The Gruesome History of Real Life Vampire Hunting

Click here to take the quiz and use my code KAZ50 for 50% off your first order from Care/of! Make sure to check with your doctor before trying any new vitamins or supplements :] _______ We all know Buffy and Van Helsing, but the true history of real life vampire hunting may be stranger than fiction. From folk medicine exhumations to city-wide vampire hunts to $15,000 “Vampire Defense Kits“, come learn with me about the fears that created real vampires! Find me on Twitter: I’m on TikTok @ kazrowe Find me on IG: Buy my comics: Send me a ko-fi: Read my webcomic: Catch it on Tapas: Line Webtoons: Filmed using: Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4k– Blackmagic Video Assist 5” HDR – Olympus M. Zuiko ED 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro– Samsung Portable SSD T5 - 2Tb– Edited using DaVinci Resolve Studio 17 and the Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sources: Food for the dead : on the trail of New England’s vampires By Michael E. Bell A History of Vampires in New England By Thomas D’Agostino From Demons to Dracula: The Creation of the Modern Vampire Myth By Matthew Beresford Written in Blood: A Cultural History of the British Vampire By Paul Adams Adaptable Monsters: The Past, Present, and Future of the Vampire Narrative as a Metaphor for Marginalized Groups by Alexa Wei Vampire of Lakeview, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois 04 Nov 1888, Sun • Page 25 “Chicago’s Lost Cemetery and the Vampire Hunt” by A.P. Sylvia Vampires of Lore: Traits and Modern Misconceptions By A. P. Sylvia “The Vampire Hunt in Lincoln Park, 1888” by Mysterious Chicago “Vampirism in Chicago” by Mysterious Chicago “The Great New England Vampire Panic” by Abigail Tucker for Smithsonian Magazine :// LISTENING TO OUR VAMPIRES: DRACULA FROM THE GRAVE TO THE PAGE TO STAGE AND CINEMA by John Edgar Browning Vampires, Anxieties, and Dreams: Race and Sex in the Contemporary United States by Shannon Winnubst The Occidental Tourist: “Dracula” and the Anxiety of Reverse Colonization by Stephen D. Arata The Philosophy of Horror: Or, Paradoxes of the Heart By Noel Carroll Fear: The History of a Political Idea by Corey Robin Legends of Blood: The Vampire in History and Myth by Wayne Bartlett and Flavia Idriceanu “6 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Buy an ‘Antique’ Vampire Killing Kit” by Anthony Hogg 00:00 Introduction 02:12 Sponsor 03:21 The Vampire as Political Tool 16:20 Vampire Scares in the US 32:35 Modern Day Vampire Scares