Ep. 78 - The Legend of Mercy Brown
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind
Diane Student
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 October 2015
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Most people assume the lore of vampires that originated in Europe, stayed in that area, but there was a time when America was embroiled in the middle of a vampire craze in New England. It was the 1800s and the dreaded consumption was wreaking havoc. Many families lost several of their members. One of those families was the Brown family. It was the death of one of their daughters that started the Legend of Mercy Brown. Were there really vampires in America and was Mercy one of them? Join us as we investigate the history of this craze and a young woman named Mercy Brown. The Moment in Oddity features the Legend of Catherine's Hill and This Day in History features the Charge of the Light Brigade.
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| 0:21.8 | You must be signed into the same Google account on both your phone and Chromebook. History tells the story of the world and of our lives. |
| 0:45.0 | Sometimes that history goes bump. Natural in Central Florida. It's the History Goes Bump podcast. |
| 1:07.0 | Hello you spookacular people. |
| 1:12.0 | Welcome to this 78th episode of the History Ghost Bump |
| 1:16.3 | podcast ghost tours for the theater of the mind I am your host Diane and this is |
| 1:21.2 | Denise and today we are going to be talking about the legend of |
| 1:25.4 | Mercy Brown. This legend is going to take us once again into the world of |
| 1:30.9 | vampires. Denise it seems almost like we have a vampire theme this month. |
| 1:34.7 | Do you think that has anything to do with October 31st? |
| 1:37.8 | Maybe. I mean, we had Braun Castle, Chiquita Castle, and now the legend of Mercy Brown. |
| 1:43.2 | Do want to apologize ahead of time. |
| 1:45.8 | I now have the cold as well, so both Denise and I have the wonderful, lovely, not great radio |
| 1:51.9 | voices, so hopefully you can bear with us I'm hoping that |
| 1:55.1 | they get in better shape for us to read our scary stories for Halloween |
| 1:59.6 | maybe we'll have really creepy sounding voices no kidding we'll be like we'll have really creepy sounding voices. No kidding, we'll be like, |
| 2:04.0 | we'll be like, |
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