That Time New England Was Swarming With Vampires | Answers With Joe

Vampires have been a part of folklore for hundreds of years, but in parts of New England in the 18th and 19th centuries, they were a very real. Let's talk about the New England Vampire Panic.

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0:00 - Mercy Brown
1:12 - The Gilded Age
2:21 - Vampires In Fiction
3:01 - Historical Figures
4:24 - Diseases Associated With Vampire Stories
7:24 - Tuberculosis
8:35 - 18th and 19th Century Vampire Craze
10:28 - Sponsor - Hello Fresh

[longbow]

As someone who lives in Transylvania, I'm sick and tired of the stereotype that all of us are vampires. In all my 500 years here, I've never met one, and I've asked my friends too, who have all been around longer than I, and they haven't seen one either.

[alexnelson]

Arguably, vampire reflections would show up on modern mirrors since we don't use silver nitrate anymore as the reflecting surface. Silver was considered a pure metal and couldn't interact with the undead (or it would kill them) which is why it was believed vampires wouldn't be reflected.

[chimpinaneckbrace]

“Mercy Brown is thought to he be the very last vampire confirmed in America.”
That’s right. She was last of us. I mean the last of them…...

[witchdoctor]

Joe, you don't INVITE a vampire over... They can't come into your home unless invited and you just short-circuted your first line of protection :D

[DS-mzdy]

Good story. My son has cutaneous porphyria and it's no joke, growing up we couldn't figure out what was going on until he was properly diagnosed at Mayo. Too much sun (baseball) would cause it to feel like he was burning from the inside and he would puff up like the pillsbury dough boy. His hands would burn and we'd have to stick them in bowls of ice. Thankfully, limiting sun exposure has helped him quite a bit and now that he's in college he knows when it's time to get inside.

[Sam_on_YouTube]

There's a summer camp for kids with porferia. Its a nocturnal camp for kids who can't go out during the day. The Yankees invite them to play at the stadium once a summer after their ball game ends around 11PM.

[thecaveman]

Can we start leaving flowers for the dad who actually had to witness and be a part of this horrific shit 😳

[nephicus]

Minor correction; because Mary Brown died in winter, the ground was frozen and so she couldn't be buried. Her body was stored in a mortuary house in the cemetery, which had no heating, and made of stone. Basically, it was a perfect fridge for corpse preservation. When spring came around and she was finally buried, she'd barely been in the ground when she was exhumed. By this point she'd been dead a few months, but the winter time preservation meant when she was exhumed from her grave she looked very 'fresh.'

Also historians have noted that the origin of Vlad Tepes drinking human blood stemmed from propaganda paid for by his enemies. Labeling him as a sadist, cannibal, vampire and more. While not 100% definitive; it's likely Vlad did not drink human blood. Animal blood perhaps, in the form of blood sausage or pudding and similar dishes is likely, though.

I have nothing on Elizabeth Bathery except that she was the basis for the Countess of Blood in one of the Diablo video games. Or, her legend was, anyway.

I deeply appreciate this video, Joe (and fans); it's just missing the finer details. You would be hard pressed to make a detailed video on this subject that is only 10 minutes long, too. I really recommend Ask A Mortician's video on this very topic.

[MariaMartinez-researcher]

Carmilla, by Sheridan Le Fanu, is a vampire novel that predates Bram Stoker's Dracula for 26 years.

[hez]

1:21 When you said it happened in the 1890s my mind was blown. Relatively speaking, this is recent history. This isn't eons ago, in times forgotten. The fact that this happened so recently, when technology was booming (electricity and phones!) is crazy to me!

[rileymobley]

This is something I didn't know I needed, but thoroughly enjoyed

[Qsie]

Recently joined as a patron, see a video on the origins of vampires... Immediately grateful I joined, love getting to hear this stuff early!

[megancole]

I read a book once where they connected vampire stories with Type 1 Diabetes. Untreated T1D would cause the person to be pale and weak and yet ravenous. Diabetic coma may be the reason for vampires ‘coming back to life’. Another symptom could be sensitivity to light or having their gums recede and bleed.

[Dr.ScienceSolvesIt]

Joe, you are great my friend you've been entertaining me for a while now and I thoroughly enjoy and appreciate it! Thanks man, keep up the great work!

[jmorris]

Similar to this story, you should do a deeper dive into that time in the early 1900s where it was common knowledge that an alien civilization lived on Mars based on the canals folks thought weren’t natural. I’d love to know more about that mindset.

[melissanelson]

currently critical care hospital nurse. really appreciate the historical and social context for these diseases. right on. that's a talent to bring all this together and share

[humourlessjester]

I live where there are still some areas where monster myths are still well passed down and talked about and in many cases those who are labeled as these mythical creatures would often be people who suffer from some yet to be identified mental disorder. Honestly sad sometimes when you see someone caged up for being an identified monster by the local towns folk and knowing that they're just individuals with unfortunate conditions.

[jeffbertjeffbertson]

As a Rhode Islander, really cool to see you cover this joe!

[rodneykelly]

I have worked "Graveyard" shift for the last 17 years. I consider myself to be a "Professional Vampire."

[Στο_πιο_δικαιο]

Very smooth plug for your sponsor. Great over view of the topic plenty of detail. No stone unturned in research. Simple light click bait project examining a specific and troubling feature of culture.