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Feb 24, 2021 15 min

2. VAMPIRE PANIC: Mercy Brown

from Weird Island Hosted by Sara Elizabeth Corben

Episode Source Material: Have Mercy The Great New England Vampire Panic | History Food for the Dead: On the Trail of New England’s Vampires by Michael Bell Vampires, Bural, and Death: Folklore and Reality by Paul Barber Food For the Dead Website New England's Vampire History | Legends and Hysteria UNCOVERING A THERAPY FROM THE GRAVE

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Could it be there were once Vampires in Rhode Island? 200 years after the Salem Witch trials, there was another case of public hysteria. Only this time, people hunted vampires, not witches. Hear the story of Mercy Brown, the last of the New England vampires, and the Vampire Panic that swept Rhode Island. To Visit her Grave: Chestnut Hill Cemetery; 467 Ten Rod Road, Exeter, Rhode Island, 02822 For source material, check out our Episode Web Page.

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