{"id":28183,"date":"2021-09-13T13:18:26","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T17:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=28183"},"modified":"2021-09-13T13:18:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T17:18:26","slug":"bram-dracula-stoker-facts-you-may-not-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=28183","title":{"rendered":"Bram “Dracula” Stoker – Facts You May Not Know!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Almost everyone knows that Bram Stoker wrote one of the pillars of horror fiction, Dracula<\/span>.\u00a0 Brigit Katz at Mental Floss dug deeper and came up with 11 Enlightening Facts About Bram Stoker<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0 Before you click over, here are three of my favorites with my thoughts on each…<\/p>\n

IT TOOK BRAM STOKER SEVEN YEARS TO WRITE DRACULA.<\/strong> (What’s interesting is he liked to say the story came to him in a dream after \u201ca too-generous helping of dressed crab at supper.\u201d\u00a0 I’ll admit his version is more fun than the reality of seven years of writing, research and rewriting. – Craig)<\/p>\n

DRACULA WAS ALMOST NAMED \u201cCOUNT WAMPYR.\u201d<\/strong> (Count Wampyr!\u00a0 C’mon, man, you know that sounds wimpy compared to Count Dracula.\u00a0 Plus “DRACULA in Wallachian language means DEVIL.”\u00a0 Thankfully Stoker changed his mind and went with Dracula! – Craig)<\/p>\n

BRAM STOKER SENT FAN MAIL TO WALT WHITMAN.<\/strong> (Whitman responded and the two authors actually did meet three different times.\u00a0 I love it when I learn trivia like this.\u00a0 It makes both men seem more down to earth. – Craig)<\/p>\n\n\n

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