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Katie left out my favorite method of dealing with vampires: Throwing a big pile of coins on the ground! They will automatically stop to count it all, giving you more time to run away. That was the inspiration for the Count from Sesame street.
This is only relevant in some variations of the folklore. Also the same lore would explain that they can count it much faster than you can. Also they will finish up the minimal task and catch up to you before you get out of line of sight. However as Simon says many times, not real, so you really don't have to worry about a vampire killing you on your way home.
The old stories would talk about scattering millet seeds on the doorstep to keep the vampire occupied. They would need to collect and count them before they could try and enter or move on.
On the topic he talked about "ways to dispose of my corpse" he mentioned the tree thing being terrifying to him. My sister was killed and we cremated her and got something called "bio-urn". Long story short my sister is now a weeping cherry tree in my moms backyard. I think it's kinda beautiful in a morbid way, because it's like shes always there for me to visit.
I love the idea of returning to the Earth. I work in the death industry and I want terramation. It’s also known as human composting. No chemicals, no emissions from cremation. It’s like natural burial but sped up. Your family gets compost/soil returned to them. There is no gross, no smell. I want my family to plant a beautiful memorial garden with the soil. Then anytime they feel they need to be close to me they can sit in the garden surrounded by beauty in privacy. Rather than have to go to a cemetery or figure out what to do with an urn.
The funniest thing about the Whistler Extended Universe (Whistleverse, or WEU) is all the times he's mentioned his Mouse Genocide on multiple different channels
Fun fact: in Bram Stoker's novel, garlic flowers are indeed what is used to keep the vampire away rather than bulbs. The smell is described as objectionable by the maid.
@@lexwithbub I don't think so as a fan fiction is classified as fiction written by a fan of, and featuring characters from, a particular TV series, movie, etc. So depending on your belief system it would be just fiction.
@@ZAV1944 considering they're all different fanboi's versions of events that supposedly happened some number of millennia earlier, that says fanfic to me 😂
I love Lilith. But also annoyed they used Ishtar to depict her. She predates the myth by centuries, though might have influenced the myth of Lilith. Ishtar was awesome, too.
Oh my gosh, I'm glad it's not just me! I swear that I've already seen the Kate Yup Mukbang episode from before this week too, but I can't see another video on Simon's channels about it.
A girl at camp told me she had rabies because a dog bit her, and every once in a while it would flair up. It just now occurred to me she must have been lying.
She is not lying. It can be cured if treated within 3 days. Anything after that and it requires constant medication to prevent inflammation of the body and brain.
@@potatosnap where are you getting that information? Everything I can find says either you get the vaccination and it gets rid of the rabies, or you don’t and you die.
In defense of Herodotus, he was originally setting out to write a travel guide of the civilizations around the Mediterranean at the time, and explicitly stated that much of what he wrote was what he had been told, and he himself questioned the validity of much of it. He's only really a historian in hindsight. Also I had *allll* the Animorphs books as a kid. I absolutely loved that shit. Honestly great stories especially considering the target age group.
Yeah it's more of a "he is best historian we have", regardless if he was historian or not. Maybe future humans will be thinking Simon was really crappy historian saying lots of fabulations and not quite correct things :) Like vampires and ghosts don't exist.
@@PetrSojnek Simon does say some slightly incorrect things sometimes, but those are due to research or writing mistakes, or just inaccurate sources. Vampires and ghosts not being real? Nahh, he's 100% correct on that one
@@semaj_5022 Oh I meant incorrect information due to "we actually don't know yet". As in, are there ghosts? Probably not. But maybe yes. We don't know. In 500 years maybe we will know ghosts are real and science will be able to detect them. And somebody that laughed at the idea 500 years ago will be looked at as flat earther :D
Yeah, Herodotus gets a bit of an unfair hate. My man was trying his best and wholly admitted that he was writing what people *told* him about a bunch of shit and noted when he had first person experience. Iirc, in a bit where he was being told by some travelers that frankincense (or possibly myrrh?) was guarded by flying serpents he basically said that he thought it was bullshit but he couldn't say it for sure. That said, he clearly wrote it to be retold as a bit of a sideshow act, so he wasn't turning down any wild stories. His Historia is a pretty fun read. As a bonus fact, that myth about birds sitting in crocodile mouths dates back to Herodotus and most people today probably still think it's a real thing.
@@BruceBoyde a moment of silence for all the theoretical oriented greek highschool students, who were forced to read Herodotus in ancient greek, AND translate it :p
One of the best yet somehow relatively unknown vampire movies ever: The Hunger. And it's especially crazy that most people don't know about it, considering it starred effing SUSAN SARANDON and DAVID BOWIE!!!
