CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Joanna Lumley – the ab fab Corrie star, Bond girl and bride of Dracula

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Joanna Lumley – the ab fab Corrie star, Bond girl and bride of Dracula By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 01:46 GMT, 3 February 2021 | Updated: 01:50 GMT, 3 February 2021 Joanna Lumley’s Home Sweet Home – Travels In My Own Land Rating: Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable … Read more

Was Bram Stoker’s Dracula based on Jack the Ripper?

Jack the Ripper is thought to have killed at least five young women in Whitechapel, East London, between September and November 1888, but was never caught. Numerous individuals have been accused of being the serial killer. At the time, police suspected the Ripper must have been a butcher, due to the way his victims were … Read more

Church where ‘Dracula is buried’ tells visiting goths: It’s all fiction 

Count Dracula and his terrifying exploits have helped to sustain the economy of a seaside town for decades. So it did not go down well when the local church tried to give goths visiting Whitby the unvarnished truth about a cemetery where Dracula’s grave is wrongly thought to lie. Those searching for the grave at … Read more

Molly Sims serves undead glam in Bride of Dracula costume for trick-or-treating in Santa Monica

Molly Sims has been known to serve a drop dead gorgeous look or two in her two decades as a model. But the model/actress has no problem getting downright spooky, if it means serving a flawless Halloween costume. She served undead glam Saturday in a Bride of Dracula costume, as her family kept with the … Read more

Exploring Whitby, the spooky town that inspired Bram Stoker to write Dracula 

A staycation location to get your teeth into: Exploring Whitby, the spooky town that inspired Bram Stoker to write Dracula A holiday to Whitby in 1890 inspired Bram Stoker to bring his supernatural vampire tale to life  He was captivated by the ruins of the clifftop Abbey, stories of mysterious shipwrecks and spooky local tales  … Read more

Why Whitby, the seaside town that inspired Dracula, is to die for

Britain at its best: Whitby is the Yorkshire seaside town that inspired Dracula – and it’s to die for In Bram Stoker’s 1897 classic, Count Dracula lands at Whitby on a schooner The most splendid Gothic spot is its abbey, which overlooks the coast Harry Mount stayed at The Riviera, a comfortable B&B with ‘epic’ sea … Read more