Weird Distractions Presents: Ye Olde Crime - The New England Vampire Panic

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Host Alex is taking a small break, so please enjoy this episode from fellow a Cultiv8 Network show, Ye Olde Crime!

In this episode, Ye Olde Crime hosts Lindsay and Madison discuss the New England Vampire Panic, as well as why you shouldn’t bury baby shoes, that organs are pretty flammable, and that you should never drink or breathe in ashes of your dead loved ones, like, ever.

Information pulled from the following sources:

• 2022 New England Today article by Joe Bills
• 2022 Heritage Daily blog post
• 2021 Newspapers.com blog post by Jenny Ashcraft
• 2019 History article by Crystal Ponti
• 2012 Smithsonian Magazine article by Abigail Tucker
• 1896 American Anthropological Association article by George. R. Stetson
• The Avocado
• New England Historical Society
• Wikipedia

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