Listen free for 30 days
-
The Vampire's Bedside Companion: The Amazing World of Vampires in Fact and Fiction
- Narrated by: Ray Lesniewski
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Horror
People who bought this also bought...
-
The Devil Is Afraid of Me
- The Life and Work of the World's Most Famous Exorcist
- By: Father Gabriele Amorth, Charlotte J. Fasi - translator, Marcello Stanzione - with
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In this eye-opening book, angelologist Father Marcello Stanzione tells the fascinating story of Father Amorth and his life as an exorcist. You'll learn of his daily schedule and how he managed to perform dozens of exorcisms each week. You'll find out what his exorcism room looked like, and how various devils responded to his bold practice. Best of all, you'll hear Father Amorth's own startling explanations of many truths about the Devil that our culture has forgotten and about the canny methods the Deceiver has adopted in recent years to corrupt believers and unbelievers alike.
-
This Haunted Isle
- The Ghosts and Legends of Britain's Historic Buildings
- By: Peter Underwood
- Narrated by: Sangita Chauhan
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Peter Underwood has personally visited the historic buildings and sites of Britain, and here presents a wealth of intriguing legends and new stories of ghostly encounters from more than a hundred such throughout the United Kingdom. From Abbey House in Cambridge to Zennor in Cornwall, this is an A to Z of the haunted houses of Britain. At Bramshill in Hampshire - now a police training college - there have been so many sightings that even sceptical police officers have had to admit that the place is haunted.
-
-
Great stories spoiled a little by narrator
- By Vanguard on 10-05-19
-
Tales of Mystery Unexplained
- Tales of Mystery Unexplained Podcast
- By: Steph Young
- Narrated by: Harrie Dobby
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
What happened to Elisa Lam, found dead in a water tower atop a hotel roof? Who were the two men who came to see her, and what was in the mystery box they gave her? Why did the location of her gravestone match the zip code of a bookstore miles away? Why did a man write the Fibonacci sequence as a clue and tell a stranger he was 'Looking for the Beast' before he disappeared in the barren plains of a desert? Find many more head-scratching puzzles in Tales of Mystery Unexplained.
-
-
Twelve chilling tales of mystery
- By Steve on 07-07-20
-
Jack the Ripper
- One Hundred Years of Mystery
- By: Peter Underwood
- Narrated by: Jack Wynters
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Jack the Ripper still causes a shudder, synonymous as it is with violent murder and mutilation. But also of mystery and speculation, for the gruesome series of killings in London's East End in that horrific autumn of 1888 have never been finally solved. The identity of the Ripper, his motives, and his association have been the subject of endless discussion and speculation since Victorian times. Suspects have been as varied as a Jewish slaughter man and the Duke of Clarence.
-
Ghoster
- By: Jason Arnopp
- Narrated by: Katy Sobey
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Kate Collins has been ghosted. She was supposed to be moving in with her new boyfriend Scott, but all she finds after relocating to Brighton is an empty flat. Scott has vanished. His possessions have all disappeared. Except for his mobile phone. Kate knows she shouldn't hack into Scott's phone. She shouldn't look at his Tinder, his calls, his social media. But she can't quite help herself. That's when the trouble starts. Strange, whispering phone calls from numbers she doesn't recognise. Scratch marks on the walls that she can't explain.
-
-
brilliant
- By Amy on 02-12-19
-
Karloff: The Life of Boris Karloff
- By: Peter Underwood
- Narrated by: Sam Bogart
- Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Boris Karloff was the most famous of all horror actors. His memorable portrayal of the Frankenstein monster added a new word to English dictionaries. This new edition of the first biography (published in 1972) - containing a new foreword by Eric McNaughton as well as a special piece about the book by grandson Ben Underwood, reveals that Karloff was not born at Dulwich, London, as stated in all the reference books.
-
The Devil Is Afraid of Me
- The Life and Work of the World's Most Famous Exorcist
- By: Father Gabriele Amorth, Charlotte J. Fasi - translator, Marcello Stanzione - with
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In this eye-opening book, angelologist Father Marcello Stanzione tells the fascinating story of Father Amorth and his life as an exorcist. You'll learn of his daily schedule and how he managed to perform dozens of exorcisms each week. You'll find out what his exorcism room looked like, and how various devils responded to his bold practice. Best of all, you'll hear Father Amorth's own startling explanations of many truths about the Devil that our culture has forgotten and about the canny methods the Deceiver has adopted in recent years to corrupt believers and unbelievers alike.
