Residents of Whitby are spitting blood after owners of a Scottish castle staked a claim to be an inspiration for the Dracula story.

Slains Castle in Aberdeenshire (a ruined fortress which developers want to turn into £6m holiday apartments) is also claiming a Dracula connection.

It is claimed by some North of the border that Bram Stoker wrote part of his horror classic while staying at Crookit Lum Cottage, near Cruden Bay and may have used Slains Castle as a model for Dracula’s Castle in Transylvania.

Read the whole gory story from the Yorkshire Post: Scots Stake Claim to Dracula