Why Did an Entire Town Turn Into Vampires?

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[@alicjak700]

Turning the corpse face-down was meant to confuse the undead who then would burry itself deeper when trying to raise from the grave.

[@geigertec5921]

Townsfolk to the guy who thought of that: Who are you who are so wise in the ways of science?

[@hashtag415]

I thought it was so their friends had a place to park their bikes when they visited. Boy was I wrong.

[@RAMBO14001]

Big brain

[@wav_z7412]

Yeah gravity wasn’t invented back then

[@paulwoida8249]

Another option was that it was easier for people to kiss their ass.

[@frank124c]

I eat garlic every day to keep vampires from attacking me. And you know what? It works, I have never been attacked by a vampire.

[@spacejamgoliath]

Can't argue with results

[@morrigankasa570]

Very wise, also to prevent getting attacked by Werewolves wear Wolfsbane and Silver:)

[@burquebandit7169]

This man's living in 4021

[@midnightbluenoz]

A garlic a day keeps the vampire away

[@minagica]

🤣🤣🤣

[@majormoron605]

"I need to flip gran" is a sentence that requires a lot of context

[@MrChristianDT]

No, I get it fine. So, how much is it going to cost to fix her up & how much do we think we can get for her?

[@taxxddlleetadpoleelletpoac7622]

.Ll

[@WLHS]

Especially if Gran is only just gone 40.

[@hashtag415]

Two nuns were driving through Transylvania one night when a vampire swooped down onto the road ahead of them whilst bearing his fangs. The first nun said "Quick sister, show him your cross!" So the second nun stuck her head out the window and yelled "GET OUTTA THA ROAD YOU TOOTHY IDIOT!!"

[@TheRPGentleman]

Hahaha, AHAHAHAHA, HA HA HA HA HA HAAAAA!!!

[@sketchyfish10]

Awesome lol

[@beemelonhead1]

I dont get it

[@robogreek3157]

@@beemelonhead1 me neither

[@GaryS-lp4oz]

@@beemelonhead1 cross is another word for annoyed

[@ronaldmacdonald8667]

The reason why bodies would be flipped so they're facing downwards in the grave is so when they try digging themselves out, they go the wrong direction

[@belladonnahigh9206]

Gravity does not work that way. They had to be flatearthers, they'd rather fall off the Earth than suffocate. Understandable.

[@MrChristianDT]

I always figured people did stuff like that because it was harder to get out of the grave backwards, but that works too. Lol A lot of Native Americans did that to stop zombies too, among other things.

[@mermaid_at_heart213]

I figured this comment would already be on here before I put it. That is exactly why they did it, supposedly. It's funny because they were clever enough to somehow get out of the grave without disturbing the earth, or at least had a way to put it back so it didn't look like it had been disturbed. But they weren't smart enough to just flip themselves over when turned upside down, like they couldn't figure out that they were facing the bottom of the coffin and not the lid. lol

[@jasonfennell1114]

Even zombies have equilibriums tho. They’d just roll over first climb out and eat the first fat guy because gravity.

[@Wraith3100]

They were dense back then

[@JaelaOrdo]

“I have never met a vampire personally, but I don't know what might happen tomorrow.” - Bela Lugosi

[@mjolninja9358]

might be hiding among us

[@martinda7446]

'I am Dracula, I bid you welcome' '"Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make" Bela Lugosi😸

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Bela Lugosis dead Bela Lugosis dead Undead Undead Undead

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@@bennettste lol

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If you're losing your hair, it must be because you dearly departed is pulling it out from beyond the grave. What else could any reasonable person possibly conclude?

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It's definitely China. Or Hillary Clinton. No, it's definitely both. Praise Russia.

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@@gmork1090 It’s Biden from too much hair sniffing. He sucked it all up with his nose...

