In the seaside town that inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula, strange goings-on are nothing new. Every Halloween sees Whitby invaded by hundreds of goths walking the streets dressed as everything from ...

Soar over the moody, skeletal ruins of Whitby Abbey, the 7th-century Benedictine monastery that stands as a stark silhouette ...

Sitting gallantly on a cliff top, the gothic ruins of Whitby Abbey tower over the North Yorkshire seaside town; a place which has inspired some literary greats. Visitors trek up 199 steps to the ...

Did Whitby really have a connection to Dracula or were locals feasting on tourists’ naivety. Nationwide went to find out. This was first broadcast on 19 May 1977. The page will automatically reload.

The train departed King's Cross at 10:25 a.m. on July 29, 1890. Bram Stoker settled wearily into the carriage for the six-hour journey to Whitby, the fashionable and remote seaside village in North ...

The legend of Dracula has returned to haunt a seaside town… after a cascade of human bones. And residents of Whitby, North Yorkshire – famously featured in Bram Stoker’s classic 1897 novel about the ...

A RELATIVE of the author of the best-selling Dracula will visit a North Yorkshire seaside town as part of a trail expedition based around the horror novel. Celebrating 125 years since the publication ...

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In September 2011, Virginia amusement park Kings Dominion kicked off its annual “Halloween Haunt” by setting a record for the largest gathering of people dressed as vampires. The 1039-strong crowd of ...