Watching this through the eyes of a North American I am so utterly jealous of your county’s restraint when it comes to leaving the old towns alone and not paving it over and tossing a Target over it. Just the age of the town and alleyways, the Abby etc is hard for me to wrap my mind around. It’s gorgeous!
The EFFORT going into these vlogs *chef's kiss*. So appreciated and very entertaining. Dracula and Frankenstein are my all time favs and I think a lot of people are put off by them because they think they know the general story and that the books will be 'old and stuffy'. Couldn't be further from the truth. So pleased you enjoyed!
Gavin I absolutely love how much time and effort your out into your vlogs and other videos. I love watching your videos because they’re always so funny and unique!
I don’t remember where I read it, but I saw someone compare Dracula to modern found-footage horror films, including the way the characters slavishly document everything, even in moments of peril. I think that’s what helps it to stand out in comparison to other epistolary style novels, at least the classic ones anyway.
This has honestly become my go to comfort vlog. I have at this point watched it about 6-7 times. Each time I see something I missed before. Thank you Gav for creating comfort content like this.
Love this so so so much! Exactly what I wanted; I even loved that you shared your dinner and food. This vlog is so perfect to start my autumn/spooky season! Appreciate you and the amazing content you always give us. The 4K made it feel like I was there with you!!!
Wow, you really go all in for your videos and I am beyond impressed. How do you include SO much while also remaining fun and entertaining AND have cat content?! Iconic if you ask me
What a great vlog! Dracula, Frankenstein, and Dorian Gray are on my potential TBR for next month and I think Dracula just moved to the top. I’m super excited now to read it!
Thank you Gavin for this video. I always look forward to your videos that bring me such happiness and joy during this dark season in my life. Thank you for spreading joy and love. Continue to make videos because we love you.
Haven't watched the entire video yet, but there is this new "Dracula Daily" thing that I have been loving! It is a mailing list that sends out the letters from Dracula in "real-time" mails, it's a way to consume the book in small chunks and has sparked an entire sub-culture on social media. The order of the letters and journal entries is not the same as in the book, seeing as the book is not chronological - so it's an entirely new way to consume this "daunting classic"
This was outstanding. Such an amazing effort. I read Dracula years ago but now I'm considering a re-read in October thanks to you! I'd love to see you do a similar thing with Greenway (Agatha Christie's house) which was where she set Dead Man's Folly. Just a thought.
To be honest, I've watched only some of your videos so far and I haven't decided if I'm exactly vibing with your preferences in books just yet, but I have to give it to you... You make such lovely, vibrant, amusing to watch and energizing videos! I love your ideas for the things to do all around and bring your books and of course us with you! They are so brilliant and nice and cozy to watch, so inspiring and so much fun! Bravo for your unique ideas, for your time spent in crafting and materializing them, they are so thoughtful and so well done! Thank you, for doing this and sharing it with us! Keep up 😊🦇
This was so much fun! Had to tell my husband that he would have to wait for the Friday Cozy Hang Out because I had some Gavin to watch. He totally understood 😂 Big hug to you and so glad you had an awesome experience and read 🩸
Rewatching this and ALL of your spooky vlogs and travel vlogs because they’re just so fun and relaxing ☕️☺️ you always bring the best vibes and laughs, your videos are my favourite!
I went to Whitby last week and it was one of the most beautiful and atmospheric places I’ve ever been! One of the best experiences I had while there was sitting in the graveyard of St Mary’s Church at 10.30 at night looking out to sea reading Dracula with my daughter, that will live with me forever, it was lovely! Can’t wait to return to Whitby again!
I read Dracula last year in October and I kept saying the same thing - why did I wait so long to read this! It is Gothic at its finest (the GOAT) and I remember sitting in my room by a window reading it in the dark so scared because I thought Dracula would climb up the side of the house and attack me through the window. Great Vlog !!!! ❤❤❤
I loved watching this vlog, it was great watching my home town through the eyes of a first time visitor. I loved that you were reading Dracula during your trip too, i5s one of my favourites. Watching you go through dracula experience was so funny, i used to go through there when i was a kid but its changed quite a lot! You need to visit during one of the goth weekends and visit the whitby museum which has some cool bits and bobs.
I absolutely loved this, maybe even more than the night sleeper train vlog, if that's possible! Oh my god am I ready for Autumn and darker nights, big winter coats, hot water bottles, cosy candles and great thriller books now! This is definitely a vlog I will watch a few times!!!
