Tales to Keep You Awake

October 20, 1967

Episode 1: La pesadilla. A Carpathian village is plagued by a vampire; the town's men suspect Lolakin, a reclusive aristocrat. Catalina loves Lolakin and demands that he marry her and take her away or else she will produce "proof" that he is the vampire.

November 3, 1967

Episode 2: La zarpa. A poor family is given a monkey's paw that is able to grant three wishes to its owner but with a warning that the wishes always lead to tragedy.

November 17, 1967

Episode 3: El vidente. A team of parapsychologists are dying by suicide, one by one; could it be caused by a race of invisible beings who want to maintain the secret of their existence?

December 15, 1967

Episode 4: El regreso. Two cousins plot to murder their rich old uncle but he knows all about it and promises to return from the dead for revenge.

December 29, 1967

Episode 5: El cuervo. The life of horror story genius Edgar Allan Poe is dramatized.

January 26, 1968

Episode 6: La promesa. A mortician with a history of catalepsy forces his timid niece to promise to follow a strict set of rules to ensure that he will not be buried alive.

February 9, 1968

Episode 7: La casa. The heir of an old house travels to a distant village to take possession of it. But the villagers say that the ghost of the owner appears at night killing those who dare to go to the house.

March 15, 1968

Episode 8: El trasplante. In an undefined future, organ transplants are a usual thing and socially accepted action. A man rejects organ transplantation because he believes that in this way retains its moral integrity.