Legends of Whitby
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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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