It was the hour of Charme Academy .

Because for a brief moment, between the wrestling and the cheap horror films, they had all been students at the Academy. And the lesson was not about charm.

The Ghost Signal of Charme Academy

To the uninitiated, scrolling through the TV guide at 1:00 AM, the title sounded almost respectable. Charme Academy . It conjured images of finishing schools in Lausanne, of young women learning to walk with books on their heads.