[@JTW_R818]

“I went to Valentine and all i got was tuberculosis” -Arthur Morgan sometime

[@cocoananas889]

tb killed him only in a few months, not nice

[@JaelaOrdo]

Maybe if he just had a little faith and trusted the plan he wouldn’t have gotten sick

[@Wraith3100]

Comment of the day

[@Dupont550]

@@cocoananas889 he’s had it for years in my game.....

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Man that's the only video game thats made me shed a year

[@Typhyr]

“An entirely reasonable conclusion that anyone of us would arrive at.” I know it’s intended as a joke, but it’s so depressingly accurate.

[@gmork1090]

I'm glad idiots are getting political now. That way we can recognize them and stay the hell away.

[@masonhater]

It's not a joke

[@masonhater]

I live in Rhode Island and have been hearing the story of mercy brown throughout my whole childhood, even visited their graves

[@Astronomical1100]

@@masonhater Well it was intended to be one.

[@kaminaridenki2481]

Honestly, I never expected Tuberculosis to have a past like this. But great video

[@gnarthdarkanen7464]

At least it wasn't just another Porphyria story... ;o)

[@rudra62]

Incidentally, Colorado Springs, Colorado has a dry climate. It's cold in winter, and moderate in summer. It had a major TB sanitorium where they fed people well as they breathed the dry air. It has, of course, been closed, but as a relic, the TB sanitorium buildings are now part of a University of Colorado campus.

[@BarbieJohnson-pm9ys]

😲✌️

[@BarbieJohnson-pm9ys]

Of course I understood the good food/dry climate yet the TB rooms still existing as parts of the campus wow!

[@miraclemay24]

If thoughty2 could be my professor I would definitely love going to class.

[@KarryKarryKarry]

But then he’d teach all the standard stuff and wouldn’t tell crazy stories on KZbin. Sounds like a terrible idea!

[@kiokuch.1602]

tbh online classes modules should be this creative and entertaining so students would be more interested i hell a lot would be entertained interested and learning

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Nothing like a good vampire story to get the blood flowing 😂😂

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This is a video you can really sink your teeth into 🧛‍♂️

[@propershroper]

Did you write that in a Transylvanian accent?

[@lilloniss15]

HA!

[@denescllopes8410]

you guys sucks

[@lilloniss15]

@@denescllopes8410 dont be a pain in the neck...🌝

[@indigobreeze2138]

My grandmother had TB as a child in an Italian orphanage. I marvel everyday on how strong she had to be to overcome in not only the adversity of her situation but also the disease. ❤

[@walterfechter8080]

Once, I asked my grandmother about the so-called "Vampire of Highgate Cemetery," in London. Her reply, "Rubbish, my dear Walter -- rubbish." My grandmother from Transylvania -- "Stakes made from iron were available -- just in case."

[@jessewilson8676]

That is why it is common to put an iron fence (with points) around graveyards.

[@Nyctophora]

Thank you both, that's interesting!

[@thursoberwick1948]

@@jessewilson8676 Most of the churchyards around here had walls. 🤦 But you realise these were more to do with graverobbers? And that spiky fences can be found around gardens, parks and private homes?

[@rev.jonathanwint6038]

And the family claimed to see Mercy Brown walking around the house after she died at night so the idea that she was a vampire made a little more sense.

[@Elora445]

My great great grandmother died from tuberculosis at age 36, leaving five kids behind. Her husband died from an accident the year before. None of the kids luckily seems to have caught the TBC from her though - they all lived to old age. Unlucky kids anyhow, losing both parents at such young ages. Oldest one (17) ended up raising her younger siblings, so they were fine in the end. (Edited for spelling.)

[@Elora445]

@Red Dwarf Maybe, maybe not. I think it's most likely that my great great grandmother just got healthcare quickly enough (died at the hospital), so none of the kids had any chance of catching the disease, I suppose. Haven't found any signs of the kids catching the disease at least - but, then again, I haven't really been looking. Genealogy is a bit tiresome at times.

