A Vision of Vampires & Blood-Drinking Cults
Season 5: Episode 3
The guests are all settled and filled with dread, while Visions of Vampires dance in their heads! Join us tonight as your haunting host, Miranda Merrick leads you astray to meet some “blood enthusiasts” of olden times. We’ll find some of the first famous vampires and hear how they were stopped, then we’ll weigh up our options for joining a nice, friendly blood-drinking cult. Such a full evening… Our cup runneth over. Welcome Dear Guest!
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![Illustration in Carmilla, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's vampire story.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d713e8a483fca0001aaf1a0/1635693197757-8I5YTHMITAWUZQURRJCS/Carmilla.jpeg)
![The ninth-century Nørre Nærå Runestone from the Danish island of Fyn is inscribed with a "grave binding inscription" used to keep the deceased in its grave.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d713e8a483fca0001aaf1a0/1635693538683-18YDB97TJNTIK9NMS6XB/Norre_naeraa_600px.jpeg)
![Skeleton from the vampire grave of Sozopol, exhibited in the National Historical Museum in Sofia; October 2012](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d713e8a483fca0001aaf1a0/1635693582165-O1BNMY1U014TZRO0TUQW/Vampire_skeleton_of_Sozopol_in_Sofia_PD_2012_06.jpeg)
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![Sava Savanovic](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d713e8a483fca0001aaf1a0/1635693699933-G2HBJENDHPB31ASLH4KJ/Sava-Savanovic.jpeg)
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