I don't know your tastes in shows, but you might like 'What we do in the Shadows', its a dark humor comedy and is a fun watch. I usually stick to nonfiction but it is something my wife and I love to watch together.
@@OffRampTourist The series expands upon the movie, and it's just as good if not better, with cameos from the guys in the movie and also, pretty much any actor who has ever played a vampire. And it has Matt Berry, which alone means it's great.
Dracula is derived from Draco (Latin) and Drakon (Greek) mean "serpent", or, "dragon". The root of these words means "to watch" or "to guard with a sharp eye". It is a derivative of Greek drakōn "gazing" .
I’m surprised Katie didn’t mention The Vampyre by John William Polidori. Polidori was a friend of the Shelleys & participated in the same contest in which Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein. Although The Vampyre was never expanded into a proper novel, the short story was published around 80 years before Dracula
@@katywatson4940 Carmilla is another preDracula vampire novel that is allegorically a warning against lesbianism as the vampire and victim are both young maiden type women. It's turned into a sort of cult LGBT romance in modern times.
Some scientists believe the vampire legend might date back before written history back to cave man days and was used as a way to explain away rabies in primitive cultures. One reason is the symptoms of rabies are similar to the vampire legends; avoiding light, biting at people, attacking them, retreating into darkness, the receding of the gums leading the teeth to look longer like fangs, etc... Another reason for this theory is due to the animals that vampires are supposed to change into and how these animals vary from culture to culture and location to location. In China its the fox, in eastern Europe its the wolf, in western cultures like England and America the bat. These animals also correspond in those regions to the animal most common to contract rabies: China, the fox... Eastern Europe, the wolf... America, the bat. In fact these animals would themselves hide in caves when infected and would attack people if they strayed too close. And those who watched their loved ones grow rabid would have had no way of understanding what rabies was, trying to explain it away in whatever primitive, superstitious way they could (ie: people turned into bloodthirsty monsters possessed by demons after being bitten by mad animals or other infected people). In regards to Vlad Dracula there was another reason the locals thought he turned into a vampire. It was taught by the Christian Orthodox church in that area of the world that, if you converted to Roman Catholicism before you died, you'd come back as a vampire. Vlad converted 3 days before his death. Otherwise the people of that region to this day look upon Vlad as being a more of a George Washington type of figure, a hero, for defending the region from the Turk invaders. And, getting back to the rabies connection, Dracula was seen as being able top change into a wolf and/or bat, two animals most commonly known for rabies in both Dracula's part of the world as well as Bram Stoker's.
By the time rabies effects the brain the victim only has a day or two to live. Rabies is 100% lethal and kills very quickly. If rabies was involved in the vampire stories don’t you think death within a day of severe symptoms would have been an important detail that wouldn’t have been left out? Biting and things like that are also very rare in humans. Seizures, fear and inability to swallow water are the most common symptoms in humans.
One could tie the old lesser known myth that vampires couldn't cross running water with rabies hydrophobia as well. One thing that doesn't fit in what you said though is that rabid bats specifically would hide in caves. Bats that are ill instinctively leave their colony, which evolution-wise spares massive outbreaks, since colonies can be hundreds of thousands strong in incredibly close quarters. You're more likely to find a rabid bat anywhere but a cave. For that matter if you can reach a bat, DO NOT TOUCH IT. I love bats and they are incredibly beneficial and essential to the ecosystems they exist within, on a level with bees on the number of species collapse that would come from their extermination, but if you can touch the bat it's either sick or hurt, so leave it to a professional-- if you search for Bat World Sanctuary's official site, they have a tool that can help you locate a rescuer nearest you to come help the creature, and these people are almost always prevaccinated for rabies with the equipment to handle a bat safely.
If you have been living under a rock (or are as disconnected as Simon can be) and haven't seen it yet, I highly suggest watching What We Do in the Shadows. First the movie, then the television series. Brilliant representation of vampires and unbelievably funny.
i imagine his opinion toward comedy is similar to his about fiction. if its not based on reality its a waste of time. its a weird mindset but some people just cant get into stories that are outside the realms of possibility. Sadly people like that much actually be entertained by some of the content they avoid but they would rather remain ignorant to it. there is so much content in the world that your life can be consumed purely by fantasy as well as reality so i guess what ever tickles your fancy. The true Gs are the people into fantasy and turn it into reality. For example communicators in startrek were pure fantasy. They had GPS and you would flip them open to talk wirelessly from a planet you were on to your ship in orbit..... We got flip phones which i imagine were kinda themed off the OG communicators. And our phones now are more powerful than the computing power of what was proposed on the original star ships.
