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IN THIS EPISODE: If you are convinced that someone you know is possessed, never try to exorcise the demon on your own \u2013 always call an expert. One woman didn\u2019t do that. (My Couch Is Possessed By The Devil) *** When the unsinkable ship, the Titanic hit an iceberg and sent 1,500 people to an icy grave, why did many people blame it on the curse of a mummy \u2013 a mummy that wasn\u2019t even onboard the ship, but was sitting in a British museum? (Did a Mummy\u2019s Curse Sink the Titanic) **** An investigation of San Francisco's famed White Lady of Stow Lake revealed some interesting findings about the City By The Bay\u2019s most infamous phantom resident. (The Real Story Behind San Francisco\u2019s Most Famous Ghost) *** Two hundred years after the Salem witch trials, farmers became convinced that their relatives were returning from the grave to feed on the living. We\u2019ll look at the great New England panic around blood-sucking creatures of the night. (The Great Vampire Panic) *** (Dark Archives episode from May 19, 2020)

SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE\u2026
BOOK: \u201cFood for the Dead: On the Trail of New England\u2019s Vampires\u201d by Michael Bell: https://amzn.to/2zORTSy
BOOK: \u201cVampires, Burials and Death\u201d by Paul Barber\u201d: https://amzn.to/36ctToA
BOOK: \u201cThe New England Vampire Belief: Image of the Decline\u201d by Faye Ringel: https://tinyurl.com/yap5h2kh (More from Faye Ringel: https://amzn.to/40qgCov)
\u201cMy Couch Is Possessed by The Devil\u201d by Paul Seaburn for Mysterious Universe: https://tinyurl.com/ycbl95w6
\u201cDid a Mummy\u2019s Curse Sink The Titanic?\u201d by Jacob Shelton for Ranker: https://tinyurl.com/ybzdckrr
\u201cThe Real Story Behind San Francisco\u2019s Most Famous Ghost\u201d by Katie Dowd for SF Gate: https://tinyurl.com/ydyxvnq2
\u201cThe Great Vampire Panic\u201d by Abigail Tucker for Smithsonian Magazine: https://tinyurl.com/ycy29ucu
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