Bwah! In this episode we chat about the folklore, fiction, and cultural power of the figure of the vampire. Hammer horror, the Romantic era shift to a gentlemanly vampire, magical energy vampires, the navigation of death and the cost of averting it, Mark Fisher\u2019s take on the subject, and much more packed into this discussion. Plus, we start off with a discussion of Arthur Machen\u2019s classic weird fiction tale \u201dThe Great God Pan\u201d\u2014 a vampire story? Perhaps...\xa0\n\n\n\n\nThis full episode and more exclusive episodes, complete archive, written content, discord server and exclusive merch at\n\nhttps://www.patreon.com/consensusunreality