Oh, yes! Fantastic. Great giggle. Have not seen the series as I'm a "meh, too much and I'm bored" girl, but the movie is stunning. Taika didn't make "Black Sheep", but it's another NZ funny that's worth a watch.
@@bunnymad5049 if you liked the movie, you're doing yourself a disservice by not watching the series. You should definitely give it a shot. Watch it at your own pace. I think you will enjoy it just as much as the movie 😉
@@jessicaclakley3691 I was going to say I don't recall ...but I'm on a mini computer right now. It was a Medal of Honor for wounds received on the Russian Front.
twilight actually has inspired a whole new (god awful) subgenre in itself! for example the fifty shades trilogy and other very, very subpar and problematic erotica
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is probably the best vampire show as the writing is phenomenal (despite the retrospective knowledge of issues of the creator). The only other show as well written is Doctor Who (at least at the beginning of the newer series).
I honestly prefer classic Doctor Who because I love the low budget effects & the wild stories that could either be incredibly dark or incredibly silly. Also the Doctors dressed much more interestingly than the modern Doctors. Collin Baker’s coat was so ridiculous that’s almost as unbelievable as time travel itself. The most outlandish article of clothing in the ‘05 series is Matt Smith’s fez that he only wore a few times. Btw, I still love all the Doctor actors including Whittaker
One of my favorite book series is the “Vampire Chronicles” by Anne Rice. They are very well written and interesting which leads me to say my favorite the vampire Lestat.
Me too. Checking comments so see if anyone else had mentioned the Chronicles. I've read everything she wrote under 2 names and prefer her vampires to her witch series and her werewolf series. Her 2 historical fiction novels are wonderful, especially the one set in New Orleans.
Anne Rice also brought me into Vampire stories and after 20 years they still stick with me. After watching the series Interview with a Vampire that came out a while ago I had to go back and reread the book, cause I remembered it so different XD
@@ardenalexa94 it is by the one and only Mike Flannigan but it is a standalone series with no ties to The Haunting series (aside from a few of the incredible cast members).
42:15 I have a friend who has hemochromatosis, and it’s actually more complicated. He has to go in and have his blood “cleaned”. It comes out almost black, and causes a lot of health problems.
I don't come here to see if myths are real, I just like to learn about them and have Simon and his writers present him :) I don't believe Vampires are real but I think they're very cool and thus are a part of legend all over the world. Werewolves are also pretty cool!
Great episode! Simon, I think you’d like What We Do in the Shadows, it’s absolutely hilarious, just straight up comedy. The humor is somewhat dark, of course, but it’s a riot!
A woman at a party runs up to Count Dracula and smacks him over the head with a pork pie. Dracula says, "Who vas that voman?" Another party goer says, "That was Buffet the Vampire Slayer."
While you were mentioning a lot of vampire movies/books T.V. shows, I noticed a few lacking I considered "important" Dark Shadows, Forever Knight, Hotel Transylvania, the Rom-Coms Bite Me and Love at First Bite, and a whole plethora of Little Vampire movies/shows for kids.
I don't even know the difference between sets, I watch so many of Simon's channels half the time I figure out which one it is in around 5 minutes in and I'm 100% ok with that
I love stories about paranormal, spiritual, or religious crap. They are a great lense to view and study human nature. Our fear of the unknown taken to such an extreme, that it takes on a life of its own. Fascinating!
Sleeping Beauty: She is discovered (unconscious) in her castle by a wandering king, who "carries her to a bed, where he gathers the first fruits of love." He leaves her there and she later gives birth to twins.
I've been looking forward to this since Katy mentioned it in response to a prior comment, and I am not disappointed! Simon isn't as salty in this episode as I might imagine vampires ought to illicit, but being a writer with "vampires" amongst my cast, I've found this episode very well constructed. I went with blood-born parasites, but tried to consider a lot of the lore Katy has wrapped up in this episode. I commend your research, Katy, and thank you for plugging all this information into a single episode. I will definitely point any junior aspiring artists towards this episode, should they wish to fill themselves with knowledge before designing a vampire of their own!
You sound like my son! When he was 3 yrs old he reasoned that Santa couldn't possibly exist because it would be impossible to visit every child in the world in 24hrs and carry enough cargo on his sleigh. I was dead proud and was just about to congratulate him when my wife jumped in and convinced him of the existence of magic with an appeal to authority (namely herself). Apparently my son knowing the truth would destroy the childhoods of countless children and could well lead to a cataclysmic future, or something.
