History Creator / BramStoker

The Horror Writers of America's UsefulNotes/BramStokerAward is named in his honor.

* In the ''Series/HoudiniAndDoyle'' episode ''Strigoi'', played by Paul Ritter.

* IronMaiden: "'[[http://www.bramstoker.org/stories/03guest/03squaw.html The Squaw]]" is focused on the iron maiden (referred to as "Iron Virgin" in the text) exhibited in Nuremberg Castle (the device really existed; it was destroyed by the Allied bombing of 1944). Its protagonists are three tourists who visit the castle, one of them an American who bribes the guide into binding him up and placing him inside the iron maiden and then nearly closing it on him, to know how a victim of this device would have felt. [[spoiler:Before entering the castle, this man had unintentionally killed a kitten playing with its mother, by throwing a stone. While they're testing the iron maiden, the guide is attacked by the resentful mother cat and lets go of the rope holding the device's doors open; the heavy doors thus slam shut, killing the American.]]

Apart from ''Dracula'', Stoker penned about a dozen other novels, as well as a number of short stories. Most of these are less well known today (although ''Literature/TheJewelOfSevenStars'' and ''The Lair of the White Worm'' have also been adapted for the screen), but were popular enough in their time that many obituaries didn't even mention ''Dracula''. (That's when they ran obituaries for him at all, as the week of his death had another [[UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic major news story]] which everyone was more focused on.)

* IronMaiden: "'[[http://www.bramstoker.org/stories/03guest/03squaw.html The Squaw]]" is focused on the iron maiden (referred to as "Iron Virgin" in the text) exhibited in Nuremberg Castle (the device really existed; it was destroyed by the Allied bombing of 1944). Its protagonist is an American tourist who visits the castle and asks the guide to briefly almost close the iron maiden on him, to know how a victim of this device would have felt. [[spoiler:Before entering the castle, he unintentionally killed a group of kittens next to their mothers, by throwing a stone. While testing the iron maiden, the guide is attacked by the resentful cat and lets go of the rope which held the device's doors open; the heavy doors thus slam shut, killing the protagonist.]]

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Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish author whose greatest and most lasting success was undoubtedly the prototypical vampire novel ''{{Literature/Dracula}}''. In his own lifetime, he was best known as a theater manager and critic.

Apart from ''Dracula'', Stoker penned about a dozen other novels, as well as a number of short stories. Most of these are less well known today, although ''The Jewel of Seven Stars'' and ''The Lair of the White Worm'' have also been adapted for screen to the point that many obituaries didn't mention Dracula at all (That's when they did obituaries for him as the week in question had another [[UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic major story]] everyone was focused on.)

* IronMaiden: "'[[http://www.bramstoker.org/stories/03guest/03squaw.html The Squaw]]" is focused on the iron maiden (referred to as "Iron Virgin" in the text) exhibited in Nuremberg Castle (the device really existed; it was destroyed by the Allied bombing of 1944). Its protagonist is an American tourist who visits the castle and asks the guide to briefly almost close the iron maiden on him, to know how a victim of this device would have felt. [[spoiler:Before entering the castle, he unintentionally killed a group of kittens next to their mothers, by throwing a stone. While testing the iron maiden, the guide is attacked by the resentful cat and lets go of the rope which held the device's doors open; the heavy doors thus slammed shut, killing the protagonist.]]

* HangingJudge: in "The Judge's House"
* IronMaiden: Stoker's short story ''[[http://www.bramstoker.org/stories/03guest/03squaw.html The Squaw]]'' is focused on the iron maiden (referred to as "Iron Virgin" in the text) exhibited in Nuremberg Castle (the device really existed; it was destroyed by the Allied bombing of 1944). Its protagonist is an American tourist who visits the castle and asks the guide to briefly almost close the iron maiden on him, to know how a victim of this device would have felt. [[spoiler:Before entering the castle, he unintentionally killed a group of kittens next to their mothers, by throwing a stone. While testing the iron maiden, the guide is attacked by the resentful cat and lets go of the rope which held the device's doors open; the heavy doors thus slammed shut, killing the protagonist.]]

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* ''Series/HoudiniAndDoyle'' in the episode ''Strigoi'', by Paul Ritter.

Apart from ''Dracula'', Stoker penned about a dozen other novels, as well as a number of short stories. Most of these are less well known today, although ''The Jewel of Seven Stars'' and ''The Lair of the White Worm'' have also been adapted for screen.

Apart from ''Dracula'',Stoker penned about a dozen other novels, as well as a number of short stories. Most of these are less well known today, although ''The Jewel of Seven Stars'' and ''The Lair of the White Worm'' have also been adapted for screen.