I was asked to contribute an article to The Classic Horrors Club - which I did. It has always got my mind wandering as to why a psychological film such as The Silence of the Lambs is classed as a horror film (yet the subsequent sequel and prequel aren't), yet Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None (aka  originally Ten Little Niggers,then  Ten Little Indians, before the most appropriate title) has never been classed in this genre, yet it's influence is there ... so in this original version, I delve into this question: https://classichorrors.wordpress.com/2018/10/29/matthew-e-banks-on-and-then-there-were-none-1945/?fbclid=IwAR1U8BQaaPGhUn-LqMgvLlTJm5ODv7P7ltEy35uWcddMillSYm81ScT-mJ0

I have returned

Goodness me - It has been a long time - It has been a very busy time over the past six years - with work (and changing jobs) writing lots and currently drained by the lockdown and stuff. Anyway here is a list of everything that I have published since I was last here:

2014: Burgess, T Managing Ed. The Spectral Times. Issue Two. January 2014. The Christmas Ghost stories of Lawrence Gordon Clark review. Pg.18-19

2014: http://brianpatrickmckinley.wordpress.com/2014/02/04/interview-with-matthew-banks/

2014: Burgess, T Managing Ed. The Spectral Times. Issue Three. February 2014. A Body on the Moor: The Ghost of Charlotte Dymond. Pg.12-14 Illustrated

2014: T. Burgess Managing Ed. The Spectral Times. Issue Four. March 2014. All Manor of Strange Things (The Ghosts of Kenegie Manor. Pg.16-20 Illustrated.

2014:  S M Smith Ed. Reflections Magazine. Issue Nineteen. Spring  2014. A Matter of Life for Death. Pg. 28-34

2014: T. Burgess Managing Ed. The Spectral Times. Issue Five Spring Bumper Issue. April 2014. The Ghosts of Trerice Manor. Pg.12-14 Illustrated.

2014: E. McNaughton Ed. We Belong Dead Magazine. Issue 13 Summer 2014. Poe, You are Avenged! Sex, Sadism, a stuffed bird and a two year Ban: The Raven- Re-examining a Horror Classic. Pg30-39

2014: T. Burgess Managing Ed. The Spectral Times. Issue Six May/June 2014.  A Morbid Curiosity: The Art of Montague Rhodes James. Pg.10-16 Illustrated.

2014: T. Burgess Managing Ed. The Spectral Times. Issue Six May/June 2014.  The Ghosts of Pengersick Castle. Pg.24-29 Illustrated.

2014: T. Burgess Managing Ed. The Spectral Times. Issue Seven July/August 2014.  The Haunting of Bela Lugosi. Pg.32-35 Illustrated.

2014: Stavros, Varney M.A., M.Ed, B Eds Vampire News: Really, Vampires Suck Edition VoIII, Crazy Duck Press August 9th 2014. Her Dark and secret Grace: Anne rice Queen of the Damned Pg.70-79

2014: Stavros, Varney M.A., M.Ed, B Eds Vampire News: Really, Vampires Suck Edition VoIII, Crazy Duck Press August 9th 2014. Interviewed by Bertena Varney, M.A., Ed. Pg.146-150

2014: E. McNaughton Ed. We Belong Dead Magazine. Issue 14 Summer 2014. The Road to Castle Frankenstein: Boris Karloff An Informal Portrait. Pg. 80-85. Illustrated.

2014: E. McNaughton Ed. We Belong Dead Magazine. Issue 14 Summer 2014. The Christmas Ghost Stories of Lawrence Gordon Clark H/B book review (revised). Pg 91/92

2014: T. Burgess Managing Ed. The Spectral Times. Issue Eight September 2014.  Who Was Doctor Rant?. Pg.32-39 Illustrated.

2014: T. Burgess Managing Ed. The Spectral Times. Issue Eight September 2014.  A Rain of Stones: A True Truro Ghost Story. Pg.44-47 Illustrated.

2014: T. Burgess Managing Ed. The Spectral Times. Issue Nine September / October 2014.  A Cornish Ghost Story. Pg.38-39 Illustrated.

2014: T Knight, Ed. Old Cornwall Vol XIV, No.11 Autumn 2014. A Body on the Moor: The Ghost of Charlotte Dymond (Revised & Extended) Pg. 12-18 Illustrated.

