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Bram stoker’s Dracula showed us the way to our modern pop-culture vampire. But the author needed to pay homage to existing legends, even as he created something new. Source: Dracula (1931) / Public Domain.
25 DEC 2024 · 6 MIN

Dracula, Stoker’s Vision and the Path to the Modern Vampire

When Dracula was published in 1897 it was an instant success, but one built on an old legend. The strange gothic count of the novel may have been new, but the legend…
The symptoms of pellagra may well have given rise to legends of werewolves and vampires in Europe. Source: Unknown Author / Public Domain.
22 OCT 2024 · 6 MIN

Pellagra: The Mystery Disease that Brought Monsters to Europe

Pellagra is a disease of which most people have never heard. It is understood today, and treatment is straightforward; in fact, nobody needs to suffer form it at all. But it deserves…