Dacre Stoker is the great grand-nephew of Bram Stoker and the international best-selling co-author of Dracula the Un-Dead (2009), and Dracul (2018). Dacre is also the co-editor of The Lost Journal of Bram Stoker: The Dublin Years (2012). He has published Stoker on Stoker Dracula Revealed (2022) a companion book to his informative audio visual presentations. In 2022 Dacre and Robert Eighteen Bisang published Dracula Annotated for the 125th Anniversary, a culmination of years of research, this version includes many of the passages edited out of the final Dracula typescript, including the first three chapters and the original ending.
Dacre has consulted and appeared in recent film documentaries about vampires in literature and popular culture. The Real Vampire Files (2010 History Channel), The Tillinghast Nightmare, (2014 Historical Haunts), Secrets of the Dead (2015 PBS), Mysteries at the Museum, (2017 Travel Channel) Legend Hunter (2019 Travel Channel) American Vampires (2022 Fox Nation).
Friday, Oct 4 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: UNO Weber Fine Arts Building
Host: Carrie Nath
All aboard for a fast-paced survey originating with actual vampire hysteria of the 1700’s in Europe through vampires in literature, on stage, movies, television, musicals, opera, and merchandise.
Friday, Oct 4 | 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: BLUEBARN Lobby
Host: Carrie Nath
The inseparable connection between the historic Vlad Dracula III and fictional Count Dracula. Take a tour through both medieval and modern-day Romania investigating the fact and fiction surrounding Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula. Book signing of Dacre’s Dracul, the only sequel to Bram’s Dracula approved by the Stoker Estate to follow.
Friday, Oct 4 | 9:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Location: BLUEBARN Porchyard
Hosts: Todd Richardson, Carrie Nath
Throughout the Fall, BLUEBARN Director of Equitable Access, Carrie Nath, and Todd Richardson, Ph. D., professor of folk and historical literature and a member of the Goodrich Scholar Faculty, worked with Goodrich Scholars to explore the monsters of our current time. Gather around the bonfire out back to hear these chilling tales, inspired by Hillgren’s letter format. Sure to reach deep into your soul in the dead of night.
Wednesday, Oct 9 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: SARO Cider | 1012 S 10th St, Omaha, NE 68108
Hosts: All Hallow’s Surprise
A spine-chilling evening of the most notorious specters and evil-doers! Where does Dracula’s fictional castle lie? What inspired Shelley put Frankenstein on the slab? Which Victorian felon inspired the notorious Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? This, and more, will come to light – or should we say, reveal itself in the dark? Beware the night and brave the shadows for an evening of…what’s that?! I…AAAAAGGGGH!!!!
Ist Place team: 2 single tickets for Dracula & SARO Beanie and Brews
2nd Place team: $25 gift card to SARO Cider