2014: T Knight, Ed. Old Cornwall Vol XIV, No.11 Autumn 2014. Lost? Found? Destroyed? The Mysterious Arundel Coat of Arms and Its Fate.  Pg. 57-59 Illustrated.

2014: T. Burgess Managing Ed. The Spectral Times. Issue Ten. October (Halloween Special) 2014.  The Ghost of Wheel Alfred. Pg. 66-71.  Illustrated

2014: E. McNaughton Ed. We Belong Dead Magazine. Issue 15. Autumn 2014. Rubber Snakes in her hair, a crumbling castle and strange singing: Hammer’s The Gorgon – Re-examining a Horror Classic. . Pg. 23-29. Illustrated.

2014:  S M Smith Ed. Reflections Magazine. Issue Twenty. Autumn/Winter  2014. A Ghost Story. Pg. 29-32

2014: http://vamped.org/2014/11/30/vampire-films-bela-lugosi/ 26/11/2014.

2015: Burgess, T. Managing Ed. The Spectral Times. Issue Twelve. January/February 2015.  The Ghost of Gas Hill Pt.1. Pg. 42-47.  Illustrated

2015: Burgess, T.  Managing Ed. The Spectral Times. Issue Thirteen. February/March 2015.  The Vampirologist Interviewed. An Interview with Anthony Hogg. Pg. 58-62.  Illustrated

2015: Burgess, T.  Managing Ed. The Spectral Times. Issue Thirteen. February/March 2015.  The Vampirologist Interviewed. An Interview with Anthony Hogg. EDITED VERSION Pg. 58-62.  Illustrated

2015: Knight, T. Ed. Old Cornwall Vol. XIV, No. 12 Spring 2015. The Ghosts of Kenegie Manor (Revised & extended). Pg.21-30. Illustrated.

2015: Burgess, T.  Managing Ed. The Spectral Times. Issue Sixteen. June 2015.  The Enfield Haunting Pg. 20-23.  Illustrated

2015: Burgess, T.  Managing Ed. The Spectral Times. Issue Seventeen. July 2015.  The Ghost of Gas Hill Pt.2.  Pg. 8-13.  Illustrated

2015: Vampire Over London – Bela Lugosi In Britain By Frank Dello Stritto & Andi Brooks. Published by

           Cult Movies Press Second Expanded edition August 2015. Contributed to research for book.

2015: Paxton, T. Ed. Monster #20. August 2015. The Horror Star review. Illustrated. Pg. 10 -13.

2015: Paxton, T. Ed. Monster #20. August 2015. Count Magnus review. Illustrated. Pg. 21 -22.

2015: Burgess, T.  Managing Ed. The Spectral Times. Issue Eighteen.  2015.  Count Magnus Review.  Pg. 44-45.  Illustrated.

2015: E. McNaughton Ed. We Belong Dead Magazine. Issue 17. Autumn 2015. Saruman the White and the Revival of Christopher Lee. Pg. 28-31. Illustrated.

2015: Kellermeyer, M. Grant Ed. The Yellow Booke Volume II. October MMXV. An Oldfyle Tales Prefs Original Publication. The Calling of Simon Heylt. Pg. 106 – 113.

2015: Kellermeyer, M. Grant Ed. The Yellow Booke Volume II. October MMXV. An Oldfyle Tales Prefs Original Publication.  Morvella House (Revised & Up-Dated). Pg. 114 – 144. Illustrated.

2015: McNoughton, E. Ed. 70’s Monster Memories.  Something in the Night: The BBC Christmas Ghost Stories. Pg.65- 70. Illustrated.

2015:  S M Smith Ed. Reflections Magazine. Issue Twenty-One. Autumn 2015. Ribons. Pg.32 – 34

2015: Knight, T. Ed. Old Cornwall Vol. 15, No. 1 Autumn 2015. The Ghosts of Pengersick Castle (Revised & extended). Pg.21-27. Illustrated.

2015: Harris, B;  Paxton, T Eds. Weng’s Chop Issue 8. October 2015. Madman Review. Pg.170 – 172. Illustrated.

2015: Paxton, T. Ed. Monster #22. September 2015. The Vampire Films of Bela Lugosi (Fully expanded & up-dated). Illustrated. Pg. 55-  63. Illustrated.

