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Episode 23: The OG Goth

Mary Shelley was one of the first authors to have success in the Gothic horror genre. She loved ghost stories and dark subject matter and she lived life with a passion for that darkness.

Her husband Percy was a guide and collaborator in her writing. It is believed that Percy contributed 5000 words of her 70,000 word epic tome. He helped her work out some of the science elements and used his writing experience to help her create the best novel possible. It’s no wonder she took his death so hard and carried the ultimate keepsake with her at all times.

After Percy died at sea, his body was to be cremated on a fiery pyre. As the rest of his body turned to ash, his heart remained stubborn and would not burn. Some believe his heart remained intact due to supernatural intervention, but most likely it was just calcified from a bout of tuberculosis. In any case, it was returned to Mary Shelley and she carried it around like a morbid purse puppy.