Meanwhile in England, Mina pines for her fiance, Lucy has more than she can handle, and Dr Seward has an interesting patient ...

Apologies for the week's gap - fitting I should have a mental health blip as we get to the bit with the asylum!!! But I'm recovered now. If you're struggling with your mental health, here are some sites that might help:

Samaritans: www.samaritans.org

Sane: www.sane.org.uk

Depression UK: www.depressionuk.org

Bipolar UK: www.bipolaruk.org

Men's Health Forum: www.menshealthforum.org.uk

Rethink: www.rethink.org

Mind: www.mind.org.uk

Selfharm UK: www.selfharm.co.uk

CALM(working in particular to prevent male suicide): www.thecalmzone.net 

Grassroots: www.prevent-suicide.org.uk 

And for US listeners, I can't speak for them as I'm in the UK but here's an article that might help: https://www.verywellmind.com/leading-mental-health-charities-and-organizations-4147842

If you're from elsewhere, these organisations are still great for information, but please feel free to post any of your local organisations in a message or comment and I'll share them on my social media.

Read and edited by Tracey Carvill

Music by https://www.purple-planet.com/

Classical music from https://musopen.org/music/?instrument=piano&period=classical . We used:

Piano Sonata no. 16 'Facile', K. 545 - II. Andante by Mozart

Sonata No. 21, Op. 53 in C Major Waldstein - II. Introduzione - Adagio Molto by Beethoven

Backgrounds and sounds from https://freesound.org/ :

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inchadney__catterline-harbour

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