2015: Burgess, T.  Managing Ed. The Spectral Times. Issue Twenty. Christmas 2015.  So Who or What is Krampus?  Pg. 13.  Illustrated.

2016: Paxton, T. Ed. Monster #24 January 2016. Bride of the Monster Book Review. Pg 52 – 55. Illustrated.

2016: Paxton, T, Ed. Monster #25 February 2016. Tod Browning’s Dracula Book-Review. Pg. 106 – 110. Illustrated.

2016: Paxton, T, Ed. Monster # 26 March 2016. The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance Film review. Pg. 45 49. Illustrated.

2016: Paxton, T, Ed. Monster # 27. April 2016. Boris Karloff: More Than A Monster Book-Review. Pg.113 – 116. Illustrated.

2016: Paxton, T, Ed. Monster # 28/29 Spring Special April / May. Fantastic Films of the Decades Vol. 2 The 1930s Book Review. Pg. 189 – 190.

2016: Kellermeyer, M. Grant Ed. The Yellow Booke Volume III. April MMXVI. An Oldfyle Tales Prefs Original Publication.  The Journal of Dr James Montague (Revised & Up-Dated). Pg. 18 - 22. Illustrated.

2016: Knight, T. Ed. Old Cornwall Vol. 15, No. 3 Autumn 2016. The Ghosts of Trerice Manor (Revised & extended). Pg.53-54.

2016: Kellermeyer, M. Grant Ed. The Yellow Booke Volume IV Hallow’en Edition. October MMXVI. An Oldfyle Tales Prefs Original Publication.  Hairy Toes (Revised & Up-Dated). Pg. 143-147. Illustrated.

2016: McNaughton, E and Buxton, D. Eds. Unsung Horrors. November 2016. Buzzy Krotik Productions. The Ghost of Frankenstein: The Neglected Monster. Pg. 138-140. Illustrated.

2016: McNaughton, E and Buxton, D. Eds. Unsung Horrors. November 2016. Buzzy Krotik Productions. Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932). Pg. 298 – 300.  Illustrated.

2016: McNaughton, E and Buxton, D. Eds. Unsung Horrors. November 2016. Buzzy Krotik Productions. The Return of the Vampire. Pg.438 – 440.  Illustrated.

2017: Paxton, T, Ed. Monster # 32. March 2017. Fantastic Films of the Decades: The Silent Era Book-Review. Pg.319 – 321. Illustrated.

2017: Paxton, T, Ed. Monster # 32. March 2017. The Hammer Dacula Scrapbook Book-Review. Pg.321 – 323. Illustrated.

2017: Pearce, B. Ed. The Parish Church of St David Davidstow July /August 2017. Charlotte Dymond Memorial Pg.2, 11-13 Mentioned & Pictures.

2017: Knight, T. Ed. Old Cornwall Vol. XV, No.5  Autumn  2017. A Rain of Stones (Revised & extended). Pg.58-62.

2017: Pearce, B. Ed. The Parish Church of St David Davidstow November & December 2017. The Ghost of Charlotte Dymond. Pg.21

2017: McNaughton, E. Ed. We Belong Dead “Monsters? We’re British, Y’know.” A Celebration of Peter Cushing. One Way Ticket to Hollywood. Pg.108-112. Illustrated.

2017: McNaughton, E. Ed. We Belong Dead “Monsters? We’re British, Y’know.” A Celebration of Peter Cushing. Peter Cushing and the Fall of the House of the Long Shadows. Pg. 196-199. Illustrated.

2018:

2018: McNaughton, E and Buxton, D. Eds..Son of Unsung Horrors. February 2018. Buzzy Krotik Productions. The Black Room. Pg. 6-7. Illustrated.

2018: McNaughton, E and Buxton, D. Eds. Son of Unsung Horrors. February 2018. Buzzy Krotik Productions. Tower of London.  Pg. 66-68.  Illustrated.

