Ep 113 – The Vampire Episode – Haunted Hospitality Podcast

Vampires — they can’t live with us, and they can’t live without us. Because they’re undead! Throughout history, different cultures have developed their own conceptions of vampires: how they originate and their potential to inflict pain upon the living. Whether sparkly, lurking down darkened alleyways, or menacingly chewing underground, vampires tend to take up a lot of our imagination.

In this episode, we take a broad look at vampire lore as a whole. Then, we dive into two stories of southern vampires: the Casket Girls and the Richmond Vampire. Expect many, many Twilight references.

But first, Zoey is here with her Something Southern/Spooky: a book review on The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher.

Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Ursula

“History of the Casket Girls of New Orleans” by Edward Branley, GoNola.com, Oct. 16, 2018.

“The Casket Girls,” Women & the American Story, nyhistory.org.

Historical Sketch Book and Guide to New Orleans and Environs: With Map by Will H. Coleman, Astor House, 1885.

https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/ghost-stories/truth-casket-girls/

“What Are Casket Girls: Founding Matriarchs or Vampire Smugglers?” by Liz Genest Smith, GoNola.com, Aug. 27, 2018.

https://www.neworleans.com/listing/old-ursuline-convent-museum/30728/

“My Granny was a Vampire-Smuggling Casket Girl: a (possibly) true story” by Michael Democker, VeryLocal.com, Oct. 26, 2021.

Haunted New Orleans: Southern Spirits, Garden District Ghosts, and Vampire Venues retold by Bonnye Stuart, Morris Book Publishing, 2012.

“Richmond Vampire: Cemetery houses urban legend born from historic tragedy” by Iman Mekonen, The Commonwealth Times, Oct. 28, 2020.