charles was owner and curator of the edinburgh wax museum on the royal mile from 1976 to 1989. here, he really came into his own, bringing in friends and family as supporting artistes. at night, the top floor of the museum was turned into castle dracula theatre and charles enjoyed some of the happiest days of his life. working in the museum and entertaining visiting dignitaries and stars of stage and screen by day, charles took on the mantle of "count dracula" – complete with his own coffin and cloak – by night. performing mind-reading and mock ghostly seances, the theatre ran for almost three years in the mid 1980s.