January 1 – The Birth of Frankenstein: How a New Year’s Novel Changed Everything

On January 1, 1818, a mysterious anonymous novel quietly entered the world — and changed history forever. In today’s episode of The Strange History Podcast, Amy dives into the bizarre and fascinating true story behind Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: the nightmare that inspired it, the real scientific experiments that fueled its horror, and the strange reception that followed when readers assumed a woman couldn’t possibly have written something so dark and brilliant. From volcanic winters to Victorian stage shocks, discover how a teenage writer created the first true science-fiction masterpiece and unleashed one of the most famous monsters in history.

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