Rethinking Our History
In this new weekly show from the host of The Paranormal Lovers we take a look at some of histories less well known events. Why are they less well known? Because " History is written by the victors."
So we are here to look at the other side of the story, and to give people a starting point to learn about the true history of this country.
Rethinking Our History
Episode 57: The New England Vampire Panic:
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In this day and age we have the benefit of science but in the 18th and 19th century there wasn't much of that. You know, you have ghost in your blood, do cocaine about it.
So when one member of the family died, then others around them also begin to get sick, suspicion often fell on the recently deceased.
For around 100 years New England was in the grip of a panic; panic that dead people were coming back to consume the life force of their relatives. Long before the word vampire became pop culture, these people feared these relatives had turned into these creatures and were tormenting their living relatives.
So what do you do when the dead are coming back to hurt the living? Dig them up and desecrate their body of course.
ROH EP 57 Source Notes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_vampire_panic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_Brown_vampire_incident
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewett_City_vampires
https://www.damnedct.com/the-jewett-city-vampires-griswold/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-new-england-vampire-panic-36482878/