How a 19th Century Disease Panic Created "Vampires"
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2020
- Today, pop culture includes vampires of all shapes and sizes, from the lovelorn teenagers of the Twilight and True Blood franchises to the bloodthirsty antagonists of the Blade series to the militant version of Dracula found in Castlevania. All modern vampires can trace their origins to Bram Stoker's Dracula, which was published in 1897, but the aristocratic shapeshifter in Stoker's novel can trace his origins to diseases that ravaged North America and Europe.
In the 18th and 19th centuries, epidemics like tuberculosis and rabies swept across populations almost unchecked. Since disease and its causes were poorly understood, contemporary medicine offered little help. Facing the very real possibility of a fatal illness, many people turned to superstition for something to blame: vampires.
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i love this narrator, he always sounds like he’s kind of havin a good time. his delivery makes all the cheesy lil jokes and quips sound so funny and natural. he’s really talented and fun to listen to without being over the top.
But who is it?? I googled it and it says either Bill Wurtz or Greg Cipes but it doesn't sound like either!
Rhiannon.....I'm happy to see someone else finds the humor in this. 😄👌
@@jakebatch874 It sounds like Ed Helms to me.
I agree, he's great to listen to. I never fall asleep during his videos.
I think its Stephen Colbert
Vampires were the scariest shit until the Twilight Saga came out
Lmao, but Aro is creepy and weird at least. The Volturi were the only good thing about the series
I guess you've never seen True Blood
How does that have any effect? It's not like vampires are just ruined because a few movies made them cringe material. That'd be like one bad sci-fi movie ruining all sci-fi forever.
That's such a highly idiotic way to think. Which isn't surprising based on the major cringe of your name and "hurr durr, meme profile picture, lmao". It all together is past funny cringe, it's just fucking sad.
@@MuscarV2 LMAO, what an exceptional snowflake, getting triggered because twilight is trash and turned vampires into mocking derision fodder.
Yall co.ments got me to geeked😅
It’s a miracle our species has survived this long!
Just wait
Your damn right 👍👍
Don’t worry, I’m sure we’ll be the cause of our own undoing eventually. 🤡
I have thought the exact thing.
I agree God must have a plan or something 😂
These are SO addicting. Thank you Weird History!!
Bela Lugosi set the bar for "Dracula". Some movies depict him as a handsome, suave guy and also show him as an ugly, evil, scary looking man within the same movie. This is probably the best way of portraying Dracula as it covers both concepts in the same film. Great job on this video.
In the original 1897 Dracula novel he was portrayed as an elderly man who would grow younger when he drank blood but also would become bloated like a repulsive leech.
The idea of Dracula being handsome and suave was pretty much a Hollywood invention though that started out with Bela Lugosi back in the 1930's.
@@cha5
That idea has stuck for almost 100 years now. Crazy to think it's been such a long time. Thanks for the info.
I was a little fascinated to learn about this and the music was creepy and good
I thought the music was distracting and not needed
I have Porphyria! Trust me, I am very allergic to the sunlight. Also, my friends/family call me a sparkly vampire. Btw, Mad King George and other famous royals like King James/Mary Queen of Scots were believed to have this genetic disease. Id love to hear a episode on it. Thanks for bringing attention to this! As always, love the channel! ❤️
Benji Smith i just unsubscribed because the music to speech volume is constantly off in most of this channels’ videos.
I know this isn’t a train station, and I don’t need to announce my departure, but I just wish people didn’t abuse music as much. I don’t even have hearing issues and find it unwatchable, I can’t imagine this video is bearable to those that do.
@Batman The Dark Knight base from his/her name, probably from India. Not a first world country.
Joy ce I watched all of it. You’re wrong
Can you guys cover the Australian Emu war, us Emus don't get enough recognition.....
You rekt those thots
Lol
excuse me - THE WHAT?!
@@lilianarios-garcia2185 it's a real thing!
