Episode #8 The Summer Of 1816- Origins Of Frankenstein & Life of Mary Shelley

Episode #8- The first in our Halloween inspired episode in the month of October! The Summer of 1816, was the "perfect storm" inspiring two great works of it! Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was inspired by her time in Italy with famed poets Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, her half sister Clair Claremont and the troubled Dr. John Polidori. We follow Mary tragic life and what became of her fellow writers after that legendary time in Switzerland I. The year with no summer! Sources: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/6171507/how-opium-fuelled-orgies-and-lightning-gave-birth-to-mary-shelleys-frankenstein/https://mary-shelley.fandom.com/wiki/Summer_of_1816https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/mary-shelley_creating-frankenstein--the-lake-geneva-monster/12808https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/29/travel/lake-geneva-as-byron-and-shelley-knew-it.htmlhttps://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/arts-and-books/sumer-1816-frankenstein-shelley-byron-villa-diodatihttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/news/frankenstein-true-story-mary-shelleyWikipedia.org on Mary Shelley, Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, Clair Claremont, and Summer of 1816 Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/friendly-ghostLicense code: LZ5ZUHQLWV7IN6XHBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-cousins-weird-s-podcast--5048269/support.