The Real Dracula

About The Real Dracula

You thought Dracula was all fiction? Think again. The Real Dracula exhumes the true story behind the chilling horror novel. How Bram Stoker drew on real-life events to spawn the ultimate vampire. From mass graves and serial killer aristocrats to actual vampire slayings. It’s a journey into centuries of dark truths, where the horrors come not from the imagination but from the history books. Join David Jonsson (Dr. Seward in Audible’s new production of Dracula) as he dissects the sinister reality behind the Gothic horror classic.

Publisher

Audible

Category

society & culture · true crime

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Sept 2026

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

4 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026

   Forever Dead | 3

   Host [Host Name] explores Bram Stoker's shocking discovery that the vampire legend thrives in America, stirring darker memories.

2. 

   4 Oct 2026

   The Great Vampire Panic | 2

   Host [Host Name] explores the 1700s vampire panic in the Habsburg borderlands where the dead rise to feed on the living.

3. 

   30 Sept 2026

   Transylvania Crawling | 1

   Bram Stoker finds inspiration for his iconic vampire novel by encountering the real Dracula in windswept 1890s England.

4. 

   30 Sept 2026

   Introducing: The Real Dracula, narrated by David Jonsson

   Narrator David Jonsson introduces listeners to the historical figure behind the Dracula legend, revealing surprising truths about his life.

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