The girlies venture into Vampire Lore™  in Part I of a series of Eerie Episodes. They explore the shocking disease that turned people into vampires, the impact of vampiric literature, how Stephanie Meyer bastardized Gothic traditions via Mormonism, and more! Digressions include a plug for our upcoming virtual live show, an earnest diary entry from a day-one Twihard, and advice for a binchie who can’t stop dating people who want them to suck their blood.  Get tickets to our virtual Halloween live show here! SOURCES: Vampires: Real Origins, Legends, and Stories The Bloody Truth About Vampires Born to the Purple: the Story of Porphyria Attention, Predation, Counterintuition: Why Dracula Won’t Die by Mathias Clasen The Weird and the Eerie by Mark Fisher (Un)safe Sex: Romancing the Vampire by Karen Backstein Twilight’s Heteronormative Reversal of the Monstrous: Utopia and the Gothic Design by Kelly Budruweit My Vampire Boyfriend: Postfeminism and “Perfect” Masculinity Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.