2018: McNaughton, E and Buxton, D. Eds. Son of Unsung Horrors. February 2018. Buzzy Krotik Productions. La Chute De La Maison Usher. Pg. 264-265. Illustrated

2018: Endacott, Adam. The Kenneth Williams Companion. April 15^th 2018. Fantom Publishing. Contributed to research for book

2018: Blount, Chris. Theatre by the Sea: The Story of Newquay’s Cosy Nook. Pub: Chris Blount, 2014? ‘Stop Messin’ About: Kenneth Williams in Newquay referenced.

https://www.spookyisles.com/2018/04/bela-lugosi-dracula-haunted/

https://www.spookyisles.com/2018/09/ghosts-kenegie-manor/

https://www.spookyisles.com/2018/09/art-montague-rhodes-james/

https://www.spookyisles.com/2018/09/who-was-doctor-rant/

McNaughton, E.  Ed. We Belong Dead. 70s Monster Memories book. Something In the Night The BBC Christmas Ghost Stories Pg. 65-70. Illustrated. Second Edition.

https://classichorrors.wordpress.com/2018/10/29/matthew-e-banks-on-and-then-there-were-none-1945/?fbclid=IwAR1U8BQaaPGhUn-LqMgvLlTJm5ODv7P7ltEy35uWcddMillSYm81ScT-mJ0

2018: McNaughton, E and Buxton, D. Eds. A Century of Horror. December 2018. Buzzy Krotik Productions. Chapter on 1930s Horror. Co-written with Kevin Nichelson. Pgs 51-122 Illustrated

2019

2019: Smeraldi, Don. A Ed. Scary Monsters Magazine #113 ‘Women of the Silver Screen’ Summer 2019. There are Bats in her Belfrey, a monster in the closet and the death of Universal: Dracula’s Daughter – Re-examing a Horror Classic Pt.1. Pg. 131-138 Illustrated.

22/06/2019: https://www.spookyisles.com/2019/06/stone-tape-1972/?fbclid=IwAR3lJruGG8_J3kORZ7LIwLoVwTM6QifS35N3rqq9u4mc6MLizm4HnY6cp-Q

27/07/2019: https://www.spookyisles.com/2019/07/trerice-manor-ghosts/

2019: McNaughton, E, Fuller, P and Buxton, D Eds. We Belong Dead “Into The Velvet Darkness” A Celebration of Vincent Price.. Vincent Price and the Fall of the House of the Long Shadows. Pg. 282-283 Illustrated

2019: McNaughton, E, Fuller, P and Buxton, D Eds. We Belong Dead “Into The Velvet Darkness” A Celebration of Vincent Price.. The Sinister Man Dominates the Bloodbath at the House of Death. Pg. 288-289

2019: Smeraldi, Don. A Ed. Scary Monsters Magazine #115 ‘Retro Robots Run Amok’ Winter 2019. There are Bats in her Belfrey, a monster in the closet and the death of Universal: Dracula’s Daughter – Re-examing a Horror Classic Pt.2. Pg. 107-112 Illustrated.

2020

2020: Smeraldi, Don. A Ed. Scary Monsters Magazine #117 ‘Hideous Horticultural Horrors’ Sring 2020. There are Bats in her Belfrey, a monster in the closet and the death of Universal: Dracula’s Daughter – Re-examing a Horror Classic Pt.3. Pg. 102-105 Illustrated

Vampires, Ghosts and Bela Lugosi

Since my last post on July 12th I have been extremely busy with my writings and discovering new things. Firstly there are two issues of the fantastic The Spectral Times to discuss. As mentioned in my last post issue 7 was to feature both The Haunting of Bela 'Dracula' Lugosi and Who Was Dr Rant (an M R James piece). The former was published in said issue and the latter was pushed back to issue 8.

The Lugosi piece is a look at a piece that was originally brought up in 1927/29, then in '32 and is about his allegedly being haunted by a woman with yellow (or green, depending on the source) eyes.

This was followed by Crazy Duck Press's annual anthology 'Vampire News. Really ... Vampires Suck Vol III. This annual features my revised informal portrait of Interview with the Vampire author Anne Rice: "Her Dark and Secret Grace - Anne Rice, Queen of the Damned," and an interview of myself conducted by Bertena Varney, M.A. M.Ed. It is a must have annual for all vampire connoisseurs as it doesn't just cover books - it covers the whole genre. It also features my dear friend Anthony Hogg among a whole host of others :-)

This was followed by Issue 14 of We Belong Dead, that wonderful film magazine that I spend an awful amount of time researching articles for. In this issue they have published my informal portrait of Boris Karloff, which is the bookend piece to my informal portrait of Bela Lugosi that was published in issue 9.

