Vampire Panic facts
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The idea of wooden stakes to kill vampires actually came from the use of wooden stakes to pin the dead down so they couldn’t escape the coffin. A measure taken during the New England vampire panic among other places. Though staked in the chest it had nothing to do with piercing the heart.
In the early 1900's, New Englanders experienced a "Vampire Panic" caused by the spread of Tuberculosis. They dug up their ancestors who had died of the disease and burned their organs and cut off their heads.
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Mercy Brown, an alleged Rhode Island vampire during the New England vampire panic around 1892. Apparently, the story inspired some of Bram Stoker's Dracula.
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The music video for "A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More Touch Me" features cameos from Panic! At The Disco, Gym Class Heroes, and The Academy Is... who all play different vampire gangs
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There was a "vampire panic" in 19th century New England. Numerous bodies of people who died of tuberculosis were exhumed and their organs removed to prevent them from "feeding" on others.
