Welcome to Season 2 Episode 1. Let's mark Bram Stoker's upcoming 175th birthday, with some real tales of Vampires. As we approach Bram Stoker's 175th Birthday. I thought it would be interesting to look at what might have inspired him to write his most famous novel 'Dracula'. You don't really have to go to the Carpathian Mountains, to find historical accounts of vampire stories, or in fact Dracula's castle. The British Isles have had our fair share of Vampire encounters over the years, and today we are going to explore some of them. The scene is set, to talk about some real Vampire encounters which might have been the inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula.
