Vampire Legends: Venice, Highgate Cemetery and Mercy Brown

The European stories include the so-called vampire burial discovered in Venice, the Highgate Cemetery vampire legend, the victims of German serial killer Fritz Haarmann, the Matthew Hassal grave in Malew Churchyard on the Isle of Man, and a twenty-first-century vampire scare in Serbia. The discussion distinguishes archaeology, crime and later folklore.

In the United States, the episode visits a vampire grave story associated with Lafayette Cemetery, the grave of Mercy Brown in Rhode Island, the New England panic remembered through the Jewett City vampires, and Virginia vampire lore. These accounts reveal how communities shaped frightening events into stories that could endure long after their original context changed.