{"podcast":{"title":"Historical Blindness","slug":"historical-blindness-551564","podcast_index_feed_id":551564,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ADL4668203624","website_url":"http://www.historicalblindness.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/4b44e022-39e0-11e8-82cd-47f1be4ac7b2/image/20210223_164158.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Nathaniel Lloyd","episode_count":243,"summary":"Historical Blindness is a podcast about history’s myths, mysteries, and misconceptions. By examining cases of outrageous hoaxes, pernicious conspiracy theory, mass delusion, baffling mysteries and unreliable historiography, host Nathaniel Lloyd searches for insights into modern religious belief and political culture.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-30T16:22:11.732523+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/historical-blindness-551564"},"episode":{"title":"Hunting the Highgate Vampire","slug":"hunting-the-highgate-vampire","published_at":"2025-10-21T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/historical-blindness-551564/hunting-the-highgate-vampire","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/historical-blindness-551564","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/211/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML2132574219.mp3?updated=1761059417","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/211/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML2132574219.mp3?updated=1761059417","summary":"In this episode, I tell the story of a hysteria in 1970s London, involving claims of ghosts, Satanists, and vampires, as well as two dueling magicians. Get 3 months of premium wireless service for $15 bucks a month at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MintMobile.com/Blindness⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the show merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, perfect for gifts! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Direct all advertising inquiries to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠advertising@airwavemedia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.airwavemedia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find other high-quality podcasts! Some music in this episode was licensed under a Blue Dot Sessions blanket license at the time of publication. Tracks include \"Lacaille,\" \"Access Road 214,\" \"Balck Ballots,\" \"Game Lands,\" \"Olivia Wraith,\" \"Cover Letter,\" and \"Cicle Deserrat.\" Additional music, including \"Remedy for Melancholy,\" is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"In this episode, I tell the story of a hysteria in 1970s London, involving claims of ghosts, Satanists, and vampires, as well as two dueling magicians. Ge…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3089,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/historical-blindness-551564/episodes/hunting-the-highgate-vampire/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/historical-blindness-551564/hunting-the-highgate-vampire.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}