Van Helsing joins the Mina Harker Appreciation Society

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This chapter's relatable moment: coming across an old acquaintance in a public place and hoping they don't see you.

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In this episode, I read you "The Leather Funnel" from Arthur Conan Doyle's anthology, Round the Fire Stories, and give a quick bit of historical context afterwards, delving into the story of Marie-Madeleine-Marguérite d'Aubray and the Affair of the Poisons from 17th century France.

TW: mentions of torture

Sources: 

Round the Fire Stories on Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54109

Marie-Madeleine-Marguérite d'Aubray, Encyclopedia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marie-Madeleine-Marguerite-dAubray-marquise-de-Brinvilliers

Affair of the Poisons, Encyclopedia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/event/Affair-of-the-Poisons

Quincy Morris, Cowboy Extraordinaire, returns to the narrative; Mina's final letters to Lucy.

Lucy, you in danger girl.

*Van Helsing hanging garlic everywhere* 

"Trust me, I'm a doctor."

A warm welcome to Abraham van Helsing, M.D., D.PH., D.Litt., Etc., Etc. and his grammatical eccentricities.

Must Mina Harker worry about all of these people all of the time? Apparently yes.

We've got a seriously wild news report out of Whitby, folks.

Also *this* was clearly the origins of that scene where T.Rex sails into San Francisco in Jurassic Park II, don't @ me.

Welcome to Whitby! I am forced to attempt a Yorkshire accent since it's written phonetically--my sincerest apologies to all of Yorkshire and old Mr. Swales.

Lucy keeps wandering around in her sleep and Dr. Seward's patient is....up to something.

TW: mention of suicide