Carmilla and Countess Dracula

Season 1 Episode 72

Episode Seventy Two - Carmilla and Countess Dracula

This episode deals with two female vampires - one literary and the other a historical “monster.” Carmilla, by Sheridan LaFanu, is frequently cited as the first lesbian vampire story. And Elizabeth Bathory (largely because of her habit of bathing in the blood of young girls) has been suggested as a possible source for Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

Why is Carmilla called “the first lesbian vampire story?”
How is the story of Carmilla like Dracula?
Who is the most prolifice female mass murderer in history?
Why did Elizabeth Bathory bathe in the blood of young girls?
Why are some of the stories surrounding Elizabeth Bathory questionable?

00:00 Introduction
00:34 Request for email
01:04 Carmilla (Introduction and Plot)
03:50 Section from Carmilla
06:31 Comparison of Carmilla and Dracula
08:15 Countess Catherine Bathory
10:02 Stoker’s notes on Bathory
11:17 Some very “gruesome” exploits
14:54 Questionable stories and summary?
16:20 Sources
17:09 Future episodes
18:33 Outro

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Carmilla and Countess Dracula