Nightmares

Listen Up

• An NPR segment with Jeff Jerome, curator of the Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum in Baltimore, about his vigil to meet a mysterious visitor (3:45) who annually drinks a toast at Poe'’s grave, leaving his unfinished bottle and three roses.



• The Tell Tale Heart (16:04) by Edgar Allan Poe: “Have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the senses? Now, I say, there came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton. I knew that sound well too. It was the beating of the old man's heart."
  
  
• From Radio Netherlands comes this feature, Night Frights (29:29): “It’s the middle of the night. You wake up with a start. There’s a presence in the room watching you. You sense that it is evil. But you are paralyzed and powerless. It’s your worst nightmare – Or is it?”

Write Now

• Sitting around a campfire is just one time we like to tell scary stories. Tell us about a time you told or heard such a tale.
• It is not entirely clear why we like to listen to scary stories. Why we would want to be frightened. What are your thoughts?

Read On

• More from Wikipedia on night terror