Ep. 283: the instruction manual to being a vampire [w/ craig wallwork!]

About this episode

This week we welcome horror author Craig Wallwork to the JoAG fam. Corrigan tells a story of vampire panic, Craig tells us stories of hypochondria and Dracula fandom, and Marko asks some pressing vampire questions. Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan talks about tuberculosis and the New England Vampire Panic of the 18th and 19th centuries [50:20] We talk about Craig's latest book, authorial intent, hypochondria, and Marko's pressing vampire questions - Follow Craig on Instagram | Buy Craig's Books Stuff we referenced: • The New England Vampire Panic (State Library of Massachusetts) • New England’s Vampire History | Legends and Hysteria (Yankee Magazine) • Vampires and Death in New England, 1784 to 1892 (Anthropology & Humanism) • The Strange Case of Mercy Brown & the New England Vampire Panic (Isabella Connor) • Have Mercy (Rhode Island Historical Society) • When New Englanders Blamed Vampires for Tuberculosis Deaths (History) • A Halloween Mystery—Did Dracula Have Tuberculosis? (American Lung Association) • The New England Vampire Panic (newspapers.com) • Tuberculosis: A Fashionable Disease? (Science Museum) • When 'Consumption' Came to the