[@Elora445]

@@worldisyours86 Haven't said anything about genes. But yeah, I'm sure there are many ways TBC can flourish and spread. Not quite how it does (too lazy to look it up), but it sure is a scary thing how many got it and either died or got damaged by it. Horrible disease. Just glad that barely anyone in this particular part of my family/ancestors got it. They were lucky and unlucky at the same time (becoming orphans). I'm also glad that it's rarer (but certainly not gone!) nowadays. Many things seem to flourish in the right circumstances (for an excellent example, see all kinds of mold). Certain houses are therefor really bad for our health. Hopefully, people are, generally, better informed today.

[@beauwhitlock5034]

Thoughty2's GF: "Can I be in one of your videos? Thoughty2: "Put these vampire teeth in your mouth and act like you're asthmatic"

[@zp944]

I grew up in western PA. Every morning I'd go to my grandparents house while my parents were at work. My grandfather was always showing me things. He taught me to ride a bike, a skateboard, we built kites together, and he let me help with tools while he worked on his cars. We'd go on long walks sometimes. And one day, when I was around 6, he took me for a walk I'll never forget. We drove about two miles away from the house, to a little side road next to a farm that was built on a hill. On that road, where the farm ended, the rock was exposed. It was a nice flat face. And in that rock face, there was a small hole. That's where my grandfather took me. Holding a flashlight, he lifted me up to the hole and instructed me to climb inside. The hole was just big enough to squeeze through. And what was inside? It looked like a man made catacomb. The rock was smoothed out, and there were small chambers leading left and right. It was extremely tight though, even at six years old I couldn't stand up. But in the main room, shelves were carved into the rock. And on those shelves were human skulls and leg bones. At the time, I thought nothing of it. But I'm 33 now, and I can't help but wonder why my grandfather pushed me in there. Clearly he knew it was there, but what purpose did he have making me go in? We didn't take anything. He simply asked me to tell him what I saw. And after that, we never went back. We never even talked about it. It was just like any other uneventful walk we went on. He never made it seem like it had any significance. He died when I was twelve. And still to this day - I wonder why he took me there.

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that's not creepy at all

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Arran, if you leave the title alone, I'll buy your damn book.

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27$ are on the table

[@lebronzejames]

Lot of witnesses around here..

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He's just following the rule book of goddamned youtube algorithm

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@@Mister.Jay. thoughy2 changes the title of his most recent video

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"If you think that story is crazy, wait until you find out how stupid we are now!"

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Yeah' some believe tge earth is flat, or that the covid vaccine is laced with bitcoins and it will be used to control us through 5G technology

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@@alexc7095 yep, and wandering around with pants down to their knees, that climate change is a real issue to be dealt with, or that raising the minimum wage is a good endeavor.

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Hey look. We're talking of idiots and the first one is summoned! This must be KZbin i suppose.^^

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@@Allen-eq5uf wow so much dumb in so few words

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@@Vivi_9 absolutely! I don’t believe it is possible to outdo yourself this time.

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I never thought I would see a good version of click bait. First I thought there was actually a vampire like virus and then you explained that there wasn't and I watched the entire video.

[@oof4077]

Clickbaitn’t

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Thoughty2 be a master of the clever lure.

[@jordyntaylor9022]

Wait 23% of the world? Why am I only just hearing this now

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There's no political or financial gain to mentioning it, so the media doesn't.

[@luunaana]

@@reaperkollyns6495 yup..

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@@reaperkollyns6495 damn that's wack *downloads plague inc *

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Kill 10 million globaly

[@neonxnational]

well TB is mostly dormant since the immune system can easily track it so the statistics makes sense

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Exactly what I need after getting soaked in the rain twice. A pint of tea, jump under a blanket to warm up for 30 minutes watching forty 👌👌

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Sounds good to me 👍👍

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👌👌 👍👍 😲

[@Soren27]

I like what you did at the end there.

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@@Soren27 only one who caught it 😂

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@@lordsofafan372 i feel smart now 🤣🤣🤣

[@salkjdfhalsdgfkauhg]

From what my grandparents have passed down, turning a vampire in it's coffin was supposed to disorient the vampire. You could also turn their body around, placing the head where the feet were, so that the vampire would walk the other direction.

