianjarvis2000</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A BLOGLIN – A BLOG ON BRITAIN’S FAMOUS TALE OF THE UNDEAD - THE CROGLIN VAMPIRE.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Croglin is a tiny settlement in the wilds of Cumbria, nestling in the beautiful Eden Valley some fifteen miles north of Penrith. This...]]></description><link>https://www.ianjarviswriter.com/post/a-bloglin-a-blog-about-britain-s-most-famous-story-of-the-undead-the-croglin-vampire</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61e1b12b9565430017720cbe</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2022 17:53:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4386be_cb22f934ea46492b90769f44b3a4d9ba~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_599,h_520,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>ianjarvis2000</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[COTTINGLEY - A BIT OF A FAIRY STORY]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are only two places in Britain named Cottingley and, for some bizarre reason, they’re just fifteen miles apart from each other in...]]></description><link>https://www.ianjarviswriter.com/post/cottingley-a-bit-of-a-fairy-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61d87959ca1dca0017fb2899</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2022 15:32:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4386be_da2c338832a044ccb7bdcc60c51c5e7e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_309,h_328,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>ianjarvis2000</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[GLOBAL WARMING - HIT OR MYTH?]]></title><description><![CDATA[With all the recent wildfires, flooding and other planetary catastrophes, the media is once again filled with horror stories of global...]]></description><link>https://www.ianjarviswriter.com/post/global-warming-hit-or-myth</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6140b322e364e200169f2785</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2021 15:03:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4386be_2eb93f376a964114b37f8ef6702ec6b1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_900,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>ianjarvis2000</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[IS THERE ANYMONEY THERE?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Advice for spirits in the afterlife who wish to contact the living. One of the central characters in my novel Badda Moon Rising is a fake...]]></description><link>https://www.ianjarviswriter.com/post/is-there-anymoney-there</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60993529d529900015b455c2</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 13:38:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4386be_28936179e2be49e5a5f7fd0c09b24a01~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_660,h_373,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>ianjarvis2000</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[IS THERE ANYMOGGY THERE?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I wonder if anyone can help with animal spirits and pet hauntings? In the 1980s, I used to know a girl named Linda who worked as a...]]></description><link>https://www.ianjarviswriter.com/post/is-there-anymoggy-there</link><guid isPermaLink="false">605632a634c7970015008ed8</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2021 17:54:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4386be_75ce9b48ed374ab998a0b292fd405bc0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_923,h_494,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>ianjarvis2000</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FRANK - SEVEN YEARS FAKING THE MONSTER]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was nominated on one of those Facebook polls, sent by friends, to come up with a book that makes me feel happy. 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This time last year, frightened villagers around Beverley began reporting sightings of an...]]></description><link>https://www.ianjarviswriter.com/post/2017/05/12/cry-wolf-or-cry-academic-explanation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5dee7d58e1542700171b3d19</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 14:27:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4386be_9163e5a43e2e4888bc70938bc2c03a6b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_536,h_300,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>ianjarvis2000</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sherlock in a Flap?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sherlock Holmes appeared in 1887 in the book A Study in Scarlet and the world has been fascinated by Arthur Conan Doyle’s creation ever...]]></description><link>https://www.ianjarviswriter.com/post/2016/10/27/sherlock-in-a-flap</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5dee7d588b49fe0018942238</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2016 18:47:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4386be_c307e060caad4514908c26f31038225a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_217,h_233,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>ianjarvis2000</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ROCK STAR CONDUCTS WEREWOLF HUNT]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alice Cooper asked a question on his Facebook page concerning the recent Yorkshire werewolf sightings... 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