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The Mercy Brown Vampire Panic

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About this episode

Mercy Brown, Exeter, Rhode Island, 1892. Protagonist: George Brown, a farmer.

Research sources for this film

  1. Mercy Brown vampire incident
  2. The Rhode Island Historical Society
  3. The Last American Vampire | HISTORY
  4. Vampires and Death in New England, 1784 to 1892
  5. The story of Mercy Brown: New England’s last vampire | The Vintage News
  6. When Rhode Island Was "The Vampire Capital of America"
  7. Tales of New England

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