[@morrigankasa570]

I have also heard of putting a stone in their mouth to prevent them biting people and planting a protective tree on the grave (forget the type of tree).

[@salkjdfhalsdgfkauhg]

@@morrigankasa570 I haven't heard of the stone trick or the tree. Interesting, I'll have to look into those.

[@morrigankasa570]

@@salkjdfhalsdgfkauhg Glad to help you.

[@willowwisp357]

My mother in law said she'd come back to haunt me, we buried her face down, lets see her dig her way out of that. Same reason they turned over suspected vampires.

[@flygirlfly]

Consider cremation..lol

[@MrTwotimess]

And all the arse-up corpses caused us to think they were buried alive and tried to claw their way out.

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Me: Pays for KZbin so I don't have to deal with commercials. 42: hold my Encyclopedia

[@Ethan.YT.]

Relatable like the 42 million people I killed

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@@geigertec5921 We pay for KZbin as well. For us the reason is so that one can be on another app while on our phones. You can lock your screen and continue to play the video. My husband and I do not pay for cable and KZbin Premium s only $15.99 a month. In addition to that feature and no ads you can download videos to play while offline. I am not being paid to endorse KZbin Premium.

[@taxxddlleetadpoleelletpoac7622]

@@KDSima I empliore you to recon cider. ------------>

[@andrewdillon7837]

but, there are no commercials on you tube,,,i dont get why you would pay to remove a non-existent thing,,,

[@sportmanuk2]

I've seen quite a few videos with the same subject here on KZbin. However, the way T2 doest it is more fun. He always brings something new and also the way he narrates, the way he tells the story is something else. Thanks for the effort.

[@gewgulkansuhckitt9086]

This is why we put dead bodies through a wood chipper before burial in my town. Sometimes they'll say things like, "I'm not dead yet! Untie me!" - which is kind of scary. But it just goes to prove that they are undead fiends as normally corpses don't talk. So far none of them have come back from the dead so it must be working.

[@Mrs_Ella]

Once in the pharmacy... I'm standing around, waiting for my turn, nothing bad on my mind... The person right next says to me to the pharmacist: "Yeah, the doc says she isn't contagious anymore, but I and all the other people who came in contact with her should do a test for tuberculosis, because you never know." Me: "... !!!"

[@spddiesel]

6:20 "Accounts from the time describe emancipated figures..." I believe the word is emaciated, unless you mean the undead have been freed from mortality. 😁

[@incredibleflameboy]

Nah Abe Lincoln was against the overweight so he wrote the emaciation proclamation.

[@nickbrockelman]

I said the same @Raymond

[@spddiesel]

@@incredibleflameboy I thought he wanted them to get skinny so they could have kids. You know, the Emaciation Procreation...

[@mirozen_]

Perhaps "freed from the GRAVE?!!! Bwah Ha HA!!!"? 😊 Thanks for pointing this out! I did a search through the comments and found you had already done so. If you had not already I was going to!

[@NikkiC777]

There were a few little errors like that in the video like saying "religious descendants" rather than religious dissidents. Lol. Not a big deal. It was still a very good video. Everyone makes little mistakes like that sometimes.

[@rabbidninja79]

The idea of burying a corpse face down was if they were to try to claw their way out of the ground they would instead bury themselves deeper.

[@gmork1090]

Uneducated people. Just the way Trump loves them.

[@khwatengejames1130]

So if someone was buried alive what would they do

[@rabbidninja79]

@@khwatengejames1130 well that was a huge concern back in those days. They had contraptions built into their coffins, like strings that led to bells on the surface. If someone was buried alive they have to pull the string until someone came and dug them up.

[@rabbidninja79]

Often these were dug up durring the day.

[@TheZombiesReanimated]

6:20 Nice to hear that the vampires were freed from the bonds of their tyrannical overlords! *Emaciated

[@tehzerp]

Glad I'm not the only one who caught that

[@CanuckGod]

TFW you check the comments to see if anyone else heard Thoughty2 say emancipated instead of emaciated.