Hopefully with a correct pronunciation of emu. 😂
Man, I'd always felt that Prince should've been cast as a vampire in a film. Women loved him, his dress style was vampire-esque, he didn't appear to age and so on. He checked all of the boxes for being a vampire.
Vampire bats make an incision and lick the blood
"Dracula don't bite Dracula just scrape and lick"
Grim adventures of Billy and Mandy
"See la dis"
I took a course about vampires (no really, it was an elective) for my undergrad degree.
Some of the vampire folklore goes as far back as 15th century in the Germanic regions! The vampires were seen as a variation of the un-dead, and closer in folklore customs to what we know as zombies. Many of the Gothic renditions of vampires (such as Dracula) can be seen to encapsulate the social fears of the era; mainly xenophobia and fear of foreign customs as seen in waves of immigration from the East of Western Europe. Of course antisemitism never misses the opportunity to rear it's ugly head, and some variations of the vampire can be seen as fear of Jewish influence on the Catholic church. Vampire folklore is a weird topic and waaaaaaay more in depth than "Kill it with a stake through its heart."
It makes for a fascinating deep-dive if you're the sort of person who is interested in history, folklore, or film history.
In my old film class, we discussed vampires but we focused on the interpretation that they represent buried sexuality. Very interesting stuff
There are records from the 12th century in England
"Huh! Vampires, Draculas? Amatures!!!"
*-Mosquitos*
Mosquitos can even fly
Just wait one day in the future their will be a weird history video on the covid-19 Disease pandemic
I thought another thing that added to the fear was that when they started digging up bodies, some had long grown out fingernails and hair, and even scratches in the coffin from people who were assume dead when they were in a coma and later woke up underground.
True. People forget how much water we have in us. When we pass, it's natural for the skin to pull back from the nail bed, hence looking as if the nails had grown. If you're curious about death, I highly recommend Caitlin with Ask A Mortician. She answers so. many. questions 😁🪦🧛
"Interview With A Vampire" and "Dusk Til Dawn" are my favorite vampire movies...
thanks stranger i watched dusk till dawn as a teen checked the other am gonna watch it this weekend damn it has Tom Cruise n Brad pitt .and its free on youtube....Thanx n Merry Xmas
@@lynnkesh254 You're welcome - "Interview With A Vampire" is a very good movie - you'll enjoy it. "Merry Xmas" to you too - stay safe.
I live in RI & know Dr Bell, he’s found far more than just 8 “vampire” cases throughout the US. RI just had more than any other state!
The descendants of these family’s are still uncomfortable talking about what happened so long ago!
So, what's the origin of the myth that vampires can't come inside a house unless invited in?
They respect your personal space.
Maybe because TB went from family to family so they thought you had to be living with the victims or in their homes??
That's a translation of the undead being unable to pass into consecrated space, and the home assumed to be hallowed ground by extension.
" On reflection, vampires aren’t that scary.
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That comes from folklore, just like the rest of the symptoms of vampirism. Did TB perhaps make vampire stories more popular in western Europe and America? Sure. But it didn't create any of the vampiric traits. Those are long established in folklore from eastern Europe. This video is incredibly poorly made and makes me question the credibility of the rest of this channel's videos as well. All of the classic "vampire traits" had been written into folktales long before Le fanu or Bram Stoker ever wrote their books.
Now if people want to be a vampire they go to Hot Topic
Not so much anymore. 2000s was peak hot topic, then they got bought by Disney, and its just not the same anymore.
Joe nah dude. Peak HT was definitely 95-98. But maybe I’m just older than you lol
All I can think about when reading this was the South park episode where the goth kids burned down Hot topic and the funny song that played.
@@movietimeateds69 Yeah man. Hot Topic got soft
@@dorahammerle3685 only three years?? kind of weirdly specific
The ancient Greeks also believed that the dead could rise and needed to drink blood to communicate. They actually put large stones on some corpses to keep them from rising and stalking people.
