2. VAMPIRE PANIC: Mercy Brown

from Weird Island · host Sara Elizabeth Corben

Episode Source Material: Have Mercy The Great New England Vampire Panic | HistoryFood for the Dead: On the Trail of New England’s Vampires by Michael BellVampires, Bural, and Death: Folklore and Reality by Paul BarberFood For the Dead WebsiteNew 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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