Ik this is an old vid but INSTANT LIKE!! I love dracula so much, i first read it fully last year via Dracula Daily where they send out each day's letters newsletter style, on the actual days they were written, every year! So much easier to digest! It really blew up on tumblr like a huge online bookclub a couple years ago and it was so fun but i only read about 3/4 of it the first year. So glad i finished it the next year!! (Theyre publishing a hardcopy of this arrangement too!!)
YES YES YES YES!! I read Dracula earlier this year and have been wanting to reread it since I finished it. I think now is the time. What an amazing experience you had 🦇
Ugh I loved this vlog so much! Dracula is my favorite book and I'd love to go to Whitby someday and re read it there! Eveything looks so beautiful and atmospheric! The Dracula experience looks so up my alley too! So glad you had a great time and loved the book! 🧛♂️⚰️🦇🖤
What an amazing experience! I wish I could move to New Castle and just be your travel buddy! (She says hoping she isn't looking like a total creep...lol) I really want to read Dracula this year, especially now! :)
I've read Dracula a few times (and own a special edition copy that also contains Frankenstein). It's one of my favorite classic 19th century books. Part of my love of it comes from some of the movie adaptations. I have a reprint poster of the 1931 Universal version hanging in my bedroom, and I wrote a bio of Bela Lugosi (the actor who played Dracula in that version) for a term paper in college.
Amazing vlog! Wish I could join you on your adventures, we would have a blast! Dracula and The Picture of Dorian Gray are both on my classics tbr. This vlog is the perfect start to Sept and the cozy autumn season 🍂🍁I’m so stoked for the rest of your Halloween vids 🖤❤️🖤
I'm only 15 minutes into this video, and I swear no one else is going to care about this, but you had a jacket on at the train station and I was so overwhelmed with jealousy over that 😆 it's been like 80° F for the past week where I live and you were able to wear a jacket in August! Ugh I just hate summer so much lol.
1. This vlog is so freaking good. Thank you for letting us live vicariously through you. 2. You are looking so amazing. And you look happier in the last few videos than I have seen you be since i started following you 2 years ago.
Loved this adventure! When Bram Stoker wrote Dracula he used a lot of the myths that existed in how to kill a vampire or tell if someone is a vampire, he based his vampire mainly in Elizabeth Bathory and a little on Vlad Tepes, basically his moniker Drakul, to name his character. Interesting note is that he, Mary Shelley, and Robert Louis Stevenson were all writing their famous gothic books around the same time. The movie you speak about with Winona Ryder, Gary Coleman, Cary Elwes, and more is the most accurate to the novel although not everything made it into the movie it is the most faithful to the book...lol...I have loved vampires since I was a toddler thanks to Sesame Street and Count Chocula cereal. I think what cemented my love was the 1930's movie starring Bela Lugosi, he's the one that gave way to how we say, "I want to suck your blood." My grandma happened to be watching it and I adored it and had to know everything about it, I was between 6-8 years old, also they had Count Duckula on Nickelodeon which of course just made me love the vampire more. I never laughed so hard, sorry, but you in the Dracula experience...lol... that's me in regular haunted houses and someone jumps out with a chainsaw, no chain of course, or if I enter and hear it right off the bat, freaks me out. So glad you loved the book! Also, agree that the Captain's notes that were on the boat Demeter were creepy, but that was an awesome part. If you want to read more about vampires or Dracula himself I highly recommend The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, it's written like Dracula with journal entries and letters, it was an interesting read. Dracula the Un-dead I haven't read, but I believe it's supposed to be like a sequel to Dracula. It's written by two authors, Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt.
Wow thank you so much for all that info, Dracula and vampires have such a rich history, you’ve really made me want to consume more history on them. And thank you for watching, I’m glad you enjoyed the vlog 🥰
Congrats on getting to Whitby! It happens to be the 125th anniversary of the novel's publication! Bram's descendent, Dacre Stoker, is doing some cool things to keep the legacy alive. Happy Halloween!
I have to say after reading Dracula myself; a lot of scenes are still fresh in my mind. Mainly the moments with Dr. Seward and Renfield. There were also a lot of other moments as well that sent chills down my spine. Which is a good thing! 😊❤📚
Watched again. I love the train ride footage. Whitby at night definitely gives off creepy vibes, and I like it. The Abbey was so amazing. The views of the town and the water are so lovely from atop the 199-ish steps. I love that you showed your hotel room and what you ate in the restaurant. And that Dracula experience was so fun…sorry you got chased by a demon. 😆 Thanks for the tour, Gavin, and for including us on your super fun adventure. I loved it! 😘 Can’t wait to see more of your spooky adventures, especially the night you stay in a haunted castle! Stay safe! P. S. Now I need that beautiful Puffin edition of Dracula. 😉
Another amazing vlog - I am currently doing my own spookathon reading list, I am starting with some of your own suggestions btw Gav. Hide and Seeker first, liked it quite a bit, and now doing Scritch Scratch. And my first horror book I read as an adult was Come Closer earlier this year, also your suggestion, and I loved that too. Must admit I was not fond of the writing style in Dracula when I tried to read it as a teenager, but maybe as an adult I would appreciate it more now. Thank so much for everything!
