The Year Without a Summer: Mount Tambora, Frankenstein, and the Summer That Never Came

The Year Without a Summer: Mount Tambora, Frankenstein, and the Summer That Never Came

Author: True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories August 30, 2026 Duration: 34:12

In 1816, snow fell in June, crops failed across Europe and North America, and thousands feared the end of the world. Known as the Year Without a Summer, this extraordinary period was caused by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Tambora a year earlier, although nobody at the time knew the true reason. As famine spread and old superstitions resurfaced, a group of writers trapped by the relentless storms at Lake Geneva created Frankenstein and The Vampyre, changing horror literature forever.


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Research:

https://www.britannica.com/event/Year-Without-a-Summer

https://www.britannica.com/place/Mount-Tambora

https://www.usgs.gov/programs/VHP/1815-eruption-mount-tambora

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/1510/tambora

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/year-without-summer-1816

https://blog.nms.ac.uk/2020/04/10/the-eruption-of-mount-tambora/

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210817-the-year-summer-never-came

https://www.history.com/articles/the-year-without-a-summer

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/1816-year-without-summer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1815_eruption_of_Mount_Tambora

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Diodati

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vampyre


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