In The End

It's October, so clearly we needed to have a spooky episode of our death podcast for you. So, in the spirit of the season, we bring you the history of vampires - a delicious mix of folklore, superstition, pop culture, and a very poor understanding of anatomy and medicine. Happy Halloween, folks!   References mentioned in the episode: Barber, P. 1988. Vampires, Burial, and Death. Folklore and Reality. New Haven: Yale University Press. Beresford, M. 2008. From Demons to Dracula. The Creation of the Modern Vampire Myth. London: Reaktion Books.  Gregoricka, Lesley, Tracy K. Betsinger, Amy B. Scott, and Marek Polcyn. 2014. Apotropaic Practices and the Undead: A Biogeochemical Assessment of Deviant Burials in Post-Medieval Poland. PloS ONE 9(11): e113564. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/07/31/vampires-remains-were-found-about-years-ago-now-dna-is-giving-him-new-life/?noredirect=on