The True Story of America’s Last Vampire Panic | The Real Legend of Mercy Brown | The Other Side of History
Alright, nerds — turns out, vampires were real.
Or at least, 19th-century New England really thought they were.
This is the true story of Mercy Brown, the so-called “Rhode Island Vampire,” whose exhumation sparked America’s last vampire panic. Long before Dracula, rural families across New England dug up their dead, burned hearts, and drank the ashes — believing tuberculosis was the work of the undead.
In this episode of The Other Side of History, we dive deep into the real-life horror of the 1800s — where superstition replaced science, and fear led ordinary Americans to commit shocking…
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