0:00:06 Introduction and Setting the Halloween Theme 0:03:33 Bram Stoker's Dracula and its Enduring Popularity 0:08:56 Victorian Gothic and the Birth of Vampire Lore 0:11:41 Dracula: Silly Drama and Strong Female Characters 0:20:19 Lincoln's Reflections on Life and Death 0:20:46 Vampires as Plantation Owners and Slavery Metaphors 0:24:46 The Historian: A Literary Vampire Novel with Historical Research 0:27:44 Ancient Myths and Legends of Werewolves 0:30:02 Werewolves in Early Cinema 0:37:49 Werewolves in Tolkien's Silmarillion and their significance 0:44:22 Introducing the main character, a skin changer from Native American folklore 0:45:03 A Coyote Raised by Werewolves: An Unlikely Love Story 0:47:15 Successful Treatments of Vampires and Werewolves in the Same Universe 0:48:42 Creatures of the Night: Exploring the Halloween Theme 0:53:16 Transformation as a Metaphor in Contemporary World