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Vampires Before Dracula

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  • What is generally agreed to be the oldest known story of a vampire?
  • What happened to Sekhmet when her beer (which she thought was blood) was dyed red?
  • Who is Lilith, and what does she have to do with feisty ladies?
  • When does the manananggal drink the blood of pregnant women?
  • How did George keep his pants from falling when he was interpreting for a Shakespearean play?  And was the audience REALLY laughing at the comedy or at his pants falling? Or both? Or was it just his imagination? 


  • 00:00 Introduction
  • 00:51 S/M aspects of previous story
  • 02:00 Explanation of Stoker/vampire background
  • 03:33 Oldest known story of vampire
  • 04:27 Lilith the feisty lady
  • 05:51 The blood sucker who could separate its body
  • 07:50 Chinese story (“The Blood Sucking Corpse”)
  • 16:06 Translation notes
  • 19:20 Creeping pants
  • 23:42 Sources
  • 24:27 Future episodes
  • 25:02 Outro

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