Vlad the Impaler & the History of Vampires

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 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/decomposing-bodies-1720s-gave-birth-first-vampire-panic-180976097/

-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