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Just in time for Halloween, it’s the first part of a blood-gorged Caustic Soda Vampire episode. In part one Toren covers several vampire “facts” in a pop quiz, Joe and Kevin join in talking about just what it takes to be considered a vampire. Following a vampiric musical break we look at vampires in history such as Jure Grando, “the hysteria”, and then a look at “real-life vampires” like Mercy Brown, Fritz Haarmann, Richard Chase, and James Riva.
Music: “Blue Sunny Day” by Jonathan Coulton
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As an avid Angel and Buffy fan, I just wanted to point out that even though Angel had his soul, he did not cast a reflection, except the goof in the opening when you can see him in the puddle. Just wanted to throw that out.
loved the intermission song. it’s been stuck in my head since monday.
Nearly lost my lunch driving round a roundabout when I heard the bit about the brother having to drink his sister’s vitamised heart. Blech! Well played, sirs!
Although a quick search of the interwebs tries to convince me that Toren was correct in naming a Chinese vampire a “jiang shi” (which should actually be spelled “jiang xi”), my decade in China taught me that that just ain’t so. A jiang xi is strictly a zombie. The Chinese word for vampire is “xi xie gui” which literally means “suck blood ghost”. Fun trivia: one of the most common methods to stop either of these monsters is by sticking a sheet of paper with a bagua inscribed on it to the creature’s forehead.