“THE GREAT VAMPIRE PANIC” And More True Paranormal Horrors! #WeirdDarkness

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Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https weirddarkness com overcoming Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar No A I voices are ever used in the show IN THIS EPISODE If you are convinced that someone you know is possessed never try to exorcise the demon on your own always call an expert One woman didn t do that My Couch Is Possessed By The Devil When the unsinkable ship the Titanic hit an iceberg and sent 1 500 people to an icy grave why did many people blame it on the curse of a mummy a mummy that wasn t even onboard the ship but was sitting in a British museum Did a Mummy s Curse Sink the Titanic An investigation of San Francisco s famed White Lady of Stow Lake revealed some interesting findings about the City By The Bay s most infamous phantom resident The Real Story Behind San Francisco s Most Famous Ghost Two hundred years after the Salem witch trials farmers became convinced that their relatives were returning from the grave to feed on the living We ll look at the great New England panic around blood-sucking creatures of the night The Great Vampire Panic CHAPTERS amp TIME STAMPS All Times Approximate 00 00 00 000 Cold Open and Show Intro00 05 49 973 The Great Vampire Panic00 40 52 812 My Couch Is Possessed By The Devil00 44 35 046 Did a Mummy s Curse Sink The Titanic 00 56 35 310 The Real Story Behind San Francisco s Most Famous Ghost01 02 18 359 Show Outro01 04 05 106 BloopersSOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE BOOK Food for the Dead On the Trail of New England s Vampires by Michael Bell https amzn to 2zORTSyBOOK Vampires Burials and Death by Paul Barber https amzn to 36ctToABOOK The New England Vampire Belief Image of the Decline by Faye Ringel https tinyurl com yap5h2kh More from Faye Ringel https amzn to 40qgCov My Couch Is Possessed by The Devil by Paul Seaburn for Mysterious Universe https tinyurl com ycbl95w6Did a Mummy s Curse Sink The Titanic by Jacob Shelton for Ranker https tinyurl com ybzdckrrThe Real Story Behind San Francisco s Most Famous Ghost by Katie Dowd for SF Gate https tinyurl com ydyxvnq2The Great Vampire Panic by Abigail Tucker for Smithsonian Magazine https tinyurl com ycy29ucuWeird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library Over time links seen above may become invalid disappear or have different content I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story or if a credit is incorrect please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases I have come into the world as a light so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness John 12 46 WeirdDarkness is a registered trademark Copyright 2024 Weird Darkness Originally aired May 19 2020CUSTOM LANDING PAGE https weirddarkness com VampirePanicClick here to visit this podcast episode