Season 10 · Episode 94
Battling Vampires (and Tuberculosis) in the 19th Century
February 3, 202537m 15s
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Show Notes
Did a deadly disease spark the legend of vampires? Or were bloodthirsty creatures really lurking in the shadows? We learn how the rampant spread of the "wasting disease" (tuberculosis) contributed to mass panic and vampire hysteria in the nineteenth century.
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