Gavin Baddeley Talks Dracula with Dead Northern

Gavin-Baddeley at Dead Northern 2025

Gavin Baddeley, occult historian and author, delivers a spirited Dead Talks session at Dead Northern 2025 exploring Dracula from Vlad the Impaler to Hammer cinema. Drawing on historical research and pop‑culture obsession, Gavin traces how the real medieval warlord became a tragic, monstrous and endlessly adaptable cultural figure. Expect folklore, film analysis and offbeat anecdotes, including a local York connection involving a ceremonial "Dracula" sword on display during the festival.

Gavin Baddeley presented his Dead Talks lecture at Dead Northern 2025.

Gavin Baddeley: Historian & author

Gavin Baddeley is an occult historian, author, and lecturer whose work maps the tangled junction between medieval history and modern horror culture. Often speaking on Dracula, folklore and gothic cinema, he blends archival research with showman's flair to make dense subjects vivid and entertaining. Gavin writes, talks and tours widely, bringing scholarly depth and a sharp sense of the bizarre to festivals, books, and broadcast.

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