This issue also has my revised review of The Spectral Press's The Christmas Ghost Stories of Lawrence Gordon Clark - which I am very very happy about. I am going to be writing a big piece for the proposed, as yet untitled We Belong Dead book on these stories. I am currently writing a re-examination of Hammer's 1964 classic The Gorgon for issue 15 and they still have the final part of my Lugosi/Karloff collaborations for Universal as well : The Invisible Ray. I am also looking into editing down my piece on Dracula's Daughter as well for them. 

Recently released is issue 8 of The Spectral Times.

 This fantastic issue features my in-depth study into who may have influenced the burial of Dr Rant in M R James' The Tractate Middoth. 

The second article is titled 'A Rain of Stones: A True Truro Ghost Story.' Based on events that happened in 1821, this is the first in a three piece sequence which is followed up with The Ghosts of Wheel Alfred and The Ghost of Gas Hill. I have already drafted a small piece titled 'A Cornish Ghost Story' for issue 9.

I shall try and be more on the ball, so to speak with up-dates and news. So until next time ...

Time Passes: New Work & Other News

Since my last post on May 14th I have been rushed off my little feet. So where to begin? First up is Reflections 19 which features my short story 'A Matter of Life For Death.' In a review of the issue (dated 5th June) Robert Bellisio wrote of my story: "Grabbing an unsuspecting reader and forcing him or her to read on is another example and Matthew Banks is a master of the art. A Matter of Life For Death should be approached with caution and expectation of the shivers. I will tell no more. Read it, but not at bedtime." I have had confirmed that issue 20 should be out in August featuring my story 'A Ghost Story.' With that one I have gone back to basics ... with a chilling ending ;-D

Now on to the magnificent The Spectral Times. As I said previously issue 6 may have two pieces by myself in it and indeed it does. Not only does it have my article on Pengersick Castle -

which concludes my three piece cycle of 'The Ghosts of ...'        it also carries my feature on Montague Rhodes James: A Morbid Curiosity - The Art of M R James.

I again am absolutely thrilled to be a part of this magazine. You can read and download via this link: http://en.calameo.com/read/002938563beb2cd23d044

For the next issue I am working on a piece titled 'The Haunting of Bela Lugosi' and have already submitted 'M R James' The Tractate Middoth - Just Who was Dr Rant.'

 


This shall be followed by 'A Rain of Stones,' 'The Ghost of Wheel Alfred' and 'The Ghost of Gas Hill' which make up my 19th century Cornish ghost story trilogy. After that ... well I have a couple of pieces in mind :-)

Another fantastic magazine that I am proud to be a part of is We Belong Dead & the wonderful Eric McNaughton who keeps me on my toes In the new issue (Issue #13) my re-examination of the Karloff / Lugosi 1935 classic The Raven is published in FULL. I am so thrilled that it was not split as it reads better as a whole :-)      

Eric still has three pieces awaiting publication and on top of that I have finally completed Dracula's Daughter 'There are Bats in her Belfry, a monster in a closet and the Death of Universal
Dracula’s Daughter: Re-Examining a Horror Classic'and submitted that. It runs for just over fourteen thousand words and I believe is my best work yet. Yes, it was a struggle as it was only meant to run for about 5,000 words, but as the most influential, if neglected vampire film ever, I needed to do it justice ... And I believe I have 

Something else that I have been working on is a completely revised and up-dated informal portrait on Anne Rice. I have previously written about Anne Rice in 1995's 'Anne Rice - Queen of the Damned.' That was published in 'Flickers'n'Frames' magazine. This new informal portrait is titled 'Daughter of Darkness - Anne Rice, An Informal Portrait' runs for 6,404 words and has been especially done for possible inclusion in a critical book on Rice, tentatively titled 'Coven of the Articulate: Critical Essay Compendium About Anne Rice' edited by Justin Boyer, who hopes to have the book out around the same time as Prince Lestat is released (28/10/14). Though my piece is not critical as I explained to Justin, it is a good look at her life and influences upon her writing. I am currently awaiting news to see if it has been accepted.

(C) Anne Rice 2014

There is other news, but I shall do that in a later post .... Until next time ....

All Good Things: Reflections19 The Spectral Times 4 & 5 We Belong Dead 13

Well you've probably been wondering where I have been since my last post. To be honest I have been really very busy and the results of this are that there are several publications to discuss.

