This week Ari, and Morgan each dive deep in the history of Vampires, and the man, the myth, the legend who started the modern fasciation with the bloodsuckers, Vlad Tepes, better known as Vlad the Impaler.
Citations:
-Dracula Prince of Many Faces: His Life and Times, Radu R. Florescu & Raymond T. McNally
-Vampire History
https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/vampire-history
-Inside The Bloody History Of Vampires, From Ruthless Rulers To Medical Mysteries, Kaleena Fraga
https://allthatsinteresting.com/vampires
-Lichtheim, Miriam (2006) [1976]. Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume Two: The New Kingdom. University of California Press. pp. 197–199.
-Decomposing Bodies in the 1720s Gave Birth to the First Vampire Panic, Karina Wilson
-How vampire lore emerged from shadowy medical mysteries, Bella Isaacs-Thomas
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/how-vampire-lore-emerged-from-shadowy-medical-mysteries
-The past stinks: a brief history of smells and social spaces, William Tullet
https://theconversation.com/the-past-stinks-a-brief-history-of-smells-and-social-spaces-121383
-The Last American Vampire, Christopher Klein
https://www.history.com/news/the-last-american-vampire
Credits:
Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly
Album art: Ben Harrison
Hosts: Morgan Benek and Ari Graves
Producer: Nick Kizina