This post begins: The Ghostbreakers bring you some autumnal awesomeness…”Vampire Tower”. John Dickson Carr’s style of Mystery is perfect for the Halloween season. He always peppered his locked room mysteries with Gothic trappings that make his stories feel like horror stories at least until half way. Carr put it this way: “Let there be a spice of terror, of dark skies and evil things.” There is always an intrepid detective to run down the appearances of the supernatural, but that’s the deal. Following in G. K. Chesterton’s Father Brown’s footsteps, Dr. Fell, Sir Henry Merrivale, Henri Bencolin or Colonel March are going to pull the carpet out from under that ghoulie or ghostie’s feet.
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While I agree that the title Vampire Tower stinks a little bit like the ol’ bait-and-switch trick, I must confess that any story with the promise of a tower in the title usually grabs my attention. Thank you for taking the time and putting in the effort to share this with us all.