I've read Dracula when I was a kid. It kinda disturbed me. I'm not really a fan of vampires, but somehow I still vouch for your adventures. Keep doing what you love most. It'll surely inspire people to do the same thing.
Peggy and Arthur😂👀 OMG I lost it when you described your dinner. Instead of asking waitress you watched the other patrons to see if they paid a bill....I feel this in my soul 🤣
Eeeeeee! So excited for this vlog 😊. What a gorgeous edition of Dracula; I recently bought one that I’m in love with that is illustrated by Edward Gorey. I remember how the first time I read Dracula, I was surprised and impressed that this story was able to get my heart racing and really felt scary at times. Most of my experiences reading older horror or gothic novels have not given me that same level of dread. Well this clinched it, I am adding Whitney to places I need to visit.
Hi from Germany, Gavin! What a wonderful vlog! Truly enjoyed it! I absolutely love "Dracula" (for the same reasons you do). The Demeter/Whitby parts are so scary, atmospheric and well written. So nice to see your take on Whitby. If you ever feel like listening to the audio book, I'd like to recommend the version narrated by Mark Gatiss (Penguin Audio). It's on Audible, and it's the *perfect* narration! Anway, thanks a lot :-) Really enjoyed this!
This was so amazing! Gavin you are so fun and make me laugh. I absolutely can't stand loud hotel neighbors at night 😒 Also thank you for letting us all virtually go on this trip with you, such a blast 😀 now I need to read Deacula ASAP.
Such a great vlog. I am still living vicariously through your wonderful adventures. I am loving the fun spooky vibes. I took a fantasy/sci-if English class at uni (many years ago), and we read Dracula. Bram Stoker was a manager for Henry Irving, a famous actor, and I feel like the time he spent in the theatre added to the theatrical quality of the book. Very readable ❤️📚🩸
Aww wonderful vlog, Gav. I love local, solo, day trips. I can’t believe how long that Abbey has lasted; major parts are still standing despite wind & sea erosion. And finally, yay for 5 stars!
As horrible as it is I’d love to be the one who is on “security” in the Dracula experience and had to watch the cctv of everyone going through the experience 😂
Yaaaas I love Dracula, was so fun seeing a bookish person showing off the sights. Screw that Dracula experience haunted house nonsense...absolutely not lmao
I love your videos like these! The sense of adventure and being to able to tag along is truly a treat! Dracula has been on my TBR for awhile now and I definitely want to make make room for it really soon after this video! Can’t wait for your other videos! 💙
I've read and loved dracula already. I do agree somewhere in the middle it gets a bit slow, but I love it so so much. And I've also added whitby to my travel UK list as I do want to visit more UK cities at some point!!
I love Dracula, found the book highly readable although i am not a friend of letter form but here it worked fine. I have several Edition of Dracula, still not in English, i like your blue edition but also the black an red colored edition in the shop. Whitby is on my list for such a long time, for year planned a UK North Interrail month, but first i got sick than came Covid and so on. This vlog made me so "Travel sick":-) Love the UK bookstores so nice and cosy. As for the coffee in the Hotel, I wouldn't drink it i would go for a real coffee instead;-)
Hello from a fellow Geordie! You’ve been keeping me company through some very long work days, and I just want to thank you for it. Whitby is one of my all time favourite places, so happy to see you’ve been now too!
This is such a great vlog ❤If you liked Dracula you should try reading Dracul by Dacre Stoker and J. D. Barker. It's a prequel based off of Bram Stoker's notes and texts that he left behind 😊
I really enjoyed this video and perfect timing as I've recently brought Dracul by Dacre Stoker for my October 'spooky' read to then be followed by Dracula. I can't wait to get stuck in now 🦇🦇🧛♂️
Loved this vlog so much.. Whitby looks amazing.. my type of place.. Very atmospheric. I'm just catching up with your vlogs as I've just recently found you.. I'm from your neck of the woods too.. well Whitley Bay 🌊 .
