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Re: Dracula takes the famous horror tale, breaks it up chronologically (every entry of this epistolary novel has a date), and sends the story directly to your podcatcher as it happens. Every time something happens to the characters, Re: Dracula will publish an episode, in as close to real time as it happens. Some entries will be brief, and others will be long and intense.

Re: Dracula

Tal sits down with Gabriel Urbina (of Wolf 359, Unseen, and Dracula: The Danse Macabre) to discuss Dracula adaptations, audio drama production, and more! You'll hear a trailer for Dracula: The Danse Macabre at the start of this bonus episode.

Transcript here.

In Dracula: The Danse Macabre, centuries-old vampire Count Dracula leaves his home of Transylvania and comes to the new world, intent on reigning death and destruction upon it. Can Mina Harker and her husband Jonathan find a way to stop him before it’s too late? Bram Stoker’s classic is reimagined as a four-part audio fiction podcast, its timeless story presented as a dialogue between two of the novel’s iconic characters.

This bonus episode was made possible by our Patreon supporters! Thanks yall! It featured dialogue editing by Brad Colbroock, with additional production work by Tal Minear. The transcript was done by Tonia Ransom. This episode was produced by Ella Watts and Pacific S. Obadiah, with executive producers Stephen Indrisano, Tal Minear, and Hannah Wright.

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Bonus 12: The Danse Macabre with Gabriel Urbina

Tal sits down with author Chuck Tingle to talk about all things horror and more. Chuck Tingle is an anonymous author of romance, horror, and fantasy. He's a USA Today bestselling author, as well as a two time Hugo Award finalist and a Bram Stoker Award nominee.

Transcript here!

Questions include:

 • Where do the spheres of writing erotica and horror intersect? Where are they most different?
 • Are you getting out of Dracula’s castle alive?
 • What advice would you give to aspiring writers?
 • Does having a level of anonymity make creating easier?
 • What does it take to be the world’s greatest author?

This bonus episode was made possible by our Patreon supporters! Dialogue editing by Tal Minear. Transcript by Tonia Ransom. This episode was produced by Ella Watts and Pacific S. Obadiah, with executive producers Stephen Indrisano, Tal Minear, and Hannah Wright.

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Bonus 13: YOU Are the World's Greatest Author

Dracula's Guest is a short story by Bram Stoker. It's believed to be the deleted first chapter of Dracula.

This episode contains loud thunder sounds, a scream, and two gunshots. Transcript here.

This episode was directed by Hannah Wright, with dialogue editing by Brad Colbroock and script editing and sound design by Tal Minear. It featured Ben Galpin as The Englishman, King Kodiak as Herr Delbruck, Florian Seidler as Johann, Jesse Morton as The Officer, Cherie Hendrie, Serena W, Paul Hikari, Nicholas Contreras, and Jarvis Lu as Soldiers, and Karim Kronfli as Dracula. Executive Produced by Stephen Indirsano, Hannah Wright, and Tal Minear.

Special thanks to our patrons, without which this bonus episode would not exist!

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Short Story: Dracula's Guest

In 1944, the Office of Strategic Services, a precursor to the modern CIA, published a booklet called “Simple Sabotage Field Manual.” The booklet was designed to be passed out covertly to ordinary citizens in occupied territory during World War II, empowering everyday people to fight against fascism in all its forms. For some reason, this booklet is going a little bit viral lately, and given how much we love historical documents, we couldn’t resist a tiny foray into nonfiction.

Transcript ⁠here⁠.

This episode was recorded by Hannah Wright, with dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano and sound design by Tal Minear. A Bloody FM Production.

This episode is for educational purposes and historical interest. Bloody FM and their affiliate companies do not endorse breaking the law. This text does not represent our opinions nor that of Bloody FM. We urge you to be safe and well, and to always do the right thing.

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Bonus 14: Simple Sabotage

This bite-sized audio adaptation of the horror classic will release episodes chronologically, on the days that events happen in the text of Dracula. We've also got bonus episodes and original music for you, so stay tuned!

