CUENTOS DE BRUJAS
[RADIO-SERIES]
Based on the Mexican edition of the notorious U.S. horror comic, this series of radio adaptations
was part of a larger program which plugged the current numbers of a variety of historietas issued
by publishing giant La Prensa. The Cuentos de Brujas stories ran once a month on the Saturday
on which the new issue was released to the newsstands.
[Program information]
ORIGINATION: XEQ, Mexico, D.F.
DURATION: [May-August], 1952.
PERSONNEL: Unknown.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: None.
[Program log]
CUENTOS DE LA PRENSA—“CUENTOS DE BRUJAS” (XEQ, MEXICO, D.F.)
[Saturday—6:30-7:00 PM]
March 29, 1952
April 26, 1952 “La Venganza de la Oruga”
May 31, 1952
CUENTOS MACABROS
Found at the web-site of La Tremenda, a Spanish-language station in Houston owned by the
Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation.___
ORIGINATION: KLAT, Houston, Texas (HBC).
DURATION: Unknown.
PERSONNEL: Nacho Limon (host).
EXTANT RECORDINGS: Unknown.
CULT VAMPIRES
Three story readings from the BBC Cult Vampire website.
ORIGINATION: BBC 7, London (BBC).
DURATION: October 27-29, 2004.
PERSONNEL: John Ainsworth (director—“Mildew Manor”), Jamie Bamber (reader), Clare
Corbett (reader), Kim Newman (narrator—“Mildew Manor”).
CAST [for “Mildew Manor”]: John Ainsworth (The Dark Figure), Nick Briggs, Ian Brooker, Helen
Goldwyn, Patricia Levington.
EXTANT RECORDINGS: The entire series can be heard at the website.
THE 7TH DIMENSION—“CULT VAMPIRES”
[Wednesday-Thursday-Friday—6:00-6:30 PM]
Oct. 27, 2004 “This Is Now” (by Michael
Marshall Smith)
[“…Are vampires the only thing that
can suck the life out of people?
Multiple-award winning author
Michael Marshall Smith gives an
unsettling answer…”]
Oct. 28, 2004 “After the Stone Age” (by Brian
Stableford)
[“…The quest to stay young and
slim could be over now that
vampires are back. A new story in
Brian’s long-running vampire
mythology…”]
Oct. 29, 2004 “Half-Sick of Shadows” (by
Graham Masterton)
[“…The Lady of Shallot’s back. And
she’s not happy… A group of dodgy
archaeologists get more than they
bargain for… The author of The
Manitou pens a classic chiller…”]
Not broadcast but available for listening at website:
“Mildew Manor” (by Kim
Newman)
[“…A darkly comic gothic story
from the master of pastiche, where
the reader can choose how the tale
ends…”]