dr. kate
cherrell
Dr. Kate Cherrell is a UK-based writer and historian.
Dr Kate Cherrell is a writer and broadcaster specialising in paranormal history, 19th-century Spiritualism and British folklore. She is the author of the gothic novel Begotten (2025) and a forthcoming work of non-fiction, Buried England (2026). She writes commercially on supernatural history and has worked with museum and cemetery trusts nationwide. As a paranormal historian, she has co-hosted Haunted Homecoming with Jack Osbourne and Jonathan Ross, Unexplained: Caught on Camera, The Yorkshire Exorcist II and has provided historical expertise on Paranormal: Britain’s Last Witch, Weird Britain and Spectre or Spectacle. She received the GPN Top Investigator award in May 2025 for her work in paranormal investigation. She has blogged under the name Burials and Beyond since 2017 and – when not exploring cemeteries or haunted locations – she can usually be found in some dark, dusty corner with a big glass of wine and a good book.
You can order her novel ‘Begotten’ HERE.
“The Epitome of Halloween-Cool”
- OK! Magazine
Guy Mankowski (award-winning author)
“Begotten is a work of rich and impassioned gothic splendour, from a writer deeply versed in the history and intricacies of the occult. This immersive, atmospheric, novel speaks powerfully to the dark forces of a lost era. Readers will get utterly lost in it.”
Sophie Cleverly (bestselling author of the Scarlet and Ivy series)
“Begotten is a richly detailed, chilling debut steeped in gothic tradition. Kate Cherrell brings her intimate knowledge of the murky past of spiritualism to haunt her narrator on a tormentous descent into madness.”
John Robb (award winning author and journalist)
“Kate Cherrell’s debut novel is drenched in the very dark energy of Gothic. It is a stormy sea of human emotion, wild nature and tempestuous relationships and melancholic mystery played out in the damp and dusty old mansions of a forgotten time. Full of power, intrigue and magic, this is a captivating debut that will leave you spellbound.”
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“Rising star of paranormal TV and authority on all things Victorian and morbid.” – Higgypop
“She’s a serious academic who believes in ghosts; a former cemetery worker who still can’t keep away from graveyards; an expert on Victorian death rites, a ‘seen-it-all’ paranormal investigator and witty public speaker.” – Breaktime News
Kate Cherrell 