Dracula is a classic I want to read eventually and never have been to Whitby but it looks beautiful! Loved your dedication and this was an amazing vlog! 💕
This was a REALLY GREAT VLOG!!! I really enjoyed watching your journey through all of this. I actually have Dracula so you made me want to really pick it up at some point. Love you! Proud of all of the work that you put into your vlogs! 🥳🥳🥳👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🥰🥰🥰
I read Dracula for the first time this year, 2024, and I absolutely loved it! The atmosphere Bram Stoker creates was just so perfectly dark. I also waited way to long to read it. I was always intimidated by the length and was worried I wouldn't like it! LOL
I live near Whitby and went to school there and we read Dracula in our English and Drama Classes. 😂 Did you manage to find Dracula's Grave in the Graveyard? it's near the gate to the Abbey and is marked with a skull with a crack in it. Love going back to Whitby and Whitby Bookshop is a fav to go to along with the Down the Rabbit Hole Shop.😊 Glad you had fun and enjoyed the book.
Your vlogs are spectacular! Love the effort you put forth. Your energy shines through. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I have Dracula on my TBR. I only wish I could visit Whitby and hope to someday.
This was fantastic Gavin! I listened to Dracula last year, and as I'm not English, I hadn't thought of Whitby as a real place I could visit. Dracula was a fantastic novel, if not a little long...For something different side of the same coin, have you read Carmilla?? I just finished it today, and it was FAB!
Hey Gavin, wow, this was great, I might just have to read this now myself.. Thank you for discluding spoilers, for those of us that haven't read it yet. Can i suggest a book for you? Vlad the Impaler by Gavin Baddeley, it is not a Gothic novel but based on actual history.. A VERY good read, even if, truly gruesome. I only found your channel this morning, but as an avid reader, i am so glad i did.
Dracula is so good! Have you/will you read Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu? It's also gothic lit about female vampires, published before Dracula! It's a great one too!
Hey, Gavin, recent subscriber here. I just started reading Dracula (love it too) and was so glad to see you made a vlog to Whitby! Thanks so much for giving me the visuals for the book and for being so kind, funny, and charming. I love all your videos.
I went to Whitby a few years ago and didn't really get to experience it properly because of who I went with (and it turned out to be a pretty shitty holiday). I'd love to go back and do it the way I want to!!!
Watching this through the eyes of a North American I am so utterly jealous of your county’s restraint when it comes to leaving the old towns alone and not paving it over and tossing a Target over it. Just the age of the town and alleyways, the Abby etc is hard for me to wrap my mind around. It’s gorgeous!
The EFFORT going into these vlogs *chef's kiss*. So appreciated and very entertaining. Dracula and Frankenstein are my all time favs and I think a lot of people are put off by them because they think they know the general story and that the books will be 'old and stuffy'. Couldn't be further from the truth. So pleased you enjoyed!
Gavin I absolutely love how much time and effort your out into your vlogs and other videos. I love watching your videos because they’re always so funny and unique!
That means so much, thank you!
Love that Dracula was published 4 years before the discovery of blood types. Sometimes I wonder how the story would have changed
I don’t remember where I read it, but I saw someone compare Dracula to modern found-footage horror films, including the way the characters slavishly document everything, even in moments of peril. I think that’s what helps it to stand out in comparison to other epistolary style novels, at least the classic ones anyway.
Ahh that makes sense!
This has honestly become my go to comfort vlog. I have at this point watched it about 6-7 times. Each time I see something I missed before. Thank you Gav for creating comfort content like this.
Love this so so so much! Exactly what I wanted; I even loved that you shared your dinner and food. This vlog is so perfect to start my autumn/spooky season! Appreciate you and the amazing content you always give us. The 4K made it feel like I was there with you!!!
Aw yay so happy you enjoyed Kat 🥰
Wow, you really go all in for your videos and I am beyond impressed. How do you include SO much while also remaining fun and entertaining AND have cat content?! Iconic if you ask me
Dracula was really so well-written and ahead of it's time. The book still holds with how creepy it is and it's definitely deserves to be a classic.
Gavin exploring Whitby at night is like something out of a Nancy Drew novel and I love it.
What a great vlog! Dracula, Frankenstein, and Dorian Gray are on my potential TBR for next month and I think Dracula just moved to the top. I’m super excited now to read it!
Yay hope you enjoy Dracula when you get to it!
Yes to reading them all !!!! They are all so good ! You won’t regret it. Lol
Thank you Gavin for this video. I always look forward to your videos that bring me such happiness and joy during this dark season in my life. Thank you for spreading joy and love. Continue to make videos because we love you.
Haven't watched the entire video yet, but there is this new "Dracula Daily" thing that I have been loving! It is a mailing list that sends out the letters from Dracula in "real-time" mails, it's a way to consume the book in small chunks and has sparked an entire sub-culture on social media. The order of the letters and journal entries is not the same as in the book, seeing as the book is not chronological - so it's an entirely new way to consume this "daunting classic"
This was outstanding. Such an amazing effort. I read Dracula years ago but now I'm considering a re-read in October thanks to you!
