Ep 267 - Mad Science & The 'Real' Dr Frankenstein

Ep 267 is loose! And it being spooky season, we thought we should explore another 'Universal Monster' and dive into the history of Frankenstein!

Who or what was the inspiration for Mary Shelley's great gothic novel? What crazy experiments were carried out in the pursuit of beating death? And how do you like your frogs' legs?

The secret ingredient is...electricity!

Here is the link to the Castle Frankenstein hoax broadcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYGRx1gDKgo

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Sources this week include biographies of Mary Shelley, Johann Dippel, Alessandro Volta, and Luigi Galvani, as well as Kathryn Harkup's Making the Monster, and the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Plus:

https://www.exclassics.com/newgate/ng464.htm

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/tcr.202500043

https://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/pdf/10.1308/147363513X13500508916973

https://europe.stripes.com/your-community/frankenstein's-castle-and-a-halloween-prank-that-went-viral.html

https://allthatsinteresting.com/real-frankenstein-experiments/6

https://theconversation.com/frankenstein-the-real-experiments-that-inspired-the-fictional-science-105076

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