-
This Haunted Isle
- The Ghosts and Legends of Britain's Historic Buildings
- By: Peter Underwood
- Narrated by: Sangita Chauhan
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Peter Underwood has personally visited the historic buildings and sites of Britain, and here presents a wealth of intriguing legends and new stories of ghostly encounters from more than a hundred such throughout the United Kingdom. From Abbey House in Cambridge to Zennor in Cornwall, this is an A to Z of the haunted houses of Britain. At Bramshill in Hampshire - now a police training college - there have been so many sightings that even sceptical police officers have had to admit that the place is haunted.
-
-
Great stories spoiled a little by narrator
- By Vanguard on 10-05-19
-
Tales of Mystery Unexplained
- Tales of Mystery Unexplained Podcast
- By: Steph Young
- Narrated by: Harrie Dobby
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
What happened to Elisa Lam, found dead in a water tower atop a hotel roof? Who were the two men who came to see her, and what was in the mystery box they gave her? Why did the location of her gravestone match the zip code of a bookstore miles away? Why did a man write the Fibonacci sequence as a clue and tell a stranger he was 'Looking for the Beast' before he disappeared in the barren plains of a desert? Find many more head-scratching puzzles in Tales of Mystery Unexplained.
-
-
Twelve chilling tales of mystery
- By Steve on 07-07-20
-
Jack the Ripper
- One Hundred Years of Mystery
- By: Peter Underwood
- Narrated by: Jack Wynters
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Jack the Ripper still causes a shudder, synonymous as it is with violent murder and mutilation. But also of mystery and speculation, for the gruesome series of killings in London's East End in that horrific autumn of 1888 have never been finally solved. The identity of the Ripper, his motives, and his association have been the subject of endless discussion and speculation since Victorian times. Suspects have been as varied as a Jewish slaughter man and the Duke of Clarence.
-
Ghoster
- By: Jason Arnopp
- Narrated by: Katy Sobey
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Kate Collins has been ghosted. She was supposed to be moving in with her new boyfriend Scott, but all she finds after relocating to Brighton is an empty flat. Scott has vanished. His possessions have all disappeared. Except for his mobile phone. Kate knows she shouldn't hack into Scott's phone. She shouldn't look at his Tinder, his calls, his social media. But she can't quite help herself. That's when the trouble starts. Strange, whispering phone calls from numbers she doesn't recognise. Scratch marks on the walls that she can't explain.
-
-
brilliant
- By Amy on 02-12-19
-
Karloff: The Life of Boris Karloff
- By: Peter Underwood
- Narrated by: Sam Bogart
- Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Boris Karloff was the most famous of all horror actors. His memorable portrayal of the Frankenstein monster added a new word to English dictionaries. This new edition of the first biography (published in 1972) - containing a new foreword by Eric McNaughton as well as a special piece about the book by grandson Ben Underwood, reveals that Karloff was not born at Dulwich, London, as stated in all the reference books.
Summary
The Vampire’s Bedside Companion is a riveting compendium of new facts and fiction on the undying theme of vampirism.
Here is a new theory on the genesis of Dracula (surely literature’s most compelling and macabre figure?); thoughts on allusions to vampirism in Wuthering Heights; first-hand experience of Vampires in Hampstead, London; publication for the first time of the story of a 15th-century Vampire Protection medallion that Montague Summers presented to the author; an account by a professer of English at Dalhousie University of a visit to ‘Castle Dracula’ in Transylvania - The Vampire’s Bedside Companion contains these and a wealth of other hitherto unpublished material on a subject that is of enduring interest: The Vampire Legend
To many people, vampires are creatures only of legend and fantasy with no reality outside the pages of books. Others, who have studied the folklore of many countries and the continuing reports of vampirism, maintain that there is extensive evidence not only that vampires once existed but that, in fact, they still do exist. In this fascinating book the author, himself an acknowledged expert on the Occult, presents true accounts of vampire infestation in England, America, Ireland, Hungary, China and France. Records of vampires and vampirism are, he claims, as old as the world and as recent as yesterday.
Four new, excisting and authentic vampire fictional stories by Peter Allan, Crispin Derby, Richard Howard, and James Turner complete this compelling companion for dark nights, solitude and howling winds!
Illustrated with my striking photographs, The Vampire’s Bedside Companion also contains original and evocative drawings by Geoffrey Bourne-Taylor. It is a must-have for all students of the occult and every fan of the macabre.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.