I would have to go with Christopher Lee in those Hammer Films,
A disease that has a 2% fatality rate and makes people horribly sick and that the infected can pass on without showing symptoms?
Yeah... doesn't sound familiar at all :/
0.56% in the case of coronavirus.
😏
@@Prophet1 I mean, who's dying of it? 90% of the cases aren't even related to the virus, hospitals are getting paid much more to report deaths as covid, so of course they do.
@@derrickmcadoo3804 if it's really a "hoax" please explain how thousands of people ae suddenly dying, and why many researchers are looking for a vaccine/cure when they can just chill and do something else. Also if it really was a "hoax" why are doctors, nurses, and other essential workers spend countless hours treating people with a disease that, according to you is a "hoax"
@@fabjee99 idk maybe having a virus spreading is something doctors would rather have not happen
Uh, there are bats native to Europe. They weren't "brought over" from the Americas.
He’s talking solely of vampire bats .... not all bats .
there are also species of bats here in america too not just europe.
@@pandahsykes602 it sounds like he's talking about bats in general and he then goes on to talk about vampire bats specifically, especially as vampire bats weren't discovered until 1810...centuries after the renaissance
4:45 : 1892? Just 47 years before my Dad was born! Just eight to ten years before my grandparents were born! He would have known people in their forties and older who lived and thought like this!
the title tho...
i think they got a stroke writing it
Wdym?
I think they forgot Century on the title
@@jacobpieters4500 they forgot "century"
Jacob Pieters they smoked the devils lettuce and forgot a word in the title lol
next : how a 20th virus panic created zombies
we live in a society
I would like to hear about the Werewolf or Frankenstein's Monster.
I don’t know where werewolves came from but Frankenstein was real experiments done: czcams.com/video/-ex7f7KVl3I/video.html
Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein based off galvanism and her own nightmares
@@watcherenjoyer123 werewolves came from wayyyy back, the legend was that men would sell they’re souls for a wolf pelt belt and it would transform you into a wolf
@@The.jokes.on.you1997 Oh wow.
It's bad enough that they had no cell phones or wifi in those days, but on top of THAT so many diseases, how did people LIVE LIKE THAT!!
*Me hisses from the conspiracy theorist shadows
That's what they want you to think, it was 5G that caused all those diseases back then! HHHIISSSSS
We still have them but the government calls them viruses
And 5g has nothing to do with that stuff
I grew up without cell phones. It was fine.
@thatguy 00 i am calm i guess you cant tell im be sarcastic lol talking about it
I actually took a class on vampires in college. Sounds weird and it was but it was also really cool to see where everything originated.
As someone who suffers from a hereditary form of porphyria, you do crave blood, well iron to be precise. The disease is absolutely debilitating, severe neuropathy leading to diaphragm failure, dental issues, insomnia, and the inability to be in the Sun long.
I am glad you touched on it, and in medical circles, it is known as the vampires disease, but that is if it is known, due to how rare it is.
I heard that there is two types of porphyria
I’m from Exeter, RI. We still talk about Mercy Brown and it’s a favored local story we tell little kids
My favorite fictional vampire? Count Von Count, from Sesame Street. In his early appearance The Count is depicted as sinister, hypnotising his victims. Later on, The Count became more friendly. He even had his own fan club, the Count-kateers. The good Count spends his days counting things on The Street.
Suggestion for your channel: The Time The Wicked Witch Of The West Visited Sesame Street. During on episode of the series, Margaret Hamilton appeared as a witch who had lost her broom somewhere on The Street. She goes around looking for it, threatening those she encounters. At one point the witch threatens to turn Big Bird into a feather duster if whoever found her broom doesn't hand it over. The only one not terrified of her is Oscar The Grouch. He likes her cranky attitude and develops a crush on her.
