Exhumed unearthing the history of the American vampire
"From critically acclaimed podcaster and bestselling author Aaron Mahnke comes this engrossing and macabre exploration of the folklore and early medical practices that led to the New England Vampire Panic in the 1890s. What would drive a man to exhume the body of his daughter and remove her heart? T...
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Philadelphia :
Running Press,
2026.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Prologue
- Part One: Playing God. Blood & glory
- Electric dreams
- Homemade
- Mary, Mary
- Part Two: Corpse medicine. A recipe for health
- Overly sympathetic
- Leftover
- That's a wrap
- Part Three: Vitalism. Weight loss
- This plea of the grave
- Do know harm
- Thicker than water
- Part Four: Managing death. Wait and see
- A ring of truth
- A grave threat
- Bloated
- Part Five: Mercy Brown. Stoney ground
- Pieces & players
- Down to brass tacks
- Lesson learned
- Acknowledgments
- Further reading
- Sources
- Endnotes.
