The Mercy Brown incident was the last known case of The New England Vampire panic. This particular brand of folklore was a variant on a practice born in places like Romania, Hungary and Germany.
An American spaghetti western puts Iranian vampire on the big screen
‘The vampire myth, the werewolf myth, and the zombie myth,’ Bill Wasik tells Kurt Andersen, ‘are all saliva-born infections that manifest as a contagious animal essence. Rabies is the only thing in nature that really acts that way.’
Viral marketing campaigns have changed the way the entertainment industry lures audiences. The Takeaway is joined by Steve Wax, a managing partner at Campfire ad agency, and Brian Morrissey, Digital Editor for Ad Week magazine.
