Bram Stoker's famous novel “The Lair of the White Worm” is full of dark secrets and chilling horror. In the very heart of “good old England,” ancient legends about a terrible monster—a bloodthirsty white dragon—come to life. People suspect that over the past millennia, the dragon has learned to mimic and is quite capable of pretending to be a charming lady in white...

In the story by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla, having bought a luxurious castle in Styria (Austria), a visiting English family, intended to lead quiet, secluded life. But the fulfillment of their desires is prevented by a meeting with the mysterious Countess Karnstein, a young beauty, with whose appearance the daughter of the owner of the castle is overtaken by an unknown illness.