Re: Dracula takes the famous horror tale, breaks it up chronologically (every entry of this epistolary novel has a date), and sends the story directly to your podcatcher as it happens. Every time something happens to the characters, Re: Dracula will publish an episode, in as close to real time as it happens. Some entries will be brief, and others will be long and intense.
In 1944, the Office of Strategic Services, a precursor to the modern CIA, published a booklet called “Simple Sabotage Field Manual.” The booklet was designed to be passed out covertly to ordinary citizens in occupied territory during World War II, empowering everyday people to fight against fascism in all its forms. For some reason, this booklet is going a little bit viral lately, and given how much we love historical documents, we couldn’t resist a tiny foray into nonfiction. Transcript here ...
Dr. Seward reflects on Renfield's intriguing character, noting his selfishness, secrecy, and peculiar relationship with animals. Renfield's current obsession with catching flies leads to a surprising exchange, as Seward attempts to understand Renfield's motives and behavior.
Jonathan Harker discovers that all of his important papers, including notes, memoranda, letter of credit, and travel documents, have vanished. Further investigation reveals that his suit, overcoat, and rug are also missing, leading him to suspect a new, sinister plot is unfolding within the castle.
Jonathan attempts to send letters home detailing his situation but the Count intercepts them. The Count destroys Mina's letter, feigning concern while maintaining control over Jonathan's communication. Feeling trapped, Jonathan reflects on his circumstances and the deceptive calm that despair brings.
This episode features a telegram from Arthur Holmwood to Quincy P. Morris, simply stating "Count me in every time. I bear messages which will make both your ears tingle."
May 25: Dr. Seward and Quincey P. Morris handle rejection. Differently. This episode contains medical ableism regarding mental illness. Transcript here . This episode featured: Jonathan Sims as Jack Seward; and Giancarlo Herrerra as Quincey P. Morris. Directed by Hannah Wright. Dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano. Sound design by Tal Minear. Featuring music by Travis Reaves. Produced by Ella Watts and Pacific S. Obadiah, with executive producers Stephen Indrisano, Tal Minear, and Hannah Wright...
May 24: Lucy Westenra has three proposals. This episode contains a literary reference with racist subtext. Exact wording has been changed, but the sentiment remains. Transcript here . This episode featured: Beth Eyre as Lucy Westenra, Giancarlo Hererra as Quincey P. Morris. Directed by Hannah Wright. Dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano. Sound design by Tal Minear. Produced by Ella Watts and Pacific S. Obadiah, with executive producers Stephen Indrisano, Tal Minear, and Hannah Wright. A Bloody ...
May 19: Jonathan Harker now knows the span of his life. Transcript here . This episode featured: Ben Galpin as Jonathan Harker; and Karim Kronfli as Dracula. Directed by Hannah Wright. Dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano. Sound design by Tal Minear. Produced by Ella Watts and Pacific S. Obadiah, with executive producers Stephen Indrisano, Tal Minear, and Hannah Wright. A Bloody FM Production. Find us online: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/redracula Merch: https://store.dftba.com/collectio...
May 18: Jonathan Harker must know the truth. Transcript here . This episode featured: Ben Galpin as Jonathan Harker. Directed by Hannah Wright. Dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano. Sound design by Tal Minear. Produced by Ella Watts and Pacific S. Obadiah, with executive producers Stephen Indrisano, Tal Minear, and Hannah Wright. A Bloody FM Production. Find us online: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/redracula Merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/re-dracula Website: www.ReDracula.li...
May 16: Dracula feeds his guests. This episode contains the implied death of a child. Transcript here . This episode featured: Ben Galpin as Jonathan Harker; Bonnie Calderwood Aspinwall, Caroline Mincks, and Madi Opincaru as Vampyresses; and Karim Kronfli as Dracula. Directed by Stephen Indrisano. Dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano. Sound design by Tal Minear. Produced by Ella Watts and Pacific S. Obadiah, with executive producers Stephen Indrisano, Tal Minear, and Hannah Wright. A Bloody FM ...
May 15: Jonathan Harker goes exploring. Transcript here . This episode featured: Ben Galpin as Jonathan Harker. Directed by Hannah Wright. Dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano. Sound design by Tal Minear. Produced by Ella Watts and Pacific S. Obadiah, with executive producers Stephen Indrisano, Tal Minear, and Hannah Wright. A Bloody FM Production. Find us online: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/redracula Merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/re-dracula Website: www.ReDracula.live T...