[@Marie-db3gg]

Remember this That vampires don't exist It was only a kiss It was only a kiss... Btw, what's your blood type?

[@Eddy-Cool]

O negative... now waiting for the kiss...

[@jerrybrashier5029]

Now I'm falling asleep and she's calling a cab While he's having a smoke and she's taking a drag

[@yuyangchew6821]

Now they're going to bed, And my stomach is sick, And it's all in my head

[@terryarmbruster7986]

Worked at a site used to be the famous Fort San TB Hospice and Hospital. Hundreds of bodies had to be dug up using hazmat techniques. TB still prevalent among northern native Canadian population.

[@francoisvermaak1764]

You should do an episode on Krampus , it should be a fun one I think

[@wendybusby9415]

I have never met or heard of anyone else who knew about Krampus. I live in Appalachia, so it is pretty stupid and unread around here.

[@KiingDa3rd]

Lol " what are you doing?" "I need to flip gran"

[@jordanhallmark1784]

Burying someone upside down in the grave was meant to confuse the potential vampire, as they'd have no way of knowing which way was up or down in the coffin.

[@belladonnahigh9206]

Except the fact you feel pressure from the gravity and know you're lying face down in the ground, plus you have this hairlike structure near your ear, filled with fluid, helping you with balance, orientation etc. So no matter how they'd place you, you'd know your way up, or those were some seriously stupid vampires (colonists).

[@taxxddlleetadpoleelletpoac7622]

Well taek them and bury them in spacesuit coffins in space as a learning tool for their kiddos. #brightbyrnzZ

[@AshesAshes44]

Every few years I had to have a tuberculosis test in order to continue teaching. There was always the chance of a positive test. It was strangely worrying 😟 and I was sort of absently stressed until the skin test was read. Never examined my forearm so intently for the couple of days it took. I'd have less to worry if local people weren't in the habit of spitting everywhere. It's also disgusting, and it was my habit to talk with my students about the dangers, etc. I've no idea if it changed anything, but I tried 😅

[@hyper_joe]

Original title: This strange vampire turned an entire town into a real disease

[@mjolninja9358]

Original title was

[@patelSujali15]

Yesn't

[@ackantha]

Lmao

[@oof4077]

Nope, it was “This strange disease turned an entire town into real vampires”

[@frogz]

havnt even watched the video yet, i always have to scroll down to find the original title, 4/10/21 1 am, 200 Years Ago a Strange Disease Turned Thousands of People into Vampires

[@Onii-san]

Original title 10 views in is "This Strange Disease Turned an Entire Town into Real Vampires" if anyone was wondering

[@swift6941]

😩

[@Lajosen]

Lol you know hes gonna change it

[@hashtag415]

Give it time.

[@edi9892]

This reminds me of what had happened two centuries earlier in the Austrian Empire: they sent out doctors to investigate why in the eastern most province (partially present day Romania) peasants died like flies. Since those were dangerous times, they had soldiers accompanying them. They found a fresh corpse with a bloated belly and bloody lips and it started making weird noises (from the gas escaping the corpse). The soldiers freaked out and decapitated it and burnt it causing mass hysteria... And in no small part start the vampire mania!

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

0:23. “It still kills over 1.5 million people each year.” Which, if I’m not mistaken, is about the same number of people who died, globally, of COVID-19 over the past 12 months. Same number of infectious deaths - quite a different degree of public attention.

[@The_Custos]

You noticed.

[@ravencrovax]

Thank you! Finally someone on youtube who knows how to correctly pronounce "macabre". I swear, every other person I have heard try to say that word on here has horribly butchered it.

[@ETfriend]

Love your mustache and suspenders. Makes you look like a old wold gentleman. Totally works for you young man!

[@Phoenixash-delfuego]

He was wearing suspenders? Oh braces.