Some parents who had seen this episode were appalled. They were sure that that kids who have nightmares after watching this episode. They immediately contacted the producers and demanded that the episode be pulled. The producers showed the offending episode to a group of children, who in the end weren't frightened by the witch. However, continued pressure from parents forced them to pull the episode. It's not even shown in reruns. This episode is considered to be a "lost" episode. It has been featured on various You Tube channels. On there channels they show Margaret Hamilton, without her iconic green make up, hanging out with Oscar at his trash can.
My favourite is Eric, from True Blood
*Vlad the impaler laughing in the distance*
(lol) " YEAH!.... Meanwhile, His ruthless descendant is the current dictator ' President ' of Russia. "
"Bats weren't know to Europeans until the early Renaissance with the discovery of the Americas." Uhm... we have bats in Europe.
Yeah wtf??
VAMPIRE bats are only indigenous to Central and South America and, possibly, to parts of Africa. Nearly every OTHER species of bat is either a fruit or insect-eater
@@mikegrossberg8624 yes but this video claims Europeans didn't know about bats at all....which is untrue
@@aonary5382 Not MY fault
@@mikegrossberg8624 well...no...ofcourse not?!
It's very possible that Bram Stoker (an Irishman) was influenced by the early Irish legend of Abhartach. As follows: There is a place in the parish of Errigal in Derry, called Slaghtaverty, but it ought to have been called Laghtaverty, the laght or sepulchral monument of the abhartach [avartagh] or dwarf (see p. 61, supra). This dwarf was a magician, and a dreadful tyrant, and after having perpetrated great cruelties on the people he was at last vanquished and slain by a neighbouring chieftain; some say by Fionn Mac Cumhail. He was buried in a standing posture, but the very next day he appeared in his old haunts, more cruel and vigorous than ever. And the chief slew him a second time and buried him as before, but again he escaped from the grave, and spread terror through the whole country. The chief then consulted a druid, and according to his directions, he slew the dwarf a third time, and buried him in the same place, with his head downwards; which subdued his magical power, so that he never again appeared on earth. The laght raised over the dwarf is still there, and you may hear the legend with much detail from the natives of the place, one of whom told it to me.
Slaghtaverty is of course a real place and there is a pile of stones in that townland with a tree growing out which are said to be the grave of Abhartach. Anyone who has tried to interfere with this grave have had bad misfortunes upon them.
Thank you for truly interesting & informative comment!
I've noticed a lot of stories from Ireland and sometimes old Nordic ones always are super specific about the location and names for a location. Is there any particular reason for that, be it mystical or linguistic?
It's like: I've visited the city of Henderson which has been known as Knoxville in Knox county, east of Galesburg, not to be confused with Hname which is now used by Henderson of Henderson township of Knox which is north of Galesburg.
We would just say "this story happened in galesburg".
@@hkbabel No problem.
@@anaphylacticpete5788 Because there's an oral tradition of story telling and families/clans in Ireland who have lived in the same areas for centuries who pass them down. A lot of the place names in Ireland are based on certain features in the landscape which stories can then be linked to or the placenames are linked to the stories themselves as in this case.
@@TheGreatPumpkin That's makes a lot of sense. Thank you for providing very interesting context. Stay safe, and have a good day/night!
Sex 20-30 times a day due to rabies? That's crazy
I know! How is that even physically possible? You would think those people would get worn out after a while, even with the increased sex drive.
" Vampires are ' a pain in the neck ' . "
The Vampire from Nosferatu is scary as hell 😳
>the vampire from Nosferatu is scary as hell
You mean... Nosferatu?
@@naughtyfred1 his name in the movie is Graf Orlok
I know. It was from the 1920s and it's still scary today.
😂 (lol) " YOU should see Me, before I've had that first cup of Coffee. "
@@naughtyfred1 bruh you must be a SpongeBob fan to think that's his real name
My favorite Dracula is Count Dooku
I mean Christopher Lee.
