Book at Bedtime
BBC radio 4
Antoine Augustin Calmet published an apparently serious anthropological history of the Vampire throughout Europe in the early 19 century called "The Phantom World." All the people he spoke to were adamant about what they had witnessed. His account therefore appears all the more disturbing and became the basis for the flights of Vampiric fancy that took off in the Victorian age.
Written by Antoine Augustin Calmet
Reader: David Tennant
Producer: Clive Brill
A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.
2-The Family of the Vourdalak
Leo Tolstoy's lesser known brother has written this compelling story about a patriarch who sets off on a mysterious mission but fears he may come back a Vampire. If he should return to their village after 10 days - he begs his family to deny him access and plunge a stake through his heart.
Written by Alexis Tolstoy
Reader: David Tennant
Producer: Clive Brill
A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.
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Bobbie
After an unusual Brazilian ship enters the harbour - our hero suddenly begins to feel unwell, and starts to have feverish and disturbing visions. Only too late does he discover the demonic nature of the South American ship's cargo.
Written by Guy de Maupassant.
Read by David Tennant.
Producer: Clive Brill
A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.
4-Luella Miller
Luella Miller seems incapable of surviving on her own - so she calls on friends, relatives and lovers to help her. And they all die - one by one - until there is no one left to lift a finger to assist this most demanding of women. An unusual tale - set in small town America.
Written by Mary E Wilkins Freeman
Read by David Tennant.
Producer: Clive Brill
A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.
5-Clarimonde
As a young man approaches his first moments as a priest his eyes glance to heaven - and sees leaning over the sanctuary railing - a young woman of extraordinary beauty. And so begins a sensational struggle for his soul......
Written by Theophile Gautier.
Read by David Tennant.
Producer: Clive Brill
A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.
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