Visit the city of Bucharest, Romania, and learn about its most famous citizen, Vlad the Impaler, more commonly known as Dracula. Travel underground to separate the myth from reality as secret prisons, caves, and dungeons are revealed. Only through the bleak subterranean stretches can one come face-to-face with the Impaler and the truth about this infamous Romanian ruler. Join host Don Wildman as he braves eerie tombs and clandestine tunnels to discover the "Son of the Devil.

Explores the ancient belief in vampires in many different cultures worldwide and reveals the startling truth behind our deepest fears of the undead. Includes the supposedly true story of the corpse of a man found completely intact in his grave with new hair and nail growth.

The werewolf is a centuries-old legend based on myth, not a real animal. However, local eyewitnesses in Wisconsin and Michigan report seeing a dogman--a tall, hairy man-beast. Professional hunters and trackers armed with tranquilizer guns will be deployed in an area of recent sightings to find this creature. For the first time, polygraphs and hypnosis will be used on eyewitnesses with astonishing results. One-part history, one-part science, and one part monster, discover the truth behind legendary monsters.

It's been more than 200 years since the seminal novel Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus was published by Mary Shelley. This documentary recounts the extraordinary circumstances under which a 19-year-old woman came up with a now-iconic creature. In The Frankenstein Nightmare, we will see how humankind’s insatiable quest to outlast death has led to some outlandish scientific experiments. 

A bewitching look at haunted houses and ghost stories. Includes a visit to Louisiana's Myrtle Plantation, known as America's most haunted house, and The Joshua Ward House in Massachusetts, where a sheriff's curse can be traced back to the Salem witch trials.

Halloween began centuries ago as a pagan holiday that honored the dead. It warned of a netherworld of spirits and ghosts. Now it's morphed into a day for breaking rules, pushing boundaries, and wearing disguises. Our modern Halloween traditions have ancient roots -- people were going door to door and begging for treats on Halloween night back in the Middle Ages. And Halloweens past have been wilder and more dangerous than they are now -- during the depression, Halloween became so violent and destructive civil authorities had to step in and prevent widespread vandalism in cities across America. Their solution, the ritual of "trick or treat," now generates $2 billion dollars in candy sales each season. But no matter how many jack-o-lanterns get carved or kids yell "trick-or-treat!" Halloween is still all about the "scare." Two thousand years and counting, and we still like to be scared on the night of October 31.

One of the most frightening horror stories ever written was Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Was this story, however, Robert Louis Stevenson's disturbing fantasy, or was it based on a series of blood-curdling episodes that took place in the town of Edinburgh?