[@ETfriend]

@@Phoenixash-delfuego Lol!😂we call braces what the dentist puts on your teeth to straighten them

[@Phoenixash-delfuego]

@@ETfriend 😂I was looking at the comments and just for a second after reading yours there was the huh?😲 response, then I saw the braces and all was clear, not straightened because I don't remember thinking about his teeth in the video, which is unusually unusual when watching something about vampires.

[@Northstars0422]

I've grown up and lived in Rhode Island all my life and as such have heard this story many times, even having visited the grave as well, never expected to watch a thoughty2 video on the tale!

[@DUDE_MAN_33]

With every story and every Legend there's a grain of truth to it you just got to look in the right spot for it

[@donerquebab7801]

I contracted TB ( A drug resistant form. ) whilst serving a 6yr sentence in Moroccan prison, 1997 -2002. Got 1yr off when the king died in1999. Anyhow managed to survive whilst inside by going 100% raw foodist , which strengthened my immune system. Once I was released I did 1yr of hard-core antibiotics. And im still here to tell my tale. Touch wood. 👍🐸

[@sabrinafelber]

I always loose all my energy during a strange ritual my cat performs. It sits on me and warms me up while purring.I loose my will to move. I become cat furniture.

[@Phoenixash-delfuego]

You become cat-atonic.

[@T1tusCr0w]

Not emancipated - emaciated 🤣🙏🏻 apart from this unfortunate incident it was a banger of a video as always.

[@Cyberdog22]

The dead DEMAND their freedom!

[@Franz1889]

My boy Arthur died in a vampire assault, not TB :(

[@belladonnahigh9206]

My boah Arthur! I have a plan.

[@Franz1889]

@@belladonnahigh9206 you always have a plan Dutch

[@belladonnahigh9206]

@@Franz1889 But this time it's a good one!

[@Franz1889]

@@belladonnahigh9206 Let me guess Dutch... Tahiti?

[@belladonnahigh9206]

@@Franz1889 Money! We Need More Money! Arthur, I know you donated 2 million dollars lately to the camp, but, WE. STILL. NEED. MORE. MONEY! Arthur, where is your head?

[@Alm8hoorOW]

At 5:00, that reminds me about a book I read during my adolescent years; The Spook’s Apprentice by Joseph Dalaney. In the book, there exists a profession, a Spook, that deals with the supernatural and one such being was a witch. In order to contain such a being the Spook would bury the witch upside down so if she were to try to come back to the living she would dig further into the Earth. Perhaps that’s why they flipped the dead (as mentioned in the video at 5:00).

[@frankboogaard88]

But...but...Vampires have great hair, and teeth, don't forget about the teeth. It just keeps growing and growing after they leave the mortal plane. (btw, nice Fallout 3 reference ;) )

[@saintarj4552]

he has all the answers to all the questions I didn't ask

[@bevoss7573]

This title, I clicked so fast it scared my cat

[@MargaritaOnTheRox]

My state used to be where TB patients would come, thinking the hot, dry climate would help. As a result, it's illegal to spit on the sidewalk and to work for the city, you need to get a TB test. The inject some liquid just under the skin of your arm and check the location 24 hours later for a reaction.

[@nishantpatil7285]

Well I have never clicked so fast.

[@theultimatebug5349]

same

[@bannangcocomong8081]

I don’t like these kind of comments

[@theultimatebug5349]

@@bannangcocomong8081 what kind?

[@jalilsharief1192]

Literally me either I clicked on accident while reading title 😂

[@EroticInferno]

@@bannangcocomong8081 I don’t like your kind of comment. Doesn’t add anything to the discourse except “me mad”

[@tarasmithskitchen2614]

My great grandfather was a doctor in ww1, he caught TB while deployed in Europe, and died from it, about a decade before penicillin was even a thing. Apparently TB, nd Spanish flu were both in the trenches...

[@elviscow7287]

I like how he advertises some hair loss prevention as his hair keeps growing thinner every video😂

[@dokskwyr4353]

I'm surprised you made no mention of Edgar Allen Poe, who's writing and life were deeply affected by T.B. and, in turn, influenced many other writers with his writing. All inspired by the very real and devastating effect it had on Poe's family.

