Live from the Boathouse! Michael Bell Presents The Vampire’s Grasp at Connecticut River Museum

Incredible as it may seem to contemporary Americans, vampires preyed upon their not-so-distant ancestors. But these unseen killers did not resemble Count Dracula: New England’s authentic vampires were the pathogenic microbes (“bacteria with fangs”) that caused consumption, or Tuberculosis. Join Michael Bell, author of Vampire’s Grasp: The Hidden History of Consumption in New England, for a journey where folklore and medical science meet to explain New England’s vampire tradition.

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