Dark History: Where The Darkness See’s The Light17 Mai 2023

S2 E8: The Superstition Of The Vampire

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Vampires, monsters that haunts our nightmares. The undead walking among the living feasting on the blood of humans. They possess the Power to live forever and enchant humans were the gaze. Maybe vampires are characters from the pages of bram stoker or Stephenie Meyer. Maybe they are just folklore a manifestation of superstitions an uneducated population. Or maybe just maybe back in time they were truly real to these people, an actual legitimate fear that stalked the dimly lite streets of towns and villages, ready to pounce on and drain the life forces of anyone with the misfortune to cross paths with one. Hi everyone and welcome back to the dark history podcast where we explore the darkest parts of human history. hope everyone is well I’m Rob your host as always. In Todays episode we’re going to delve into the folklore behind vampire and why these fictitious creatures still hold our fascination. weather it be in books or films the vampire still prickles our antiquated fear of the unknown. These monsters have hidden in the shadows of the human psyche for centuries, with these shadows and ghosts they have made people do some terrible things. So without further ado please sit back and relax next to the fire for more dark history. *** Patreon link patreon.com/Darkhistory2021 *** I’ve recently set up a Patreon this is a place we’re you can support the show. We have two tiers £2 gets you all the back catalogue ad free plus access to the scrip and show notes and £5 gets all of this and a Patreon only episode which will be me finding a horror or dark tale from your home town or which ever town you want. I hope you will be able to support the show but if not that is completely fine. Links Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/darkhistorypod?mibextid=LQQJ4d Discord https://discord.gg/3mHPd3xg Email: darkhistory2021@outlook.com Tiktok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLSvwJJV/ YouTube :https://youtube.com/c/DarkHistory2021 Twitter: @darkhistory2021 Instagram: @dark_history21

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