 

Crew

Executive Producers: Tal Minear, Stephen Indrisano, Hannah Wright

Associate Producers: Ella Watts, Pacific Obadiah

Directors: Ella Watts, Hannah Wright

Script Editors: Stephen Indrisano, Hannah Wright, Pacific Obadiah

Dialogue Editor: Stephen Indrisano

Sound Designer: Tal Minear

Lead Songwriter: Newton Schottelkotte

Cover Art: Tal Minear

Based on the novel by Bram Stoker.

 

Cast

Dracula: Karim Kronfli

Jonathan Harker: Ben Galpin

Mina Murray: Isabel Adomakoh Young

Lucy Westenra: Beth Eyre

Quincey Morris: Giancarlo Herrera

John Seward: Jonathan Sims

Van Helsing: Alan Burgon

...& more not featured in this trailer!

 

Transcript

[Guitar plays under these clips]

MINA: 6 November - It was late in the afternoon when the professor and I took our way towards the east whence I knew Jonathan was coming.

SEWARD: 11 October, evening - Jonathan Harker has asked me to note this… as he says he is hardly equal to the task, and he wants an exact record kept. I think none of us were surprised when we were asked to see Mrs. Harker a little before the time of sunset. We have of late come to understand that sunrise and sunset…

VAN HELSING: 25 September, 6 o’clock - Dear Madam Mina, … I have read your husband’s so wonderful diary. You may sleep without doubt. Strange and terrible as it is, it is true! I will pledge my life on it...

LUCY: 24 August - I must imitate Mina and keep writing things down. … Then we can have long talks when we do meet. I wonder when it will be. I wish she were here with me again...

QUINCEY: 25 May - My dear Art, we’ve told yarns by the camp-fire in the prairies; and dressed one another’s wounds...

JOHNATHAN HARKER: 3 May. Bistritz - I had for dinner, or rather supper, a chicken done up some way with red pepper. (Mem.: get recipe for Mina). I asked the waiter and he said it was called ‘paprika hendl’.

[Bite, by Newton Schottelkotte, plays]

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Re: Dracula Trailer

In our first bonus episode, Hannah sits down with two vampire hunters in a very serious interview exploring the real life implications of real life vampires. This episode was hosted by Hannah Wright and edited by Tal Minear. The transcript was done by Rook Mogavero. This episode was originally published on April 1, so you can be sure that there's no shenanigans here. None at all.
 

The transcript is here.
 

Are we far enough into the show notes yet? Look away if you haven't listened to the episode yet! Alright... April Fools! I suspect you caught on, but these are not real life vampire hunters. Or vampires. We think. In this silly bonus episode, Helvetica was played by Brooke Jennett, a brilliant voice actor and producer on the excellent horror anthology podcast Thirteen (fans of horrifying audio drama, you have to check it out). Drakkon was played by Mason Amadeus, cohost of the nonfiction podcast Digital Folklore, and one third of the hilarious comedy show PodCube (if you want more ridiculous improv like this episode, PodCube’s the show for you). Our serious bonus episodes will start, along with the first of our letters from our good friend Jonathan Harker, on May 3.

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Bonus 1: Hot Vampire Hunters in Your Area!

Hannah sits down with Dr. Jen Sudgen to discuss the ideals of Victorian Class and Gender, and how they come across in Dracula. This interview contains spoilers for Dracula (and we're talking last-page-of-the-book spoilers!), so if that's something you care about you should save this bonus for later. This episode was hosted by Hannah Wright and edited by Tal Minear. The transcript was done by Rook Mogavero.

Transcript here.

Here are links to the various papers, articles, and media Dr. Sugden referenced:

"The Angel in the House" • by Coventry Patmore
The Royal Family in 1846 • by Franz Xaver Winterhalter
"Dracula and Women" • by Carol Senf in the 
Cambridge Companion to Dracula"The New Aspect of the Woman Question" • by Sarah Grand
"What It Will Soon Come To" • in 
Punch Magazine"The New Woman" • in 
Punch Magazine"Passionate Female Literary Types" • in 
Punch Magazine • Dr. Sugden's underrated Victorian fiction list: the works of Anthony Trollope, the works of Wilkie Collins, and 
Lady Audley's Secret
Here are audio dramas you should listen to:

