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This week's super-late Halloween Spooktacular is bloody fantastic. We chat vampires, but maybe not the type you're thinking of. We have news for you too, of course.

Send interesting stuff, corrections, suggestions, ect to researchpodject@gmail.com Follow the instagram @researchpodject

News links:

• https://apnews.com/article/horse-loose-cargo-plane-returns-jfk-airport-6066bedc8438d69fd783fc4516bcf4e0
• https://www.npr.org/2023/08/21/1195016459/monster-hunters-largest-search-for-the-loch-ness-monster-in-50-years

References:

• New England Vampire Panic Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_vampire_panic
• History article: When New Englanders Blamed Vampires for Tuberculosis Deathsby Crystal Ponti https://www.history.com/news/vampires-tuberculosis-consumption-new-england
• How the Spread of Disease Juiced the Lore of Vampires Into Pandemic Proportions by Jane Kelly https://news.virginia.edu/content/how-spread-disease-juiced-lore-vampires-pandemic-proportions