Ep. 6 - The Wild World of Victorian Vampires

My Victorian Nightmare

Genevieve Manion

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4.6 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the wild world of Victorian vampires. She'll discuss vampire panic and vampire autopsies of the 1800s, real vampires - or at least, folks who were believed to be real vampires, and the inspirations for everyone's favorite vampire, Dracula. References for today's episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_vampire_panichttps://www.cdc.gov/tb/worldtbday/history.htm https://www.queensu.ca/gazette/stories/vampire-myths-originated-real-blood-disorder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Westenra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Paolehttps://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/dracula-bram-stoker-inspiration https://lithub.com/on-the-victorian-science-and-prejudices-behind-bram-stokers-dracula/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to my Victorian nightmare. I'm your host, Genevieve Mannion, and I'm here to talk about mysterious deaths, morbid fascinations, disturbing stories, and otherwise spooky events from the Victorian era. Because to me, there's just something especially intriguing, creepy, and oddly comforting
0:25.4	about horror and mayhem from the 19th century.
0:29.3	So, listener discretion is advised.
0:41.7	Hello, friends, and thank you for joining me.
0:46.8	I want to give a particular thank you to those of you who have been subscribing and commenting on YouTube.
0:47.9	I popped a couple of episodes up there the other day, and the comments I've been getting
0:51.8	have been so sweet and encouraging.
0:56.8	I'm really humbled by all of the kind reviews and the notes and to know that I'm not the only one fascinated with hair jewelry.
1:02.4	So if you would like to write me a note about a particular episode, add some interesting information,
1:08.5	tell me you're enjoying the podcast. Yell at me.
1:11.4	Feel free to do it over there on YouTube.
1:13.8	Or you could always email me at my Victoria Nightmare at gmail.com.
1:19.1	And oh, thank you for rating the podcast on Spotify.
1:22.8	I was hoping to get like 10 ratings by this episode.
1:26.3	But you brought me to 14. And I cherish every single
1:29.8	one. And they're all five stars. You guys are so nice. Thank you so much. Please continue to rate
1:35.8	the podcast because that really does help me out. And above all, it encourages me to continue.
1:40.6	If folks aren't that interested, I'll just spend my time elsewhere, like getting into macromay or something.
1:45.4	So can you bring me to 20 ratings on Spotify by the next episode?
1:50.5	I don't want to get greedy, but that would really warm my cold, little black heart.
1:55.5	So thank you all again for your support so far.
2:01.3	In today's episode, we'll discuss the wild world of Victorian vampires.
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