 • Check out 
Victoriocity • , a detective comedy podcast! It's set in even Greater London, 1887. In this vast metropolis, Inspector Archibald Fleet and journalist Clara Entwhistle investigate a murder, only to find themselves at the centre of a conspiracy of impossible proportions. You'll hear our beloved Jonathan Harker (Ben Galpin) in it!
 • Check out 
Fawx & Stallion • , a comedy podcast about rivalry, friendship, fame, and occasionally about solving mysteries! It's set in London, 1889. When the residents of 221B Baker Street leave town for the weekend to solve one of their most famous cases, no one is left to clear a poor housekeeper’s name of a crime she didn’t commit. Well, no one except for their neighbors at 224B…

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Bonus 2: Victorian Class and Gender

Stephen sits down with Dr. Mary Going to discuss Antisemitism and the Gothic.

This interview contains spoilers for Dracula, so if that's something you care about you should save this bonus for later. This episode was hosted by Stephen Indrisano and edited by Tal Minear and Stephen Indrisano. The transcript was done by Rook Mogavero.

Transcript here.

Check out The Ghoul Guide, a digital multimedia project devoted to exploring, understanding, and enjoying the wonders and weirdness of the Gothic.

You can read about Dr. Going's research and publications here! We especially recommend her lecture on Antisemitism in the Gothic and Jewish Horror on the Romancing the Gothic Youtube Channel.

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Bonus 3: Antisemitism and the Gothic

Dr. Jamie Bernthal-Hooker (he/they), visiting fellow at The University of Suffolk, joins us for a chat about queer theory, reading literature through a queer lens, and detective stories. “The two things I love most in the world are books and being queer.” —Dr. Jamie Bernthal-Hooker

Dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano with some extra sound design by Tal Minear. The transcript was done by Rook Mogavero and the shownotes were done by Hannah Wright.

Transcript here.

Check out Jamie’s book, Queering Agatha Christie, and follow them on Twitter @jcbernthal.

People who write about queer theory, two of whom Jamie loves: Judith Butler, Michel Foucault, and Eve Kosofsky Sedgewick.

Recommended detective stories to read queerly: Agatha Christie, Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins (for when Jamie’s in a bad mood), Iris Maddoch (for when Jamie’s in an angsty mood), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Jamie’s favorite, Speedy Death by Gladys Mitchell.

Your homework assignment: look up Victorian magazines and read the short stories.

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Bonus 4: Queering the Gothic

Tune in for some behind the scenes info as Hannah Wright talks about producing, directing, editing, and more. This interview contains spoilers for the second half of the novel!

Topics include:

 • Sending so many emails
 • The "as bisexual as possible" tone indicator
 • Deciding content warnings
 • What the directing process was like
 • Being a fan of your collaborators
 • Forgetting Hugh Jackman
 • The casting process
 • Running the Re: Dracula Tumblr

Transcript here.

Dialogue editing by Tal Minear. The transcript was done by Rook Mogavero. This episode was produced by Ella Watts and Pacific S. Obadiah, with executive producers Stephen Indrisano, Tal Minear, and Hannah Wright.
 

Audio Dramas Mentioned:

Inn Between: a fantasy-adventure between adventures, wherein five heroes encounter monsters, magic, fighting, and friendship in the conveniently located Goblin’s Head Inn. There will be laughs. There will be bickering. There will be character development. It's made by our very own Hannah Wright!

CARAVAN: a weird-west audio drama about going through hell with the people you love. It features our very own Giancarlo Herrera!

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Bonus 5: Producing The Wright Way

May 7: Dracula and Jonathan Harker talk.
 

Transcript here.

 

This episode featured: Ben Galpin as Jonathan Harker; and Karim Kronfli as Dracula. Directed by Stephen Indrisano. Dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano. Sound design by Tal Minear. Featuring music by Travis Reaves. Produced by Ella Watts and Pacific S. Obadiah, with executive producers Stephen Indrisano, Tal Minear, and Hannah Wright. A Bloody FM Production.

 

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May 7: Stranger in a Strange Land

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