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Dracula author's cheery note in historic hotel guest book

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From: Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK)
Date: 20060918
Author:Jamie Buchan

Words of praise from legendary horror writer Bram Stoker have been unearthed at a north-east hotel.

The Dracula author jotted an uncharacteristically cheery note in the guest book of the Kilmarnock Arms, Cruden Bay, during a holiday in 1894.

The book was signed in August that year, while Stoker was researching European folklore and vampires for his ground-breaking novel. Legend has it that the inspiration for Dracula's Transylvanian fortress was Slains Castle, on cliffs on the edge of Cruden Bay.

Stoker, who spent nearly a month at the Kilmarnock Arms, wrote: "Second visit to Port Erroll (as ...

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