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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 https://locationsoflore.com/2019/07/29/chicagos-lost-cemetery-and-the-vampire-hunt/
Vampires of Lore: Traits and Modern Misconceptions By A. P. Sylvia
“The Vampire Hunt in Lincoln Park, 1888” by Mysterious Chicago https://mysteriouschicago.com/the-vampire-hunt-in-lincoln-park-1888/
“Vampirism in Chicago” by Mysterious Chicago https://mysteriouschicago.com/vampirism-in-chicago/
“The Great New England Vampire Panic” by Abigail Tucker for Smithsonian Magazine https://web.archive.org/web/20121027093703/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/The-Great-New-England-Vampire-Panic-169791986.html/?c=y&page=3
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 https://vamped.org/2014/10/31/6-reasons-why-you-shouldnt-buy-an-antique-vampire-killing-kit/
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