Ah, I would swear my innocence, but what is there to swear by that you would now believe? Later, perhaps, when you have begun to understand some things, then I will swear. So, if we are going to tell the truth at last, then what real crimes can I be charged with, what sins so utterly damning and blastable? You will accuse me of the death of Lucy Westenra, I suppose. … this switch, then my words will be set down here electrically for the world. Peter's Cemetery, now under investigation.

No external evidence has been found to connect the tape with the alleged vandalism and grave robbing at St. They brought the tape to the attention of higher authorities because of the references to violent crimes which it contains. It was first played by rescue workers who found the car and thought the recorder might hold some emergency message from its occupants. The Harkers dismiss the tape as 'some joke,' profess no interest in it, and refuse all further comment. The general quality of the tape, and the background noises detectable thereon, are, in the opinion of technical experts, consistent with the hypothesis that the tape was in fact recorded in an automobile, engine running at idling speed, heater and blowers operating, with gusts of high wind outside. Three linguistics experts consulted have given three divergent opinions regarding the speaker's native tongue.

It speaks English with an indefinable slight accent. The voice on the tape is masculine and rather deep. The petrol tank was approximately one-third full. Their car was undamaged when found, and although all its doors and windows were locked the key was still in the ignition, which had been turned off.

The Harkers' physical condition and the state of their clothing upon arrival at the hospital suggests that they may have walked across country. Peter's Cemetery and virtually on the edge ofDartmoor. All Saints Hospital is some thirty kilometers from where their car was found in a drift on theUpham Road, just outside St. They spoke of abandoning their auto on an impassable road near midnight, but seem never to have given any convincing explanation for leaving the relative security of their vehicle at an hour when the storm was at its worst, nor of exactly how they reachedPlymouth. Harker and his wife, Janet, both suffering from exposure and exhaustion, were admitted to All Saints Hospital, in Plymouth, on the morning following the height of the storm. Arthur Harker ofExeter, two days after the freakishly heavyDevon snowstorm in January of this year. The Dracula Tape by Fred Saberhagen The following is a transcript of a tape found in a recorder in the back seat of an automobile belonging to Mr.

The dracula tape