The Complete Vampire Companion.
New York: Macmillan, 1994.]
“J. B. Macabre’s Macabreotoriumtook to the airwaves of New York City on March 1, 1988, on
radio station WBAI. It took advantage of the new digital technology, the binaural recording
process, and a glut of aspiring actors living in the Big Apple to offer up tales of the weird and
macabre. The program aired for three and a half years. Among the many episodes was a tale of a
modern-day vampire, ‘Bad Blood.’ The plot placed an aspiring young black doctor, who had
developed a vaccine that could arrest the course of AIDS but not cure it, up against a rich and
powerful vampire who was being destroyed by the disease. While the plot employed traditional
vampire themes in relation to the myth, the characters were motivated by modern convictions, all
taken to extremes in a climax that became a paradox. Reaction to the program was so great that
the station manager rebroadcast the program the next day. For the next year and a half,J. B.
Macabre’s Macabreotoriumwas aired twice a month.”
WBAI, New York City, New York (Pacifica).
March 1, 1988-1991.
J. B. Macabre.
Unknown.