This week's super-late Halloween Spooktacular is bloody fantastic. We chat vampires, but maybe not the type you're thinking of. We have news for you too, of course.

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News links:

• https://apnews.com/article/horse-loose-cargo-plane-returns-jfk-airport-6066bedc8438d69fd783fc4516bcf4e0
• https://www.npr.org/2023/08/21/1195016459/monster-hunters-largest-search-for-the-loch-ness-monster-in-50-years

References:

• New England Vampire Panic Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_vampire_panic
• History article: When New Englanders Blamed Vampires for Tuberculosis Deathsby Crystal Ponti https://www.history.com/news/vampires-tuberculosis-consumption-new-england
• How the Spread of Disease Juiced the Lore of Vampires Into Pandemic Proportions by Jane Kelly https://news.virginia.edu/content/how-spread-disease-juiced-lore-vampires-pandemic-proportions