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Who is your Favourite British Horror Actress?
As we conclude Wicked Women Week, we turn our eyes to the women who have entertained us in British horror
Catherine Wilson, The Killer Nurse
Poison was the preferred method of murder for 19th century Lincolnshire-born killer Catherine Wilson, says L.H. DAVIES
The Strange Case Of Glasgow’s Madeleine Smith
Madeleine Smith, a young Glasgow woman rocked the city with a sensational murder case in 1857, writes MJ STEEL COLLINS
John George Haigh’s vampire circus of blood and acid
PAUL ADAMS looks at the horrific crimes of 'vampire' murderer John George Haigh in London during the 1940s
Edward Pritchard, the Poisoning Philanderer
Edward Pritchard was the last person to be publicly hanged in Scotland, MJ STEEL COLLINS tells his story...
Dr Crippen’s Ghost and Other Murderer Spirits
PAUL ADAMS reveals the paranormal behind Dr Crippen's ghost and some of Britain's other infamous murderers
Dracula Has Risen From The Grave 1968 REVIEW
Dracula Has Risen From The Grave 1968 is unlike any other Hammer horror production. RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES explains...
Torture Garden 1967 Review
Torture Garden 1967 is Amicus' second horror anthology film, reviewed by SELENE PAXTON-BROOKS
The Murder of The Colleen Bawn
Spare a thought for 'The Colleen Bawn' if you are ever on the ferry to Killimer in Ireland, says ANN MASSEY
Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones: Aberdeen Sack Murder
DR FIONA-JANE BROWN reveals how the new science of forensics revealed the Aberdeen Sack Murderer in 1934
Aberdeen’s Thainstone Axe Murder of 1863
DR FIONA-JANE BROWN reveals the gore from Aberdeen's Thainstone Axe Murder 150 years ago
William Palmer, The Rugeley Poisoner
Rugeley's least favourite sons, William Palmer was one of the 19th century's most infamous murderers, says TRESSA YEOMANS
The Raven vs Dracula: A Comparison
Howard Jackson compares Bram Stoker's gothic masterpiece Dracula with the equally terrifying work of Edgar Allan Poe.
Who was Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man?
NIA JONES looks behind the dark and murky world of the Victorian sideshow to reveal its most famous son, Joseph Merrick aka The Elephant Man
Liverpool’s Black Widows: A Dubious Tradition
HOWARD JACKSON looks at Liverpool's dubious tradition of Black Widow murderers!
Dr Crippen’s Execution: He Swung Into Eternity Without A Word
Today in 1910 in Pentonville Prison in London, the infamous Dr Crippen was hanged. ANDREW GARVEY reports
CSI Exchange Street: The Murder of Brother Francis
DR FIONA-JANE BROWN tells of the shocking and ghostly history of two historic Aberdeen drinking establishments, Musa and Wagleys!
Reading Goal’s Last Man Hanged: John Gould
NICOLA CARPENTER describes the unspeakably brutal crime that lead the last man to be hanged at Reading Gaol
Red Barn Murder Told in Song: Shirley Collins and The Albion Country Band
Shirley Collins and The Albion Country Band created a 70s folk music classic based on the infamous 19th century Red Barn Murder of Maria Marten
Aberdeen Bodysnatching: Sometimes They’re Not Dead!
FIONA-JANE BROWN says Aberdeen had its own fair share of corpse-stealing, bodysnatching hijinks
Baby Farmers: Women Who Killed Infants For Cash
Baby farming involved poor mothers giving their infants up or adoption with the hope they would find a better life. Guest writer NICOLA CARPENTER explains some of these babies found anything but a happy home ...
The Lower Quinton Witchcraft Murder
Lower Quinton Witchcraft Murder? Was witchcraft the motive behind the grisly murder of Charles Walton, asks guest writer CLAIRE ATKINSON.