The Macabre Observer

The Macabre Observer is simply my observations in the world of the macabre, any topic that fires my dark curiosity will end up here....you have been warned!

Thursday, 11 December 2025

An Interview With Hamilton Deane - The Definition of Terror in the Theatre.

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This interview is taken from The Era theatrical newspaper of the 19th February 1930, at this time Deane's stage play version of Franken...

Wednesday, 10 December 2025

W.E Holloway - An Australian Count Dracula.

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Background. William Edwyn Crowther Holloway was born in Adelaide, South Australia on the 18th September 1885. W.E Holloway. His parents wer...

Tuesday, 9 December 2025

The Vampire by Sydney Horler - from "John Bull" 20th April 1929.

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Sydney Horler was born in Leytonstone, London, on the 18th July 1888. He was a prolific author of crime and mystery, he amassed a back cat...

Friday, 28 November 2025

Vlad The Impaler and the Saxon Wars 1458 - 1460.

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Brasov, the Black Church. Prelude. Tensions had been building ever since Vlad Dracula had ascended the Wallachian throne in 1456, this was m...

Tuesday, 16 September 2025

The Bank Of England Mystery - The Legend of Jon Smiff.

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The story concerning an illiterate man called Jon Smiff finding his way through the sewers and into the vault of the Bank of England has bee...

Tuesday, 2 September 2025

Prowling Penciller And The Pipe Of Peace - or - Oh Oh Oh Opium.

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The date is the 30th September 1893, the newspaper is The Illustrated Police Budget, and this rather jocular tale is both an educational sou...

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Gordon Stoker: Hello and welcome to my blog, I am Gordon, a strictly amateur historian. I'm originally from Northumberland, UK, but now I'm out here in Van Diemen's Land.

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