[@EnigmaticLucas]

Makes me wonder what other supernatural creatures were just attempts to explain disease

[@brycedavenport1252]

Wendigo

[@lamepotato3407]

@@brycedavenport1252 which disease would cause that?

[@brycedavenport1252]

@@lamepotato3407 Mass hysteria (and likely rabies). What would happen is someone would fall ill, villagers think it’s spirits, events would occur that managed to make them think a wendigo spirit is involved. Then mass hysteria and panic would ensue. And you gotta remember the person in question is generally very ill and out of it at the moment. The fact that everyone is convinced and constantly screaming about how he has a man eating demon in him is generally enough to make him actually believe he might have a man eating demon in him. And so he behaves as tho there’s a man eating demon in him (hysteria is powerful like that) Combine that with the added aggression and lack of awareness of rabies and you get man eating demon guy.

[@incredibleflameboy]

Not exactly disease but zombification is explained by drugs

[@EnigmaticLucas]

@@brycedavenport1252 There’s also the theory that Salem was caused by ergotism-induced hallucinations

[@gareth2736]

Love your videos, one pedantic point - I think the villagers were emaciated rather than emancipated.

[@vexz9295]

Don't think I've ever been this fast at clicking at a video

[@sicfxmusic]

If you click faster than speed of light, it'll play in reverse 🔥

[@tesstickle6974]

Then tell me. what was the original title?

[@alexstrazza4068]

You know your famous when your town makes a Thoughty2 video!!!!! What's amazing is I've heard these stories all my life growing up in CT.

[@Jynxedlove]

I know I've been up too late when I start seeing "posted 13 minutes ago"

[@litshady1802]

I love your work thoughty2 u add such a british-like innocence to these gut wrenching topics, great narrator, love it all. :) from Australia

[@theklaus7436]

I have to admit I’m impressed by your work. I have enjoyed a couple of hours on your playlist ( science) which also are funny. Well deserved success- keep them coming

[@foysolahmed1816]

Maan you should have your own netflix series!! Quality mate. Loved every episode. You always catch me off guard with your sponsors loll. I never see it coming but everytime it makes me laugh. Pure genius mate and the humour in each video is flawless.

[@richardmillican7733]

I believe it’s now called covid lol. I’m fine by the way, damn I just spilt my whisky

[@michaelsmusic3532]

Truth ! lol

[@AngelaMerici12]

Damn!! 😂 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@AlienRelics]

Oh, yeah, 0.001% death rate! Madness!

[@KarryKarryKarry]

Yeap 500.000 Americans are rolling in their graves laughing.

[@michaelsmusic3532]

@@KarryKarryKarry Waiting to drink our blood ??? Muuaahaa haa ha ha ha

[@joshua7790]

I live on the bottom floor of an old victorian house and its pretty late at night. As a person with hypervigilance this seems like a great thing to watch!

[@morrigankasa570]

If a genuine Victorian era house, there may have been dead bodies in your house for up to a week. They oftentimes held wakes for dead family members in the house with the corpses being kept in the house for multiple days. Also many wallpapers had arsenic and other toxic materials in them and caused exposure to toxins that could sicken and kill people.

[@joshua7790]

@@morrigankasa570 you dont know the half of it. We have spiders that have been here for hundreds of generations. We have found war letters and tins that have been under the floor boards since the world wars. I wouldnt be surprised if there was a body in a wall or if the wall paper itself was slowly poisoning me

[@morrigankasa570]

@@joshua7790 yep, though is a nice architectural style.

[@rachelphilip1730]

Facinating upload as always...

[@grandmothersukhrealta3611]

One thing I find interesting is the vampire has morphed into beings of beauty and strength with supernatural powers and some even have the moral restraint to not drink human blood and are seen as having a condition to envy.

[@gmork1090]

Still a better story than Twili..um... nevermind.