Idc Dracula in my mind can shoot lighting from his hands and glowstick duels with green midgets
Loved the information that you put out but also the sometimes humourous manner in which you did so! Had me laughing at your comments ( former medic EMT). Just subscribed for more information plus realizing unfortunately that ignorance regarding diseases hasn't changed much in the past few centuries:(
Title is weird should say century Edit: now that this is at the top, I’ve got the power to make this comment racist and pretend that a bunch of people upvoted a racist comment. This is really tempting, but I also think that saving the fact that the title was messed up is funny too. It was a tough choice, but this won out
Yeah, they way its written now means something completely different.
Hyped for The 19th Disease part 2: Rabid Boogaloo. And the 16th disease was the worst one, I don't count it as cannon, doesn't fit the set narrative of the rest.
It does? Are you talking about the caps? That’s because it’s a title.
lupina virgo they edited the title after my comment was posted, it seems
Fact: Beagles Are Best no the title was wrong I’m well aware of the conventions of title case
@lupina virgo Not the brightest, are you?
Favorite Vampires:
1. Graf Orlok (Nosferatu 🖤)
2. Christopher Lee's Dracula (my very first crush)
3. Asher (from the Anita Blake series)
4. Lestat (from Ann Rice's Vampire Chronicles)
5. (tie) Sir Francis Varney & Carmilla
6. Gary Oldman's Dracula
7. Eli (from Let the Right One In)
8. Barnabas Collins (from Dark Shadows, the television series)
9. Stephen Austra (from Elaine Bergstrom's Austra Series)
10. Miriam Blaylock (from Whitley Striber's The Hunger)
Honorable Mentions for John Blaylock (mostly because of David Bowie's portrayal in the film), Bela Lugosi's Dracula, Count von Count and Bunnicula.
I would love to know who the narrator is on the Weird History Channel videos. His pronunciations are spot on and I always enjoy his humor. Great videos.
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The same voice that narrates
“Hollywood Graveyard!”
Yeah! Pretty cool! Do you know who it is? Can't figure it out.
@@azbrooks08 Dunno. Very similar delivery but the voice is a much high pitch than this one.
"...they just make an incision and lick it out" makin it sound like a lil cutie
The pirates have cross bones and skull on they ship flags years ago. In this video they mention if there was only Skelton left when dug up family members years later they done skull and crossbones thing. Is it any links to the old vampire beliefs and pirates? If so could you go into detail
Sounds like somebody could make an alternate history story where pirates are actually vampire hunters. Kinda like Abe Lincoln.
@@evolutionarydeadend6812 yeah that what I was thinking because she it in films on private ship flags. Was listening to this and that came to mind.
I knew about porphyria, but not tuberculosis or rabies as possible influences on vampire lore. What about the different versions of vampires from regions other than Europe and North America? What could give rise to the Malaysian Penanggalan, for example?
This reminded me of how much I loved reading Brahm Stoker's Dracula, and how much I hate Twilight😂
Stoker's novel was pretty good. Long read but kept you enticed along the way. I never bothered to read Twilight.
My favorite vampire definitely goes to my boi, Dio.
I vote for videos on Shieldmaidens, Viking customs, Viking Lore and so on.
Honestly can't believe there wasn't a still shot of What we do in the shadows at the end of that with the others. It's such an amazing take and so very funny!
I never considered that other illnesses aside from porphyria could have influenced vampire legends. Interesting..
My favourite vampire? Lestat de Lioncourt. 🖤
I’ve always liked Louis better, but Lestat is cool too.
Everyone: whats wrong with the tittle.
Me: whattt....*they ate ashes* ...
Wait until you discover that one episode of My Strange Addiction of the lady who was eating the ashes of her late husband.
Interesting video. Oh yeah can you make timeline before 1980 anytime soon?
This channel so 🔥 always excited for a upload
+Weird History Great narration... Well researched video, I just became a member of your AWESOME CHANNEL... Keep em coming, please ...
