From the town of Gernsheim, on the eastern banks of a languorous meander in the Rhine, it was once possible to see the steep slate roof and towers of Frankenstein castle, positioned on a hilltop ...

(Just so we’re all on the same page). Like the novel itself, the real monster of “Frankenstein” is nested. Rather than just a frame narrative of stories about reanimation, we can see a frame ...

Seated high above the Rhine Valley in Germany is the 13th Century Castle Frankenstein. Some believe that the castle, and a scientist who lived there at the time, were the inspiration for Mary ...

Little do they know that the real Dr. Frankenstein has been hired in a new attraction called, "Frankenstein's Castle"; figuring that the castle isn't scary enough, the mad scientist recreates the ...

Was there a real Dr. Frankenstein ... Dippel was born at Castle Frankenstein in Germany in 1673, and made an effort to buy the castle later in life. Dippel was a theologian who became an alchemist ...

Support free-thinking journalism and attend Independent events Thinking about the science that made Frankenstein seem so real in 1818 might help us consider more carefully the ways we think now ...