[@judewestburner]

I'm losing my hair, what did I do about it... Shave it short. Job done

[@mayravixx25]

Become Lex Luthor

[@castleanthrax1833]

Burying someone "ass-up" not only robs someone of their dignity but if you bury them shallow enough they make a pretty handy bikestand.

[@elijahpalmore2491]

Being from Rhode Island I remember hearing this story in 7th grade

[@spenezzet9521]

Hello from Litchfield!

[@rickyherzfield3670]

I love your videos. You make serious subjects so funny.

[@arturkarpinski164]

I blame my dead relatives for my hair loss!!!! 🐴

[@rongenung]

Colorado Springs---my hometown. No vampires, but plenty of mountain lions, bears, coyotes, deer and a few big horn sheep. And Nikola Tesla once lived there!

[@helenbunnehmummeh5154]

Always click for Thoughty2. Double quick for vampires! 👍

[@NITE_SHIFTING]

Most family members drain each other's life force whilst alive. 🎅

[@revron9683]

I'VE NEVER BEEN SO EARLY IN HIS VIDEOS

[@Ethan.YT.]

Same

[@paradox4976]

We’re all v impressed round of applause 👏

[@FOF275]

6:38 How did you find a clip of a coughing vampire?

[@thegunslinger1363]

I hope they got Abraham Van Helsing on the scene.

[@NightBazaar]

Van Helsing? Yes, they got him. He did the Mash. He did the Monster Mash.

[@bobm5951]

Turning the body face down was so they would dig deeper into the ground instead of to the surface. Graves with iron cages over them were to contain the occupants and keep them from getting free should they wake up. Wooden stakes for vampires weren't to kill them but to hold them down while their head was removed and buried elsewhere.

[@theokalitozee4918]

Who else looks forward to seeing thoughtys notification? 👇

[@riteshajoodha4401]

Thanks for making these. I really enjoy your videos.

[@robertguildford4793]

I know I wont loose my hair and it wont turn grey in my younger years, I do however know i'll most likely end up and demented alcoholic smoker, have any ads for that?

[@shigeminotoge4514]

"With their suspiciously prominent canines" _shows vampire with lateral incisor fangs instead of canine ones_

[@Bradlifer]

When my aunts blood alcohol killed west nile lmfao

[@therealghostgirl]

There’s a horse shoe nailed above my main entrance. It’s not clear who put it there but the man that owned my house 50 yrs ago said it was there when he bought it and assumed it was the initial New Englander that built the house. There is also a small witches broom nailed above the second entrance door way. With family history in New England (Parris family), it’s best I not discuss witchcraft 😉

[@davidriley8590]

you have a wicked sense of humour I love it.

[@crancourt1789]

As someone whose family came from Southern RI for several generations and was raised in Northen RI, I was raised with the vampire scare as part of our culture heritage. I often think about how my mom's grandfolks and great grandfolks lived through this time in the tiny village in Clayville. I wonder whether they would have genuinely thought it was vampires or just some crazy culty preacher a couple miles away. Seeing this makes me regret not asking Gram about whether her parents her parents ever mentioned the scare before covid hit, though tbh I'm not sure I ever knew her before the memories started to go.

[@matthewmann8969]

So they probably were like mosquitos, maggots, leaches, locusts, and bats then

[@chuckfusco9503]

And lawyers

[@oriaaane]

Holy shit, I work in healthcare (in the US where tuberculosis is controlled) and had absolutely no idea nearly a quarter of the population were affected

[@Top_pan]

This guy very good at history dudes to be honest

[@sourgummiescureyourpain4555]

Rather very interested in it than good at it. History is not a skill. Or is it? 🤔

[@RobVespa]

For those interested in folklore regarding vampires, I recommend the book Vampires, Burial, and Death: Folklore and Reality by Paul Barber. It's the best I know of, although it's not for the squeamish.

[@OpBerlin]

New alternate ending of red dead redemption 2?

[@crazybabuskaman3923]

I wish lol.