"Vampires Are:" - Chapter 8 - Summary and Conclusions

Enjoy the finale of this mini pod series on the book, "Vampires Are:" by Vampirologist Stephen Kaplan! In this episode, I sum up the entire book, discuss the importance of Kaplan's vampirology work, and conduct analysis on what we now know to answer the burning question, "What are vampires REALLY?"

Do they really sleep in coffins? Will you really turn into one if your neck gets bitten? Do vampires live forever? What is their lifestyle like?

We find these answers and so many more.

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0:00 Intro
1:15 Chapter 1 summary: Research methods of the Vampire Research Center
1:27 Chapter 2 summary: We meet vampires William and Ramona
5:19 Chapter 3 summary: Transcripts of calls to the center
5:49 Chapter 4 summary: Categories of vampires
8:17 Chapter 5 summary: Elizabeth the 439-year old vampire
19:59 Chapters 6 + 7 quick summary: quizzes and vampire lore
21:28 True vampire profile according to Kaplan
23:20 Numbers and locations of vampires in the U.S.
25:25 How Kaplan's research benefits us
27:50 Species of vampire
29:20 Vampire TV shows
35:58 My analysis
47:15 What's next