Ep 224 - Mercy Brown & The Vampire Panic of New England
Were vampires really sucking the lives of good honest folk in New England in the late 1800s? Such Succulent Blood...
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Show Notes
Ep 224 is loose! And there's a panic in New England as vampires appear to be roaming the land, searching for victims in this special spooky season episode...
Who was Mercy Brown? Why would vampires be targeting small farming communities? And how do you spot a virgin horse?
The secret ingredient is... vampires!
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Sources this week include:
https://www.history.com/news/vampires-tuberculosis-consumption-new-england
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-new-england-vampire-panic-36482878/
https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/new-england-vampire-panic.htm
https://newengland.com/yankee/history/new-england-vampire-history/
https://www.woodstockhistorycenter.org/articles/2022/10/4/woodstocks-vampire
https://uncertaintist.wordpress.com/2013/10/24/hunting-for-thoreaus-vampire-in-vermont/
In Search Of Dracula: The History of Dracula and Vampires by Raymond McNally
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