"I must repeat that the strange and eerie tragedy which is portrayed here is completely true, as far as all external circumstances are concerned. (...) Many people remember the strange series of crimes that comes into the story a little later – crimes which, at the time, appeared to be supernatural and seemed to originate from the same source and cause as much revulsion as the infamous murders of Jack the Ripper!"
Bram Stoker im Vorwort einer isländischen Ausgabe (1901) von ´Dracula´