S5 Ep2: Stoked for Stoker! Creating Dracula

Let us visit the long dead. Let us travel beneath the bustling streets where they dwell. We believe the 16th-century Capuchin Monks had the right idea! Don't bury your dead and forget them. Place them in tunnels and dress them up in their best duds, then invite everyone to visit ...  Show more

Curses! Well, cursed belongings is our topic in The Reading Room tonight! A pretty silver vase that killed the bride it was gifted to. An ancient female figurine that's rumored to have been deadly since forever...and some bedazzlingly dangerous jewels, The Dubious Delhi Purple Sa ...  Show more

Vampire folklore is ancient, but with the publishing of Bram Stoker's Dracula in 1897, that lore changed forever. The terrifying, grotesque creature became suave and charming, then continued to evolve into the seductive creature of the night we know today. In this episode we exam ...  Show more

**For this HTW special feature, Sally interviews director Robert Eggers about his new historically inspired film, Nosferatu.**Winter, 1476. Vlad III is a prince in Wallachia, in present-day Romania. He is a violent man, so violent that he earns the nickname "Vlad the Impaler." He ...  Show more

Commonly associated with Count Dracula, the blood-sucking character in Bram Stoker’s quintessential novel, vampires continue to seduce. But where exactly did the vampire myth originate from? BBC Serbian’s Milica Radenković Jeremić has been researching the cultural history of vamp ...  Show more

In this chilling reimagining of the classic tale, a decrepit castle in the Carpathian Mountains hides a dark secret: Count Orlok, who thirsts for more than blood. When a young real estate agent journeys to the Count’s eerie domain, he unwittingly becomes the catalyst for Orlok’s ...  Show more