In 1892, a quiet town in Rhode Island made headlines across the world when villagers exhumed a young woman’s body, convinced she was rising from the grave to prey on the living. Her name was Mercy Lena Brown—and she became the final chapter in America’s vampire panic. In this episode, we unearth the tragic story of the Brown family, explore how fear turned into ritual, and trace the folklore that inspired Dracula himself. It’s a chilling tale of grief, superstition, and the line between myth and medicine.

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