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Dracula - Chapter 22 (Bite 3)

August 8, 2026

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The vampire hunters seal Dracula’s London safe houses with consecrated wafers, turning his own weapon—holy earth—against him, but one coffin remains missing as the Count closes in.

The chapter opens with a rare moment of shared resolve. After Professor Van Helsing speaks of hope, the entire group—Jonathan Harker, Mina, Van Helsing, Dr. Seward, Lord Godalming, and Quincey Morris—kneels together, holding hands, and swears to be true to each other. They pledge to “raise the veil of sorrow” from Mina’s head, and they pray for help in the terrible task ahead. Jonathan records a grim private vow: if Mina must become a vampire in the end, he will not let her go into that unknown and terrible land alone.

Sterilizing the earth at Carfax

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1 Dracula - Chapter 22 (Bite 3) — Timestamped Outline
2 (02:41) **Episode Opens with Reading** - Host Brie Carlisle begins reading Chapter 22 of Dracula, continuing from the previous bite
3 (03:58) **The Group Enters Carfax** - They find the house unchanged, with the great boxes still in the old chapel
4 (04:36) **Van Helsing Explains the Plan to Sterilize the Earth** - The professor reveals they will defeat the Count using holy earth against him
5 (05:30) **All Boxes Treated with the Host** - One by one, the group treats each great box with a portion of the wafer
6 (06:23) **Departure and Train Journey** - The group leaves Carfax and catches a train, with heavy hearts
7 (06:57) **Godalming Argues the Narrator Should Stay Back** - He reasons a solicitor breaking into a house would attract legal trouble

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Join Host Bree Carlile as she reads Dracula by Bram Stoker.

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