I'd love to see you do a similar thing with Greenway (Agatha Christie's house) which was where she set Dead Man's Folly. Just a thought.
wine + snacks + Gavin's vlog = perfect friday night
I love your vlogs so much, they are so entertaining!
Oh my gosh I’m jealous of the wine and snacks haha
Everyone watching: Hey Gavin, how much coffee do you drink daily?
Gavin: YES!
Always ❤️
This vlog is everything! You’re making me want to bump this book up on my TBR now. 👏🏻😍
Do it Liv!!
To be honest, I've watched only some of your videos so far and I haven't decided if I'm exactly vibing with your preferences in books just yet, but I have to give it to you... You make such lovely, vibrant, amusing to watch and energizing videos! I love your ideas for the things to do all around and bring your books and of course us with you! They are so brilliant and nice and cozy to watch, so inspiring and so much fun! Bravo for your unique ideas, for your time spent in crafting and materializing them, they are so thoughtful and so well done! Thank you, for doing this and sharing it with us! Keep up 😊🦇
This was so much fun! Had to tell my husband that he would have to wait for the Friday Cozy Hang Out because I had some Gavin to watch. He totally understood 😂 Big hug to you and so glad you had an awesome experience and read 🩸
Aww haha thank you so much for putting me first 😉 😂
This was freakin amazing Gavin! You are so dedicated and I’m here for it! I’m here for everything!!
Aw thanks Liz 🥰
Hi Gavin, this vlog has really gotten me into the spooky vibe season! Loved it!
Yay that was my goal 🙌🏼
Rewatching this and ALL of your spooky vlogs and travel vlogs because they’re just so fun and relaxing ☕️☺️ you always bring the best vibes and laughs, your videos are my favourite!
‘Peggy and Arthur’ are great Senior Citizen names. Also, it sounds like the title of a niche BBC Drama.
There’s so much work and effort in this video!! IT DESERVES WAAAAAAAY MORE VIEWS!! I’m glad I randomly found your channel!!
I went to Whitby last week and it was one of the most beautiful and atmospheric places I’ve ever been! One of the best experiences I had while there was sitting in the graveyard of St Mary’s Church at 10.30 at night looking out to sea reading Dracula with my daughter, that will live with me forever, it was lovely! Can’t wait to return to Whitby again!
Ok, here goes Gavin again, just creating the content of my dreams. Love this so much!
Oh you 🥰
Yet again Gavin you knocked it out of the park with this vlog .
Thank you so much 😭
This whole vlog was such a vibe. Definitely a blessing to have such an immersive experience while reading Dracula.
SPEAKING MY LANGUAGE WITH THIS VAMPY VLOG 🤌🤌🤌
I read Dracula last year in October and I kept saying the same thing - why did I wait so long to read this! It is Gothic at its finest (the GOAT) and I remember sitting in my room by a window reading it in the dark so scared because I thought Dracula would climb up the side of the house and attack me through the window. Great Vlog !!!! ❤❤❤
I loved watching this vlog, it was great watching my home town through the eyes of a first time visitor. I loved that you were reading Dracula during your trip too, i5s one of my favourites. Watching you go through dracula experience was so funny, i used to go through there when i was a kid but its changed quite a lot! You need to visit during one of the goth weekends and visit the whitby museum which has some cool bits and bobs.
I absolutely loved this, maybe even more than the night sleeper train vlog, if that's possible! Oh my god am I ready for Autumn and darker nights, big winter coats, hot water bottles, cosy candles and great thriller books now! This is definitely a vlog I will watch a few times!!!
Ik this is an old vid but INSTANT LIKE!! I love dracula so much, i first read it fully last year via Dracula Daily where they send out each day's letters newsletter style, on the actual days they were written, every year! So much easier to digest! It really blew up on tumblr like a huge online bookclub a couple years ago and it was so fun but i only read about 3/4 of it the first year. So glad i finished it the next year!! (Theyre publishing a hardcopy of this arrangement too!!)
YES YES YES YES!! I read Dracula earlier this year and have been wanting to reread it since I finished it. I think now is the time. What an amazing experience you had 🦇
Ugh I loved this vlog so much! Dracula is my favorite book and I'd love to go to Whitby someday and re read it there! Eveything looks so beautiful and atmospheric! The Dracula experience looks so up my alley too! So glad you had a great time and loved the book! 🧛♂️⚰️🦇🖤
I loved this vlog, it was so interesting and fun, looked like you had an amazing time, I’m a might jealous!
