The Society pays a visit to Cabin B13 to hear one of Dr. Fabian’s dark mysteries! John Dickson Carr created the series and provided its ingenious scripts. In this story, entitled “The Sleep of Death,” a young suitor dares to spend the night in the deadly Tapestry Room to win the hand of his beloved. What horror kills those who dare to sleep in this room? Do all eccentric Hungarian counts play the glasses? Would this story benefit from a haunted foosball table? Listen for yourself and find out! Then vote and let us know what you think:
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The Count does seem to be a little crazy. Maybe not dangerous crazy, but definitely a bit odd. Could be hereditary crazy.
Speaking of family, why is Iliana living with her uncle? What happened to her parents? Did she… did she murder them? Or did she get a double dose of crazy from them and have to be removed from the house? Did they even have some kind of child protective services? I wish this story had dropped hints about her backstory, because that could have gone so many ways.
Perhaps her parents couldn’t afford a tapestry room? They sent her off to be with her uncle, someone who could provide her with the opportunities to grow up bonkers that she wouldn’t have had otherwise. I don’t suppose there’s any kind of scholarship for that. Although I’m sure there’s unpaid internships out there…
“Not… THE TAPESTRY ROOM!”
Sorry to be a little slow in saying as much, but thank you for catching this gross oversight in our discussion of this episode. I’m frankly a little embarrassed I missed that.
[…] by Hubert after listening to our take on the Cabin B-13 version of the same story using the title, “The Sleep of Death!” Carr’s story tells the story of a young woman and her mysterious uncle, played by the one and […]
The other early hint was when uncle said, “Oh, I’m not sending you home.”
That was mostly just silly. I had no buy-in from the beginning because there was nothing about the young diplomat’s corny love-wish to engage me. When it became apparent nobody was going to die and every character was a ridiculous stereotype the let-down was complete.