Ep. 53: Vampires!

Have you ever looked at a rotting corpse and thought, they sure look plumper than when they were alive... must be rising from the grave and feeding on the blood of innocent victims? Well you're not alone. Turns out, almost every culture in the world has lore about creatures returning from the dead (or having their dead bodies reanimated by demons) and wreaking havoc on their communities! This week, Hannah tells Katy about some of the reasons people came up with Vampire lore in the first place, and dives into a couple different variants on the blood sucking beast around the world! Lock your doors and windows, hang the garlic, have a wooden stake (or blowtorch) handy just in case, and settle in for this Spooky Tale! Links to our Patreon, merch store, and more: https://linktr.ee/TheTalesWeTellSources: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/178623.stmhttps://aquila.usm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=2362&context=dissertationshttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajpa.1330940210https://archive.org/details/fromdemonstodrac00bere/page/n245/mode/2upDurham, M. Edith. “121. Of Magic, Witches and Vampires in the Balkans.” Man, vol. 23, 1923, pp. 189–192. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2788569. Accessed 18 Mar. 2021.Lee, D. Demetracopoulou. “Greek Accounts of the Vrykolakas.” The Journal of American Folklore, vol. 55, no. 217, 1942, pp. 126–132. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/535250. Accessed 18 Mar. 2021.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampirehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shtrigahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrykolakashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strigoihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PorphyriaSupport the showFollow us @thetaleswetellpodcast on Facebook and Instagram, or thetaleswetellpodcast.comSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/thetaleswetellpodcast?Click here for merch!