What an amazing experience! I wish I could move to New Castle and just be your travel buddy! (She says hoping she isn't looking like a total creep...lol) I really want to read Dracula this year, especially now! :)
I've read Dracula a few times (and own a special edition copy that also contains Frankenstein). It's one of my favorite classic 19th century books. Part of my love of it comes from some of the movie adaptations. I have a reprint poster of the 1931 Universal version hanging in my bedroom, and I wrote a bio of Bela Lugosi (the actor who played Dracula in that version) for a term paper in college.
Amazing vlog! Wish I could join you on your adventures, we would have a blast! Dracula and The Picture of Dorian Gray are both on my classics tbr. This vlog is the perfect start to Sept and the cozy autumn season 🍂🍁I’m so stoked for the rest of your Halloween vids 🖤❤️🖤
Thanks so much Kaitlyn! I hope you enjoy Dorian Gray and Dracula - two of my favs 🥰
If your watching a movie adaptation of Dracula, you have to watch the one with Gary Oldman. He did it best, hands down! Thank me later... 😉 ❤️
I'm only 15 minutes into this video, and I swear no one else is going to care about this, but you had a jacket on at the train station and I was so overwhelmed with jealousy over that 😆 it's been like 80° F for the past week where I live and you were able to wear a jacket in August! Ugh I just hate summer so much lol.
I'm 9 months late to the party but I LOVE this vlog! it brought me so much joy 🥰
1. This vlog is so freaking good. Thank you for letting us live vicariously through you.
2. You are looking so amazing. And you look happier in the last few videos than I have seen you be since i started following you 2 years ago.
Loved this adventure! When Bram Stoker wrote Dracula he used a lot of the myths that existed in how to kill a vampire or tell if someone is a vampire, he based his vampire mainly in Elizabeth Bathory and a little on Vlad Tepes, basically his moniker Drakul, to name his character. Interesting note is that he, Mary Shelley, and Robert Louis Stevenson were all writing their famous gothic books around the same time.
The movie you speak about with Winona Ryder, Gary Coleman, Cary Elwes, and more is the most accurate to the novel although not everything made it into the movie it is the most faithful to the book...lol...I have loved vampires since I was a toddler thanks to Sesame Street and Count Chocula cereal. I think what cemented my love was the 1930's movie starring Bela Lugosi, he's the one that gave way to how we say, "I want to suck your blood." My grandma happened to be watching it and I adored it and had to know everything about it, I was between 6-8 years old, also they had Count Duckula on Nickelodeon which of course just made me love the vampire more.
I never laughed so hard, sorry, but you in the Dracula experience...lol... that's me in regular haunted houses and someone jumps out with a chainsaw, no chain of course, or if I enter and hear it right off the bat, freaks me out.
So glad you loved the book! Also, agree that the Captain's notes that were on the boat Demeter were creepy, but that was an awesome part. If you want to read more about vampires or Dracula himself I highly recommend The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, it's written like Dracula with journal entries and letters, it was an interesting read. Dracula the Un-dead I haven't read, but I believe it's supposed to be like a sequel to Dracula. It's written by two authors, Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt.
Wow thank you so much for all that info, Dracula and vampires have such a rich history, you’ve really made me want to consume more history on them. And thank you for watching, I’m glad you enjoyed the vlog 🥰
What a fabulously informative comment
Congrats on getting to Whitby! It happens to be the 125th anniversary of the novel's publication! Bram's descendent, Dacre Stoker, is doing some cool things to keep the legacy alive. Happy Halloween!
I have to say after reading Dracula myself; a lot of scenes are still fresh in my mind. Mainly the moments with Dr. Seward and Renfield. There were also a lot of other moments as well that sent chills down my spine. Which is a good thing! 😊❤📚
Let’s just that Yorkshire did play a major role in Gothic Fiction whether it’s Brontë Sisters or Bram Stoker.
Yorkshire is awesome
Watched again. I love the train ride footage. Whitby at night definitely gives off creepy vibes, and I like it. The Abbey was so amazing. The views of the town and the water are so lovely from atop the 199-ish steps. I love that you showed your hotel room and what you ate in the restaurant. And that Dracula experience was so fun…sorry you got chased by a demon. 😆 Thanks for the tour, Gavin, and for including us on your super fun adventure. I loved it! 😘 Can’t wait to see more of your spooky adventures, especially the night you stay in a haunted castle! Stay safe!
P. S. Now I need that beautiful Puffin edition of Dracula. 😉
You are not alone, Gavin: I like when a book when a book mentions where I’m from.
