311 - S2E50 - Legends of Whitby

Christopher Klimovitz returns to talk to us more about the legends and folklore around Whitby, the town where Dracula comes to England in Bram Stoker's famous novel. 

Christopher previously talked with us back in #179 about folklore of the Balkans

Dracula (full novel)

Lych-Wake Dirge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyke-Wake_Dirge

Monty Python - Four Yorkshire Men

Whitby's Connection to Dracula

The Night Frankenstein was Born

The Wreck of the Dmitry (inspiration for The Demeter in Dracula)

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