Das Grauen

Three tales by Edgar Allan Poe, considered masterpieces of the horror story. They play with death and with the question of how stable the mind is.

In “Ligeia”, a man cannot come to terms with the loss of his beloved wife. “Die Sphinx” leads into a New York marked by cholera, whose surroundings seem to be populated by monsters. “Die Maske des roten Todes” is set in a castle whose guests shut themselves off from the plague raging outside.

The audio reading by Sven Görtz and Jürgen Fritsche accompanies the texts, which leave open how much security a sanctuary truly offers.