Another amazing vlog - I am currently doing my own spookathon reading list, I am starting with some of your own suggestions btw Gav. Hide and Seeker first, liked it quite a bit, and now doing Scritch Scratch. And my first horror book I read as an adult was Come Closer earlier this year, also your suggestion, and I loved that too. Must admit I was not fond of the writing style in Dracula when I tried to read it as a teenager, but maybe as an adult I would appreciate it more now. Thank so much for everything!
I've read Dracula when I was a kid. It kinda disturbed me. I'm not really a fan of vampires, but somehow I still vouch for your adventures. Keep doing what you love most. It'll surely inspire people to do the same thing.
Thank you so much Sophia 🥰
Peggy and Arthur😂👀 OMG I lost it when you described your dinner. Instead of asking waitress you watched the other patrons to see if they paid a bill....I feel this in my soul 🤣
Haha I didn’t want to look stupid 😂
Lol it’s something I would do too.
Eeeeeee! So excited for this vlog 😊. What a gorgeous edition of Dracula; I recently bought one that I’m in love with that is illustrated by Edward Gorey. I remember how the first time I read Dracula, I was surprised and impressed that this story was able to get my heart racing and really felt scary at times. Most of my experiences reading older horror or gothic novels have not given me that same level of dread. Well this clinched it, I am adding Whitney to places I need to visit.
I'm already reading too many things but now I want to read Dracula too, damn it Gavin. 😂
Hi from Germany, Gavin! What a wonderful vlog! Truly enjoyed it! I absolutely love "Dracula" (for the same reasons you do). The Demeter/Whitby parts are so scary, atmospheric and well written. So nice to see your take on Whitby. If you ever feel like listening to the audio book, I'd like to recommend the version narrated by Mark Gatiss (Penguin Audio). It's on Audible, and it's the *perfect* narration! Anway, thanks a lot :-) Really enjoyed this!
This was so amazing! Gavin you are so fun and make me laugh. I absolutely can't stand loud hotel neighbors at night 😒 Also thank you for letting us all virtually go on this trip with you, such a blast 😀 now I need to read Deacula ASAP.
I just ordered this book I love vampires so can’t wait to read it! The castle part was so beautiful so jealous!😍 also when the guy scared you😂😂😂
This is so cool, Gavin. Love, love it! How I wish I could join you in your adventures. Keep on being awesome! 💜❤️
Thank you 🥰
Such a great vlog. I am still living vicariously through your wonderful adventures. I am loving the fun spooky vibes.
I took a fantasy/sci-if English class at uni (many years ago), and we read Dracula. Bram Stoker was a manager for Henry Irving, a famous actor, and I feel like the time he spent in the theatre added to the theatrical quality of the book. Very readable ❤️📚🩸
OMG that beach is just like the picture books of England I had as a child with the little changing cabins. I Love it so much. 💕💕💕
Aww wonderful vlog, Gav.
I love local, solo, day trips.
I can’t believe how long that Abbey has lasted; major parts are still standing despite wind & sea erosion. And finally, yay for 5 stars!
The history of Whitby Abbey is fascinating - I wish I mentioned more about it in this vlog!
@@GavinReadsItAll I paused and read all of the signs within the video. Thank you, Gav.
Awwww your giggles in the Dracula 🧛♂️ experience
As horrible as it is I’d love to be the one who is on “security” in the Dracula experience and had to watch the cctv of everyone going through the experience 😂
That was awesome! LOL at the Dracula Experience... you rock!
Thank you so much for bringing us along on this adventure. I am going to read Dracula now. Whitby looks like a very cool place to explore.
What a great video! Horror classics rock!
If anyone ever needed a vlog to get them in the cozy autumn mood, this is it! 🍂👻
I adored this vlog Gavin 🖤🦇🧛
Fun Fact: There’s a place in Whitby called ‘Arguments Yard’.
Omg I loved this!! The Chambord, the jump scares at the Dracula experience!! I've been to Whitby ages ago and loved it. Siân
Yaaaas I love Dracula, was so fun seeing a bookish person showing off the sights. Screw that Dracula experience haunted house nonsense...absolutely not lmao
I love your videos like these! The sense of adventure and being to able to tag along is truly a treat! Dracula has been on my TBR for awhile now and I definitely want to make make room for it really soon after this video! Can’t wait for your other videos! 💙
I've read and loved dracula already. I do agree somewhere in the middle it gets a bit slow, but I love it so so much. And I've also added whitby to my travel UK list as I do want to visit more UK cities at some point!!
Honestly Gav, your shopping bag ripping in the middle of the road sounds like the start of a cute RomCom... meet cute!
Hi Gavin , absolutely loved your video on Whitby xx what a fantastic idea xxx loved every minute xxx ❤❤❤❤🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
This was amazing! Also makes me want to read Dracula!
