. ▁After ▁the ▁actor ▁playing ▁D rac ula ▁qu its , ▁he ▁approaches ▁Bas arab ▁about ▁playing ▁the ▁role ; ▁Bas arab ▁grows ▁angry ▁with ▁the ▁port ray al ▁of ▁D rac ula ▁as ▁a ▁mon ster , ▁and ▁dec ides ▁to ▁accept ▁the ▁role ▁if ▁only ▁to ▁right ▁what ▁he ▁sees ▁as ▁s land er ▁to ▁a ▁national ▁hero . ▁So on ▁after , ▁Qu ince y ▁lear ns ▁in ▁the ▁newspaper ▁that ▁his ▁father ▁was ▁murder ed ▁in ▁Pic c ad illy ▁after ▁being ▁imp aled ▁on ▁a ▁large ▁wooden ▁st ake . ▁ ▁While ▁Qu ince y ▁travel s ▁home , ▁M ina ▁is ▁brought ▁into ▁the ▁coron er ' s ▁office ▁to ▁identify ▁Jonathan ' s ▁body . ▁The ▁detect ive , ▁Cot ford , ▁ins inu ates ▁that ▁Van ▁Hels ing ▁had ▁orch estr ated ▁both ▁Jonathan ▁and ▁S ew ard ' s ▁death . ▁Years ▁ago , ▁Cot ford ▁worked ▁the ▁Jack ▁the ▁Ri pper ▁case ▁and ▁had ▁nearly ▁caught ▁him ; ▁his ▁top ▁suspect ▁was ▁Abraham ▁Van ▁Hels ing ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁gross ▁m util ations ▁he ▁performed ▁on ▁corps es ▁that ▁caused ▁him ▁to ▁lose ▁his ▁medical ▁license . ▁M ina ▁returns ▁home ▁to ▁prepare ▁for ▁Jonathan ' s ▁fun eral ▁and ▁finds ▁Qu ince y ▁there ▁and ▁en rag ed ; ▁he ▁had ▁sm ashed ▁open ▁his ▁father ' s ▁off - limits ▁safe ▁and ▁found ▁inside ▁the ▁journ als ▁that ▁he ▁and ▁his ▁friends ▁kept ▁while ▁on ▁their ▁quest ▁to ▁h unt ▁down