We visit an iconic German castle that was the site of a gruesome 17th century science experiment, tour the ancestral home of an English aristocrat struck down by an ancient curse, and inspect an isolated French fortress.
Hear about the plot to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London, explore an impenetrable bastion in France where a controversial literary genius was jailed and visit an ancient German castle holds a centuries-old secret.
A British manor house inspired a creepy masterpiece, "The Hound of the Baskervilles"; a German castle.
An inheritance dispute took place at an English country estate; a Colonial mansion in Virginia; the ruins of a Scottish castle.
A 15th-century power struggle climaxed at a giant fortress in Scotland; an Italian villa; upstate New York mansion.
A Transylvanian castle provides the inspiration for an infamous literary villain; a French chateau incites a bitter rivalry between two powerful women; and a mythical monarch steps into the real world at an English Abbey.
Ted Stewart
Narrator
David E. Gerber
Producer
Nicola Moody
Domininc Stobart
