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b"Tonight, as part of our fourth annual spooky sleep story series, we\\u2019ll read the opening to \\u201cCarmilla\\u201d, an 1872 Gothic novella by Irish author Sheridan Le Fanu. Our series will run every Monday of October.\\nThis is one of the early works of vampire fiction, predating Bram Stoker's Dracula by 26 years\\nLe Fanu presents the story as part of the casebook of Dr. Hesselius, whose departures from medical orthodoxy rank him as the first occult detective in literature.\\nOccult detective fiction is a subgenre of detective fiction that combines the tropes of the main genre with those of supernatural, fantasy and/or horror fiction. The occult detective is employed in cases involving ghosts, demons and other supernatural elements, and the detectives are sometimes portrayed as having psychic or other magical powers.\\nIf you enjoy this episode, be sure to listen to \\u201cThe Hound of the Baskervilles\\u201d episode from last October, which would also be considered occult detective fiction, if only Sherlock was not so good at solving mysteries at the end. Also, you can find our reading of \\u201cDracula\\u201d from October 2020.\\n\\u2014 read by V \\u2014\\nSign up for Snoozecast+ to get expanded, ad-free access by going to\\xa0snoozecast.com/plus!\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"