With Halloween right around the corner, did you know that some of the most famous literary "monsters" have connections to Scotland?
Dracula:
Bram Stoker would frequently visit Cruden Bay. Slains Castle is said to have been the inspiration for Dracula's castle and the eerie setting helped him to create the now famous character.
Frankenstein:
Dr Frankenstein and the monster pass through Edinburgh on their way to the Orkney Islands. The author, Mary Shelley, and her husband honeymooned in Edinburgh during a time when body snatching was common and there were also some medical theories about using electricity to reanimate dead tissue.
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
: Robert Louis Stevenson would often sit in the empty Greyfriars kirkyard and think, perhaps coming up with his characters. It is said that he based his story on an 18th century Edinburgh man who was a respected businessman by day and a thief by night.
