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Do you run a business? Then you have to hear this true story! Every entrepreneur wants to be successful, but even a seemingly small mistake can sometimes cause big trouble. In the first part, the business risk buster strikes at a car showroom where two co-owners cannot…

The Otis family move into a haunted house, Canterville Chase. The resident ghost, Sir Simon de Canterville killed his wife there in 1575 and his guilt causes him to haunt the house. Sir Simon haunts with different coloured bloodstains, which appear on the floor everyday…

Do you run a business? Then you have to hear this true story! Every entrepreneur wants to be successful, but even a seemingly small mistake can sometimes cause big trouble. The eighth part takes place in a hotel built by the owner in his hometown. He made his childhood…

Blaho je přirozený stav vesmíru. Všechno, co není blaho, je faleš, lež, sebeklam, přetvářka, předstírání, náhražka. Blaho je pocit harmonie s tokem vesmíru, který se čínsky jmenuje Tao. Faleš, napodobenina, předstírání a sebeklam se čínsky řeknou Mao. Tao nám prospívá, …

Našli je v zimě, oblečené pouze do spodního prádla, rozeseté ve sněhu daleko od tábora. Ohořelé, zohavené. S rozmačkanými hrudníky, bez očí, bez jazyka… Jejich oděvy byly radioaktivní, ve fotoaparátu měli snímek postavy připomínající sněžného muže. Jak zemřelo devět vys…

Nahrávka je zaměřena k celkovému nastartování organismu vložením očistných kódů na hubnutí podle proporcí každého jedince (výška, věk nebo stavba kostí). Tzn., že zhubnete na váhu, která je pro vás v daném životním období daná. Tuto metodu nelze použít s dodatkem „chci …

The ninth step into the Darkness is called Love from the Dark Side, and it brings us to the climax of the series – the Darkness itself. It features The Tenant of the Cedars by Mary Elizabeth Penn – a story about the vengeance of the dead. Little is known of the author o…

Když se v roce 1962 připravoval k realizaci text hry již tehdy téměř zapomenutého básníka Otakara Theera, rodil se zásluhou dramaturga Jaromíra Ptáčka a režiséra Miloslava Jareše významný inscenační počin. Theerovo drama nebylo od roku 1917 nikdy znovu uvedeno a z rep…

The third step into the Darkness is called Sounds in the Dark. It begins with a short story written in 1921 by American master horror writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft called The Music of Erich Zann. The author himself considered the story to be one of his masterpieces, …

The fourth step into the Darkness is called Murderers, and it takes the listener into the realm of vampire stories and haunted houses. The first – The Tomb of Sara – was written by English navy officer, and writer, Frederick George Loring. It was one of the very first s…

Guillaume Apollinaire (*26. srpna 1880 Řím – † 9. listopadu 1918 Paříž) byl francouzský básník, prozaik a dramatik; po matce, šlechtičně Angelice Kostrowicke, polského původu. Jeho literární začátky se datují na přelom 19. a 20. století Je považován za jednoho ze zaklad…

A young woman starts her first job as a governess in charge of two young orphans, Miles and Flora, at a country house called Bly. The children are beautiful and well-behaved, but are they too good to be true? When the governess starts to experience strange visions, she …

The sixth step into the Darkness is called Longing, and it features a single short story; a very distinctive one indeed. It is a relatively short masterpiece by Howard Phillips Lovecraft, the author who is a pillar of our series. The Outsider is one of his most often pu…

Do you run a business? Then you have to hear this true story! Every entrepreneur wants to be successful, but even a seemingly small mistake can sometimes cause big trouble. The ninth part takes place in a restaurant, leased by a recently divorced businesswoman who want…

What starts as a simple date… can quickly spiral into something completely unexpected. Date is a sharp, witty three-act comedy that explores the unpredictable world of modern relationships where first impressions deceive, intentions clash, and nothing ever goes quite as…

In the Boscombe Valley Mystery, Turner kills his blackmailer McCarthy to prevent McCarthy's son marrying his daughter and claiming all of his property. In the Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, Holmes foils Mr Ryder's plans to steal a precious jewel and frame a plumber fo…

Tragédii, která dodnes dojímá nešťastným osudem milenecké dvojice Junie a Britannika, nastudoval režisér Josef Melč s vzácným smyslem pro její jasný kompoziční řád a znělý verš v roce 1991 s Ivanem Řezáčem v roli Britannika a s Pavlem Soukupem v roli krutého císaře Nero…

Montague Rhodes James makes his second appearance in the series in this, the seventh step into the Darkness. James came from Kent in South East England, and was a renowned scientist focusing on medieval art, literature, and architecture. He wrote short stories just for …

The second step into the Darkness is called Illusion, and the pioneer of modern-era horror stories, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, meets another of his “gurus” – Edgar Allan Poe (Lovecraft himself is sometimes referred to as E. A. Poe’s direct successor). William Wilson is …

The fifth step into the Darkness is called Planes of Existence, and it is a solo ride by the feature author of the whole series in three parts. In them, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, practically unread and unknown during his life, but a source of inspiration after his deat…

It’s time to redefine how we work. We have been told for ages that technology would make our lives easier. Instead, we increasingly find ourselves drowning in tedious tasks and feeling trapped in the daily grind—overflowing calendars, endless to-do lists, and a never-en…

The very first step into the Darkness is called Death and Other Horrors, and it contains three short stories. The author of the first of these – The Haunted Dolls’ House – is Montague Rhodes James. A scientist at first, James eventually gained success writing Gothic hor…