New England vampire panic

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/New_England_vampire_panic
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:New_England_vampire_scare
gptkbp:associatedWith vampire folklore
gptkbp:cause tuberculosis outbreaks
gptkbp:culture folk
gptkbp:documentedIn newspapers
town records
gptkbp:endDate late 19th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label New England vampire panic
gptkbp:influencedBy European vampire legends
gptkbp:legacy subject of academic research
influenced American vampire fiction
gptkbp:location gptkb:New_England
gptkbp:notableCase gptkb:Mercy_Brown
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:Connecticut
gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkb:Rhode_Island
gptkb:Vermont
gptkbp:notableVictim gptkb:Edwin_Brown
gptkb:Mercy_Brown
gptkbp:perceivedAs fear of supernatural causes of disease
gptkbp:relatedTo medical misunderstanding
vampire myths
gptkbp:resultedIn exhumation of bodies
rituals to prevent vampirism
gptkbp:rituals burning of organs
consumption of ashes
removal of hearts
gptkbp:startDate late 18th century
gptkbp:studiedBy folk
historians
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Chestnut_Hill_Cemetery
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6