Episodes

  • Chapter 23

    Chapter 23
    Feb 22 2026
    On Victor and Elizabeth’s wedding night in Evian, a storm gathers as Victor grows increasingly watchful. He sends Elizabeth to her room, but a scream soon reveals the Creature has murdered her. The Creature taunts Victor at the window and escapes into the lake; a futile night search follows. Victor collapses, then in grief returns to Geneva, where his father dies of sorrow. Imprisoned for madness and later released, Victor’s despair hardens into resolve: he vows revenge, appeals to a magistrate who doubts him, and commits himself to pursuing the Creature to the death.
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    15 mins
  • Chapter 22

    Chapter 22
    Feb 21 2026
    Victor reaches Paris exhausted and shuns society while his father tries in vain to comfort him. Elizabeth’s tender, selfless letter arrives, asking if he truly loves her and urging his happiness above all, which revives the Creature’s threat to be with Victor on his wedding-night. Determined not to delay, Victor consents to marry and returns to Geneva, where Elizabeth alone soothes his tormented mind. Preparations bring a fragile calm, but ominous foreboding returns on their wedding day. The couple embark across Lake Geneva toward Evian, admiring the sublime scenery; as dusk falls and they land, Victor’s anxieties reawaken.
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    20 mins
  • Chapter 21

    Chapter 21
    Feb 20 2026
    Victor is examined by an Irish magistrate after fishermen discover a freshly murdered body. Taken to view the corpse, he realizes it is Henry Clerval and collapses into fever and months of delirium in prison. Mr. Kirwin tends to his case and contacts Victor’s father, who arrives and helps steady him. The grand jury rejects the charge, and Victor is freed, though sunk in despair. Resolving to return to Geneva to protect his family and confront the Creature, he departs by sea. On deck at midnight, he reflects on his ruined past, takes laudanum, and falls into nightmares until his father rouses him.
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    21 mins
  • Chapter 20

    Chapter 20
    Feb 19 2026
    On a desolate Orkney evening, Victor reflects on the horror of creating a female companion before seeing the Creature at his window. In a surge of resolve, he destroys his half‑finished work. The Creature confronts him and vows to be with him on his wedding night before fleeing by boat. Haunted, Victor spends a restless night, then disposes of the remains at sea. A rising wind drives his skiff to an Irish coast, where initial relief turns to dread as townspeople accuse him of murder and march him to the magistrate, Mr. Kirwin.
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    20 mins
  • Chapter 19

    Chapter 19
    Feb 18 2026
    Victor and Henry linger in London, but while Henry delights in learning and landscapes, Victor is consumed by his promise to create a companion for the Creature. They travel through Windsor, Oxford, and the northern lakes, where Victor’s dread and guilt deepen despite moments of beauty. Worried for his family and haunted by paranoia, Victor separates from Henry in Scotland and retreats to a desolate Orkney isle. There he repairs a hut, begins the abhorrent labor of creation in isolation, and grows increasingly restless, fearful, and foreboding as his work nears completion.
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    16 mins
  • Chapter 18

    Chapter 18
    Feb 17 2026
    Back in Geneva, Victor delays creating the companion, torn between dread and duty. His father gently presses him toward marrying Elizabeth, but Victor, bound by his promise to the Creature, instead seeks permission to travel to England for essential research. Arrangements are made for Henry Clerval to join him. Victor departs, haunted by fear yet clinging to the hope that completing his task will bring peace. The journey down the Rhine contrasts Henry’s delight in nature with Victor’s gloom. They continue through Holland and by sea to England, arriving at the Thames and London’s storied skyline.
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    19 mins
  • Chapter 17

    Chapter 17
    Feb 16 2026
    On the glacier, the Creature demands a female companion. Victor refuses in anger, but the Creature alternates between rage and reason, pleading for sympathy and promising exile. Moved and fearful, Victor finally consents on the condition the pair abandon human society. The Creature departs swiftly across the ice. Victor descends the mountain in torment, returns to Geneva in a haunted state, and resolves to undertake the abhorrent task for his family’s sake.
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    12 mins
  • Chapter 16

    Chapter 16
    Feb 15 2026
    After the De Laceys reject him, the Creature rages through the night, then burns their cottage in a storm-fueled frenzy. He resolves to seek Victor in Geneva, wandering through harsh seasons. A fleeting spring gentleness is crushed when he rescues a drowning girl and is shot by her companion, deepening his hatred. Reaching Geneva, he seizes and kills young William Frankenstein, then plants a locket on the sleeping Justine to frame her. Consumed by loneliness and vengeance, he demands that Victor create a companion of his kind.
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    20 mins