The Last Vampire of New England | Ep 3
In 1892, the people of Exeter, Rhode Island, decided that 19-year-old Mercy Brown was a vampire.
Mercy’s body was exhumed, her heart was burned, and the ashes were used in a desperate attempt to save her dying brother. But New England’s last vampire panic was not really about the supernatural. It was about tuberculosis, grief, misinformation, and what frightened people do when science cannot provide an answer.
Rebecca digs into the true story of Mercy Brown—and why communities searching for someone to blame rarely leave the dead alone.
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