written a long time ago but is just as good to hear today.
We start with a young English man called Aubrey who’s travelling with an older man called
Lord Ruthven to the beautiful city of Rome. However, somebody has told Aubrey to watch
out for Ruthven as he’s not a very nice person and can’t be trusted. What can they mean?
In Rome, they meet a woman who Ruthven takes an interest in but Aubrey warns her to keep
away from him because he’s not to be trusted. Aubrey isn’t happy about Ruthven’s behaviour
and decides to keep travelling but on his own. He ends up in Greece and it’s here he
meets and falls in love with the beautiful Ianthe. She keeps him company and tells him
tales of local legends about a vampire. Then after a while, Ruthven turns up and shortly
after Ianthe is killed by a vampire. Hmm, a strange coincidence don’t you think? But
Ruthven just tells Aubrey to keep his eyes open for anyone acting suspiciously.
The two men continue their travels, but the men are attacked by robbers and Ruthven is
killed, but before he dies he makes Aubrey promise to keep his death a secret ‘for a
year and a day’. His body is left on a rock but it disappears overnight. Somebody has
stolen it. What a gruesome story but it’s not over yet. Join me again in part two when I’ll tell you what happens next. Bye for now.
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