About this episode

This episode explores various vampire stories from around the world, excluding the classic European vampire.

Okay, sorry it took us this long to do a vampire episode. As an apology, here’s ALL of the vampire stories you could possibly want from across the world - except for that classic European vampire. Because there’s way cooler ones across the globe! Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of death, blood, pregnancy, stillbirth, child birth, miscarriage, colonization, sexual assault, and xenophobia.  Housekeeping - Books: Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at spiritspodcast.com/books - Call to Action: Send in those urban legend emails! - Submit Your Urban Legends Audio: Call us! 617-420-2344 Find Us Online - Website & Transcripts: spiritspodcast.com - Patreon: patreon.com/spiritspodcast - Merch: spiritspodcast.com/merch - Instagram: instagram.com/spiritspodcast - Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/spiritspodcast.com - Twitter: twitter.com/spiritspodcast - Tumblr: spiritspodcast.tumblr.com Cast & Crew - Co-Hosts: Julia Schifini and Amanda McLoughlin - Editor: Bren Frederick - Music: Brandon Grugle , based on "Danger Storm" by Kevin MacLeod - Artwork: Allyson Wakeman - Multitude: multitude.productions About Us Spirits…

People in this episode

Hosts: Julia Schifini, Amanda McLoughlin

Topics covered

• vampires
• mythology
• folklore
• cultural stories
• death
• global legends

Keywords

• vampires
• mythology
• folklore
• cultural stories
• death
• blood
• legends

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Organizations: Multitude, Spirits

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