May 12: Jonathan Harker looks at the facts. Transcript here . This episode featured: Ben Galpin as Jonathan Harker; and Karim Kronfli as Dracula. Directed by Stephen Indrisano. Dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano. Sound design by Tal Minear. Featuring music by Travis Reaves. Produced by Ella Watts and Pacific S. Obadiah, with executive producers Stephen Indrisano, Tal Minear, and Hannah Wright. A Bloody FM Production. Find us online: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/redracula Merch: https:/...
May 11: Lucy Westenra is in love. Transcript here . This episode featured: Beth Eyre as Lucy Westenra. Directed by Hannah Wright. Dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano. Sound design by Tal Minear. Produced by Ella Watts and Pacific S. Obadiah, with executive producers Stephen Indrisano, Tal Minear, and Hannah Wright. A Bloody FM Production. Where did Carmilla go? To her own podcast feed ! RSS: https://feeds.simplecast.com/HmbyIeoN Fill out our listener survey! Find us online: Patreon: https://w...
May 9: Mina Murray is simply overwhelmed with work. Transcript here . This episode featured: Isabel Adomakoh Young as Mina Murray. Directed by Hannah Wright. Dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano. Sound design by Tal Minear. Produced by Ella Watts and Pacific S. Obadiah, with executive producers Stephen Indrisano, Tal Minear, and Hannah Wright. A Bloody FM Production. Where did Carmilla go? To her own podcast feed ! RSS: https://feeds.simplecast.com/HmbyIeoN Fill out our listener survey! Find us...
May 8: A wretched shaving glass does mischief. This episode contains racial and ethnic stereotypes based in questionable history. Transcript here . This episode featured: Ben Galpin as Jonathan Harker; and Karim Kronfli as Dracula. Directed by Hannah Wright. Dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano. Sound design by Tal Minear. Featuring music by Travis Reaves. Produced by Ella Watts and Pacific S. Obadiah, with executive producers Stephen Indrisano, Tal Minear, and Hannah Wright. A Bloody FM Produc...
May 7: Dracula and Jonathan Harker talk. Transcript here . This episode featured: Ben Galpin as Jonathan Harker; and Karim Kronfli as Dracula. Directed by Stephen Indrisano. Dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano. Sound design by Tal Minear. Featuring music by Travis Reaves. Produced by Ella Watts and Pacific S. Obadiah, with executive producers Stephen Indrisano, Tal Minear, and Hannah Wright. A Bloody FM Production. Where did Carmilla go? To her own podcast feed ! RSS: https://feeds.simplecast....
May 5: Jonathan Harker arrives at Castle Dracula. This episode references the racist pseudoscience of craniometry. Transcript here . This episode featured: Ben Galpin as Jonathan Harker; Sivan Raz as the Hungarian Man and additional voices; Mihai Matei as the driver and additional voices; Madi Opincaru as the German-speaking traveller and additional voices; Ioana Adăscăliței with additional voices; Graham Rowat as Peter Hawkins; and Karim Kronfli as Dracula. Directed by Stephen Indrisano. Dialog...
May 4: Jonathan Harker is given a gift. Transcript here . This episode featured: Ben Galpin as Jonathan Harker; and Ioana Adăscăliței as the Romanian Woman. Directed by Hannah Wright. Dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano. Sound design by Tal Minear. Produced by Ella Watts and Pacific S. Obadiah, with executive producers Stephen Indrisano, Tal Minear, and Hannah Wright. A Bloody FM Production. Where did Carmilla go? To her own podcast feed ! RSS: https://feeds.simplecast.com/HmbyIeoN Fill out ou...
May 3: Jonathan Harker begins his journey. This episode contains offensive ethnic stereotypes. Transcript here . This episode featured: Ben Galpin as Jonathan Harker; Ioana Adăscăliței as the Romanian Woman; and Karim Kronfli as Dracula. Directed by Hannah Wright. Dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano. Sound design by Tal Minear. Featuring music by Travis Reaves. Produced by Ella Watts and Pacific S. Obadiah, with executive producers Stephen Indrisano, Tal Minear, and Hannah Wright. A Bloody FM ...
This bite-sized audio adaptation of the horror classic will release episodes chronologically, on the days that events happen in the text of Dracula. We've also got bonus episodes and original music for you, so stay tuned! Crew Executive Producers: Tal Minear, Stephen Indrisano, Hannah Wright Associate Producers: Ella Watts, Pacific Obadiah Directors: Ella Watts, Hannah Wright Script Editors: Stephen Indrisano, Hannah Wright, Pacific Obadiah Dialogue Editor: Stephen Indrisano Sound Designer: Tal ...
