I’ve been a little under the weather lately, so, while I finish up work on the next podcast episode, here is an article that I wrote for Vamped about my meetings with vampire scholars J. Gordon Melton and Michael Bell.
http://vamped.org/2015/04/23/how-i-spent-spring-break-vampire-historian-meets-vampire-scholars/
A big thank you to everyone that supported the Kickstarter – especially Adrianne Grady; James Davis; Christine Fletcher; Melissa Lauro; and Patrick St. Jean!!!
The third episode of the Vampire Historian podcast is now available.
Listen above, or click here – The Shoemaker Meets…Death
In Episode 3, I discuss one of the earliest documented cases in Europe: the Shoemaker of Silesia. Also known as the Vampire of Breslau.
Here are the books mentioned in the episode:
Henry More – An Antidote Against Atheism – Chapter VIII (available online)
Montague Summers – The Vampire in Europe
Dudley Wright – The Book of Vampires
Paul Barber – Vampires, Burial, and Death: Folklore and Reality
Grasse – Legend Book of the Prussian State (in German)
Other sources consulted:
Don Augustin Calmet – The Phantom World
Dr. Bob Curran – The Encyclopedia of the Undead
Rosemary Ellen Guiley – The Encyclopedia of Vampires, Werewolves, and Other Monsters
I have extended the Kickstarter project until April 6th. Please go here to find out more information and make a pledge!
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