88 - Ladies Who Make a Monster

In this week’s episode, Jessie shocks the ladies with the story behind the creator of goth science fiction: Mary Shelley and Frankenstein. As the 19 Crimes’ Frankenstein is sipped, the ladies discover another historic dragon sighting, keep their tall friends in mind, and encourage famous authors to keep at it. So grab your favorite cabernet sauvignon and never underestimate a 19 year old woman, Ladies Who Make a Monster will have you running to bookstores in no time.

Thank you to 19 Crimes x Universal Monsters for providing the wine for this week’s episode! You can get your own Frankenstein Cabernet in wine stores near you.

TW: macabre themes, slight gore

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Sources:

“The Haunted Summer of 1816 and the Origin of Frankenstein” by uncredited on Midnight Society Tales

“Frankenstein’s Phantoms: Mary Shelley on Ghosts (Anniversary Series #6)” by Kirstin Mills

“Ghost stories, opium and rain: the doomed holiday that inspired Shelley’s Frankenstein” on Penguin

“Horror Fiction History | The History of Frankenstein” by Matteo Middlemiss on Flame Tree Press

“The Real Story Behind Frankenstein: The Monster & His Maker” by Sideshow

“Making Up Universal’s Frankenstein” by Luke Minson on Monsters of Makeup