MATTI BEAL looks at Vlad Dracula, the Transylvanian warlord that gave Bram Stoker’s famous vampire his name

Ingrid Pitt starred in Hammer’s 1971 horror classic Countess Dracula. Guest writer MATTI BEAL goes behind the splatter and reveals the shocking real-life cruelty on which the film was based.

The Banshee is just one of the many terrifying superstitions surrounding death and dyring in the UK and Ireland, says guest writer MATTI BEAL

Guest writer MATTI BEAL, a former hospital worker, uncovers the spookiness behind medical facilities

Pediophobia is the fear of dolls. Guest writer MATTI BEAL, from South Wales, tells us why more people hate dolls than we realise