One rumour was that he slept in a coffin, another that he drank martinis bobbing with eyeballs, a third even maintained that he had a guillotine in his home.
Fans have been captivated for decades by the exploits of The Addams Family via their numerous film and TV reincarnations.
But they are nothing compared to the intrigue piqued by the predilections, pastimes and personality of the freaky family’s real life inventor, Charles Addams. For good reason.
