CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Introduction

A Brief History of Tuberculosis

Life, Death and Superstition in Early New England

Vampires in New England

1784: Willington, Connecticut

1793: Dummerston, Vermont

1793: Manchester, Vermont

1796: Cumberland, Rhode Island

1799: Exeter, Rhode Island

Circa Late 1700 to Early 1800: Griswold, Connecticut

1807: Plymouth, Massachusetts

1810: Barnstead, New Hampshire

1817: Woodstock, Vermont

1827: Foster, Rhode Island

1830: Woodstock, Vermont

1841: Smithfield, Rhode Island

1847–1862: Saco, Maine

1854: Jewett City, Connecticut

1874: South Kingstown/Exeter, Rhode Island

1870s: West Stafford, Connecticut

1889: West Greenwich, Rhode Island

1892: Exeter, Rhode Island

Tuberculosis in the Twentieth Century

Other Strange Exorcisms and Interesting Legends

Bibliography

Index

About the Author