Mini-Episode 17: Frankenstein, Bicycles and Volcanos (Patreon)

In 1815, a volcano explodes in Indonesia. The consequences are far-reaching: millions of people starve, and a German inventor creates the first prototype for bicycles. Things don’t stop there. A group of friends vacationing in Switzerland, including the legendary Lord Byron, is forced to abandon their plans for outdoor activities in favor of sitting by the fire. As a result, a teenage Mary Shelley revolutionizes the horror genre, and one of her friends writes the first modern vampire novel. The domino-effect created by the volcano leads us to Terminator, the Twilightseries, AI and atomic bombs.