It’s like everyone I know on Booktube is chaotic and does not pack meticulously in advance lol
I am so happy you loved Dracula
Dorian Gray is another fantastic one!
I love Dracula, found the book highly readable although i am not a friend of letter form but here it worked fine. I have several Edition of Dracula, still not in English, i like your blue edition but also the black an red colored edition in the shop. Whitby is on my list for such a long time, for year planned a UK North Interrail month, but first i got sick than came Covid and so on. This vlog made me so "Travel sick":-) Love the UK bookstores so nice and cosy. As for the coffee in the Hotel, I wouldn't drink it i would go for a real coffee instead;-)
Hello from a fellow Geordie! You’ve been keeping me company through some very long work days, and I just want to thank you for it. Whitby is one of my all time favourite places, so happy to see you’ve been now too!
This is such a great vlog ❤If you liked Dracula you should try reading Dracul by Dacre Stoker and J. D. Barker. It's a prequel based off of Bram Stoker's notes and texts that he left behind 😊
Ahh that sounds amazing actually, thanks for the suggestion!
I second this ! Dracul is an amazing read 😁
I really enjoyed this video and perfect timing as I've recently brought Dracul by Dacre Stoker for my October 'spooky' read to then be followed by Dracula. I can't wait to get stuck in now 🦇🦇🧛♂️
Finally watching through your backlist, and I love this vlog!! I love Whitby so much, and really enjoyed Dracula too
Loved this vlog so much.. Whitby looks amazing.. my type of place.. Very atmospheric. I'm just catching up with your vlogs as I've just recently found you.. I'm from your neck of the woods too.. well Whitley Bay 🌊 .
Dracula is a classic I want to read eventually and never have been to Whitby but it looks beautiful! Loved your dedication and this was an amazing vlog! 💕
Unrelated but where is the mug you’re holding in the intro from?! It’s so cute!! ☺️ @HowtoTrainYourGavin
I’m only a year late to this vlog but now I’m genuinely so excited for Dracula!! 🧛♀️
This was a REALLY GREAT VLOG!!! I really enjoyed watching your journey through all of this. I actually have Dracula so you made me want to really pick it up at some point. Love you! Proud of all of the work that you put into your vlogs! 🥳🥳🥳👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🥰🥰🥰
Such an amazing video! I just loved it, thanks for sharing!!!! Makes me want to visit Whitby 🧛♂️
i’ve been reading and LOVING Dracula on the Dracula Daily substack
I read Dracula for the first time this year, 2024, and I absolutely loved it! The atmosphere Bram Stoker creates was just so perfectly dark. I also waited way to long to read it. I was always intimidated by the length and was worried I wouldn't like it! LOL
Scary vampire story...have you read Salem's Lot by Stephen King?
I live near Whitby and went to school there and we read Dracula in our English and Drama Classes. 😂 Did you manage to find Dracula's Grave in the Graveyard? it's near the gate to the Abbey and is marked with a skull with a crack in it. Love going back to Whitby and Whitby Bookshop is a fav to go to along with the Down the Rabbit Hole Shop.😊 Glad you had fun and enjoyed the book.
Your vlogs are spectacular! Love the effort you put forth. Your energy shines through. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I have Dracula on my TBR. I only wish I could visit Whitby and hope to someday.
This was fantastic Gavin! I listened to Dracula last year, and as I'm not English, I hadn't thought of Whitby as a real place I could visit. Dracula was a fantastic novel, if not a little long...For something different side of the same coin, have you read Carmilla?? I just finished it today, and it was FAB!
Hey Gavin, wow, this was great, I might just have to read this now myself.. Thank you for discluding spoilers, for those of us that haven't read it yet. Can i suggest a book for you? Vlad the Impaler
by Gavin Baddeley, it is not a Gothic novel but based on actual history.. A VERY good read, even if, truly gruesome. I only found your channel this morning, but as an avid reader, i am so glad i did.
why was Johnathan into Dracula tho - I need answers mr stoker
Dracula is so good! Have you/will you read Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu? It's also gothic lit about female vampires, published before Dracula! It's a great one too!
Watching for the second time now I'm halfway through 'Dracula'! Loving it!
Hey, Gavin, recent subscriber here. I just started reading Dracula (love it too) and was so glad to see you made a vlog to Whitby! Thanks so much for giving me the visuals for the book and for being so kind, funny, and charming. I love all your videos.
I went to Whitby a few years ago and didn't really get to experience it properly because of who I went with (and it turned out to be a pretty shitty holiday). I'd love to go back and do it the way I want to!!!