Odd News // 3 months ago First edition of Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' auctioned for $843,750 The only privately-owned first edition of Mary Shelley's pioneering horror novel "Frankenstein" was ...

Mary Shelley started writing Frankenstein in 1816 when her friends held a competition to write a scary story. Her friends included the famous poets Percy Shelley and Lord Byron. Shelley’s story ...

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How did you discover it? In researching the book, Dundee played an integral part. I knew that Mary Shelley spent a few months there, twice, when she was a teenager. That she stayed with the Baxter ...

What “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein” lacks in jump scares and other familiar horror tropes, it makes up for in its homage to the source material. The author’s name is in the title ...

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Teri Garr, an Oscar-nominated actress known for her work in films like “Young Frankenstein,” “Tootsie” and “Mr. Mom,” has ...

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