First up is Reflections magazine issue 19 (that sold out in a matter of days!) Issue 19 sees the publication of 'A Matter of Life for Death' and this piece is a direct follow-on to my previous published story 'Tear of Blood' in issue 17 and then anthologized in Fresh Blood. The origin of 'A Matter of Life for Death' was a resurrected version of a previously abandoned story titled "The Mating Game". It worked a lot better as the basis for this 'gothic revenge' story-line (as Steven Smith describes it) than as an attempt at an adult (erotica) story-telling!

My next story for issue 20 will be titled simply 'A Ghost Story'

As mentioned in my last blog issue 4 of The Spectral Times, my piece on The Ghosts of Kenegie was published with some amazing feedback . Issue 5 of The Spectral Times  carries my piece on The Ghosts of Trerice Manor. Someone on Facebook commented about M. R. James with regards to this magazine and I offered to do an article for them. So for issue 6 I shall offer them The Ghosts of Pengersick Castle and A Morbid Curiosity: The Art of Montague Rhodes James. Whilst I have been doing this the idea struck me that I am following in the footsteps of William H. Paynter who was a collector of Cornish Myths and Legends, so with that in mind I contacted The Old Cornwall Society and the outcome of that is I can submit 'extended' versions of my research for publication. I have extended my piece on Charlotte Dymond and have submitted that and I have just completed a rewrite of The Ghosts of Kenegie. During my research I was informed about a coat of arms that is currently just being left to rot and I have contacted the owner to see if I can retrieve it and save it as it is an (in my opinion) important piece of Cornish history.

The damaged and rotting coat of arms I am trying to save for future generations.

COMING VERY SOON WE BELONG DEAD 13

Below is the cover to We Belong Dead 13.

It will feature my re-examination of the Karloff/Lugosi classic The Raven. The article will possibly be split between two issues due to its length, and if this is the case, then I envision that The Invisible Ray will follow suit. I am very excited about The Raven, as I believe it is the best thing that I have written - other than Dracula's Daughter, which is taking forever to complete. I did a 40 second trailer to promote the issue & my article but Youtube slapped a copyright infringement on it, so I cannot post it here unfortunately. They did the same with a Kenneth Williams documentary video that I posted, despite it being based upon my work. [In 1998 BBC Radio Cornwall made a  radio documentary based upon my researches into Kenneth Williams' time in Newquay repertory theatre, using both my written and audio material for it: 

[extract]

I decided to see what I had in my audio archive and to upload it - but that's another story!]

I cannot say more about We Belong Dead - but as soon as I know more, then I will update :-)

Return of the Living Dead

This past month has been very busy and very productive. I have been researching Cornish ghost stories and following on from the publication on my piece in The Spectral Times issue three on Charlotte Dymond, I have completed work on The Ghosts of Kenegie Manor and The Ghosts of Trerice Manor. I have prepped and started work on The Ghosts of Pengersick Castle and during my researches came across a ghost story that I had not heard of before, that gave birth to a Victorian parlour poem that has not seen the light of day for one hundred and thirty four years. (The illustration from the poem is above) This will be written after I have completed Pengersick Castle. I'm not saying any more about it until I have completed my research and written the piece.

This is the cover to issue four of The Spectral Times and as I write this, I am smiling from ear to ear as it contains my piece on Kenegie Manor that spans five pages and all but one of my photographs was used. I've held off so as I can post a link to it. It was launched earlier today :-) To read it on line follow the link: http://en.calameo.com/read/002938563ae284d080b2c?authid=GMQjkTViNset

Also launched this week is my brand new promotional video for Spectral Press' The Christmas Ghost Stories of Lawrence Gordon Clark. This new video sits a long side a new review that I have written for the book. This video took simply hours and hours to do as I just could not get it to how I wanted it. My wonderful wife then pointed out my flaw (TY Sam) and once I could see that then the re-editing was simple and effective.

I posted this across all my social media and the wonderful Mark Gatiss re-tweeted me (and I am still thrilled by this fact!) This has caused a lot of people to follow suit and spread the News (TY Mark Gatiss xxx). You can follow me on Twitter @thedoctor67

 Hopefully in the next few weeks I will have an exclusive interview with David Farrant of The Highgate Vampire case of the 1970s. The interview will steer well clear of this and instead look at his life and other cases .... so until next time :-)