Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
King originally intended to have Dracula come to New York, but his wife told him: "He'd probably be run over by a Yellow Cab on Park Avenue." So King opted for a small-town setting instead. (Source.)
King has said that 'Salem's Lot is his favorite novel "because of what it says about small towns. They are kind of a dying organism... I have a special cold spot in my heart for it!" (Source.)
Rob Lowe injured his elbow from staking so many vampires as Ben Mears in the 2004 TV adaptation of 'Salem's Lot. (Source.)
Jerusalem's Lot has a very brief cameo in King's novel Pet Sematary, when the protagonist passes it on the highway and gets a shiver. (Source.)