An outbreak of tuberculosis caused hysteria and panic in parts of New England back in the 1800s.
Anytime someone says tuberculosis I drop a tear for Arthur 😢😢
Games forbid 🚫 if the R* ever do DLC for single player about Vampire with GUNS.
(I think you mean 19th century) BTW great videos on this channel!! Always entertaining & informative
I dont know what i love more. The fact that im learning useful information or that this vid is about vampires and has a clip/pic from the movie the lost boys. Cant stop watching these vids.
Good lord, imagine living at that time, and being terrified that the vampires would get you. Yikes.
Awesome video explaining everything
Imagine dying from a bacterial disease and van helsing walks in and says: its vampires
Finally a narrator than can be understood...clear & precise & not in a hurry..🙂🙂
The sanitorium cure was still popular well into the 20th century. My late great grandmother co tracted it and went to such a place in the early 1930s. Seemed to work for her
You said “Death by stereo”!! This is now my favorite channel! 😂🤣
‘ From Dracula to Edward Cullen’
Well there goes my food 😂
I read the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice during my romanticizing vampires stage.
Is there similar stories related to werewolf? Please make a video on it?
Leslie Nielsen was my favorite Dracula character. 👍😆
I cannot be the only one who is in love with the narrator's voice 😍
Gotta love the history
I can't stop binge watching these videos!
The narrator has such a cool voice. He also has a crazy,fun sarcastic humor and he knows how and when to use it! Keep the stories coming, Mr. Narrator.
Well my favourite popular Vamp is Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A wonderful little creation wrapped up in a very attractive package. lol
mmm hearth potions, delicious!
There was actually cases in ancient Greece about vampires
Can you also do a video about witches or about the consequences/diseases after Tschernobyl?
You should do a video on Henrietta Lacks!
Ayyyyyyy love the content
Very nice video!
Funny that there’s a screenshot of RDR in there with the mass grave thing with the guys in red, and the fact TB Is pretty.. there. In RDR2
Thanks for presenting worn material appear fresh and new.
Brad Pitt has always been my favorite fictional vampire. I'm not the typical "omg Brad Pitt" he pulled it off!
🖤 love it. But should have saved this for Halloween...but I'll take it
I mean with me not remembering what light feels like its safe to say that im a vampire right now
This just makes me want to watch What We Do In The Shadows again...
My favorite when I was little, like 12-13 was Interview with the Vampire.
Lugosi still the best Vampire!
I m a MD in RESPIRATORY MED AND TB and I find this really cool .
Odd choice of music 🎶 3:10
Ah, yes... The Lost Boys. My favorite vampire movie.
I do recommend to watch the animated short film Dear Dracula. So funny 😂
I still like to think that porphyria had a big part in this. (It is said that Vlad Tepes had porphyria, but that's not proven).
Crazy and insane stuff. I thought that when you get bitten by a vampire bat, you become a vampire. Boy, was I wrong.
could you do a video about portuguese or french expeditions in the 16th century or the portuguese ming embassy
He reminds me, of the narrator from the movie "Stand by me"......sounds just like him...
Can't believe you're not showing Lestat! 😔😔😔
EDWARD CULLEN: I am the sexiest vampire of them all!
DRACULA: You suck in a bad way...I'm for TEAM JACOB!!
I have Vampire Teeth 😁 but i don't like Blood i like beef 😋
My immune system is gonna be in the end game
It’s wild to see this and then see documentaries about people (mostly young adults and teens) who delude themselves into thinking they’re a real vampire 😂
I can understand if they have a legit case of porphyria, otherwise they're just delusional
I live in Griswold Connecticut and I remember hearing about this. It's what put the town on the map.
How this channel does not have 100 Millions subscribers is a mystery!
I love this channel and appreciate the content. But lately, it seems the videos are re-hashes of previous videos.