Her niece, Sandra Niemi, discovered pages of Nurmi’s unfinished autobiography, and Niemi published the book Glamour Ghoul: The Passions and Pain of the Real Vampira, Maila Nurmi in 2021.

Vampira, portrayed by Maila Nurmi, was the first television horror hostess who made her debut on screens in 1954 with The Vampira Show. Gothic horror aesthetics and the dark glamour of Morticia ...