Was Dr. Frankenstein Real?

The Frankenstein monster is an icon of horror. Even the youngest trick-or-treaters recognize Frankenstein''s green-skinned costume. However, many people are surprised to know this monster''s name is not actually Frankenstein. That''s the name of its creator, Dr. Victor Frankenstein, from the nineteenth-century novel written by Mary Shelley. This fictitious doctor, one of the first "mad scientists,...