Steve-Calvert.co.uk

HOME My Stuff Audiobook Reviews Book Reviews DVD Reviews Public Domain Movies Public Domain Radio Shows Public Domain Texts Links Blog Horror Forum

Old Radio Shows   Beyond Midnight   The Signalman Related pages: The Signal-Man (online text) The Signalman (DVD review) This episode is based on the story by Charles Dickens about a signalman who works on a lonely stretch of track and is haunted by a strange and sinister spectre. The Signalman is a very spooky story and the Beyond Midnight team did a great job of bringing it to life and I love the sound effects: sound of howling wind, birdsong and the puffing of steam trains. In Dickens' original story the man who becomes the signalman's friend and confidant is never identified, but in the Beyond Midnight dramatization the man introduces himself as Charles Dickens, which may perhaps give the listener the impression that work is based on a true story. It is not, but Dickens did write the story after he survived The Staplehurst Railcrash (1885), so it seems probable that the experience may have provided a certain amount of inspiration for the story. Click to Listen >>  The Signalman   More From Beyond Midnight                      Other Radio Shows A Passion For Horror Homepage