Mercy Brown vampire incident
Event in Rhode Island, US (1892) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Mercy Brown" redirects here. For the English weightlifter, see Mercy Brown (weightlifter).
The Mercy Brown vampire incident occurred in Rhode Island, US, in 1892. It is one of the best documented cases of the exhumation of a corpse in order to perform rituals to banish an undead manifestation. The incident was part of the wider New England vampire panic.
Several cases of consumption (tuberculosis) occurred in the family of George and Mary Brown in Exeter, Rhode Island. Friends and neighbors believed that this was due to the influence of the undead. An attempt was made to remediate. Mercy Brown died January 1892 aged 19.[clarification needed]