Dracula's Guest is a short story by Bram Stoker. It's believed to be the deleted first chapter of Dracula . This episode contains loud thunder sounds, a scream, and two gunshots. Transcript here. This episode was directed by Hannah Wright, with dialogue editing by Brad Colbroock and script editing and sound design by Tal Minear. It featured Ben Galpin as The Englishman, King Kodiak as Herr Delbruck, Florian Seidler as Johann, Jesse Morton as The Officer, Cherie Hendrie, Serena W, Paul Hikari, Ni...
Tal sits down with author Chuck Tingle to talk about all things horror and more. Chuck Tingle is an anonymous author of romance, horror, and fantasy. He's a USA Today bestselling author, as well as a two time Hugo Award finalist and a Bram Stoker Award nominee. Transcript here ! Questions include: Where do the spheres of writing erotica and horror intersect? Where are they most different? Are you getting out of Dracula’s castle alive? What advice would you give to aspiring writers? Does having a...
Stephen reads The Fall of the House of Usher. Transcript here . The Fall of the House of Usher was written by Edgar Allen Poe and read by Stephen Indrisano. Roderick Usher was played by Sam Stark. Sound design by Tal Minear. If you enjoyed this episode, we think you'll love Shelterwood ! Shelterwood: A Suburban Gothic Shelterwood is a horror fiction podcast about one man’s journey to find his long-lost sister. The show mimics the format of True Crime podcasts, including dramatic narrations, slic...
Tal sits down with Gabriel Urbina (of Wolf 359 , Unseen , and Dracula: The Danse Macabre ) to discuss Dracula adaptations, audio drama production, and more! You'll hear a trailer for Dracula: The Danse Macabre at the start of this bonus episode. Transcript here . In Dracula: The Danse Macabre, centuries-old vampire Count Dracula leaves his home of Transylvania and comes to the new world, intent on reigning death and destruction upon it. Can Mina Harker and her husband Jonathan find a way to stop...
Tal sits down with Pacific (associate produce of Re: Dracula) to inquire: What’s the best part of your job right now and also what is your job? How does producing something like Dead Space: Deep Cover compares to Dracula or Carmilla? What does a "successful" podcast look like to you? Where do you think the fiction podcast industry is going? What will it be like in 5 years? Would you survive castle Dracula? Why or why not? AND MORE! Transcript here . Check out Poe Evermore and Dead Space: Deep Co...
Hannah sits down with Alan Burgon to discuss the art of acting, directing, and more! Alan is our Van Helsing, but he's got a prolific resume beyond that! Content warning at for self harm and suicide, brought up within an artistic context. Transcript here . Check out The Amelia Project ! They're also on instagram . You can follow Alan @alanburgon on instagram too! This bonus episode was made possible by our Patreon supporters! Thanks yall! It featured dialogue editing by Stephen Indrisano, with a...
Hannah, Stephen, and Tal sit down and answer listener questions! And each other's questions, just a little bit. It's very fun. Transcript here . Topics include: Our upcoming Camilla adaptation What we would have done differently (hindsight's 20/20) Things we learned Tips for taking on a project like this Books we want to adapt into audio drama What our main criteria was for choosing our voice actors & more! This bonus episode was made possible by our Seed and Spark supporters AND our Patreon sup...
Hannah interviews Ella about directing! Topics include: Ella's other projects How Ella got into directing Ella's approach for directing How directing is like listening to an orchestra And more! Transcript here . Dialogue editing by Brad Colbroock with production work by Tal Minear. The transcript was done by Rook Mogavero. This episode was produced by Ella Watts and Pacific S. Obadiah, with executive producers Stephen Indrisano, Tal Minear, and Hannah Wright. Support more bonus episodes by joini...
Hannah interviews Matt Kirkland, the instigator of Dracula Daily. Topics include: Matt's other projects Reading 19th century British stuff When and where the idea for Dracula Daily started Tumblr making fun of Dracula Matt's favorite books Transcript here . Dialogue editing by Tal Minear. The transcript was done by Rook Mogavero. This episode was produced by Ella Watts and Pacific S. Obadiah, with executive producers Stephen Indrisano, Tal Minear, and Hannah Wright. Check out Studio Kirkland's p...
Tune in for some more behind the scenes info as Stephen Indrisano and Tal Minear (the Re: Dracula sound team) sit down to chat all things audio production. This interview contains slight spoilers for the second half of the novel (again, sorry). Topics include: What the heck is dialogue editing? How does loudness work? A single blooper, as a treat. How Dialogue Editing can make a story scary. Our backgrounds in audio. What moments from Dracula really work in the podcast? What moments were hard to...