Anne Boleyn was executed with a sword, as it was considered more humane. According to accounts of the execution she was upright on her knees and the executioner removed her head with a single stroke after signaling his assistant to make a noise to distract her.
He stood hard to make her turn her head to make the cut easier he was brought from France due to her nobility not an assistant there was no assistant stood on the executioners block she had her ladies in waiting collect her corpse and head they and the executioner were the only people on the podium at the time that is written in multiple accounts.
When I was a kid, I had a really bad stuttering problem, one summer I read about 20 or 30 of the Animorphs book series, and my stuttering has pretty much gone away ever since. My life would be a whole lot different if it weren't for the Animorphs series. Nevertheless, big fan of the show, Simon! Much love from Ontario, Canada!
I live in CT, USA & I’m kinda surprised y’all didn’t mention the vampire burials here. There was a cemetery found w/ multiple burials where the head was removed, the femurs where placed across the body & a brick was placed in the mouth. Historical documents showed that the bodies had been buried, exhumed, the body rearranged, the heart removed & burned & fed to the family mbrs of the deceased. Apparently it’s a Greek or Mediterranean way of dealing w/ vampires. These poor ppl were probably dealing w/ lyme’s disease or tuberculosis tho. You like to say the past is the worst but let’s face it, between the history of witches, vampires, werewolves & headless horseman New England is the worst.
Same. I thought this video would mostly be about the New England-area vampires, actually, which is maybe a bit USA-centrist of me, but it's the most recent documented instance of people actually believing they were dealing with vampires and it's so interesting that it was SO recent. The story of the family in the "They Made a Tonic" episode of the Lore podcast is one of the craziest, saddest vampire stories ever.
My favourite super natural series has to be Being Human, which follows a Vampire, Werewolf and a Ghost. My favourite Vampire movie has to be the Blade Trilogy.
25:27 According to most vampire lore, the vampire feeds on the victim (which, if done alone, kills the victim); however, if the victim drinks the vampire’s blood, they then become vampires too.
Great one Katy. I love vampire history too. Thank you for writing this one. Too add to the vampire list I like Love at First Bite and there is also Once bitten and Underworld.
Hey Simon. Just regarding your comments on death planning: Alternatives to traditional burial is natural burial. Your body isn't embalmed and is placed in either a simple cotton shroud or other compostable material and you rot naturally. There is also a human composting project that is going on (I think in either California or Washington in the US. "Ask a Mortician" has a video on it), where your body is naturally composted, and your family can collect the compost after the process is fully complete(and it is tested and verified to be safe), AND if your loved ones can't take the full amount, they use the compost to aid in the regrowth of forests which were over-logged. There is also aquamation, which is cremation but using water. "Ask a Mortician" is a really good channel for learning about all this funeral based stuff, and is legitimately fascination. Cheers!
Well to clarify why Buffy kept intriguing your younger self: Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy), Alyson Hannigan (Willow), David Boreanaz (Angel). There was one reason for everyone. Also it was the important ABC of the supernatural: Angel, Buffy, Charmed. I think the weirdest scene about Vampires for me came from "An interview with a Vampire". The saddest one as well. The weirdest one was when he talked about how happy he was when movies showed him the sunrise (showing a scene from Superman III, I think). And the saddest one was the mother and child the main character sired, which were put in a well to be killed by the sun by the other vampires. That's because he can't have nice things. It was one of the movies which scenes stayed with me for over 20 years. I did Twilight back to back with movies 1 and 2, then three on another evening and i think 4 and 5 in cinema. It was fairly low on the quality scale if you want Vampires or movies worth 90 minutes (4 and 5 were just stretched to make more money). I'd go to "Vampire Diaries" or thier Spin-off "The Originals" but even those are more soap opera than action series as Buffy was. The From Dusk Till Dawn series with Wilmer Valderrama and guesting Danny Trejo is probably better, although they are Mexican snake-based Vampires. At least it was more action, though cut really short. I still have a bit of hope, that Vampire The Masquerade Swansong is any good. The last one for Windows XP (Bloodlines 2) was really awesome though also incredibly short.
On Elizabeth: I really do wish I remembered the youtuber who did a deep dive on her, but they uncovered something interesting. Turns out one her Husband had the same sort of reputation for abusive behavour, a real match made in hell sort of situation for those poor peasant forced to deal with them. Most of the family power came through him, so when he passed on the enemies of the family circled... then these rumors started being investigated. The plot to lock her up was carried out by one of the people who swore to her husband to protect her, and likely what saved her.
She was in power for quite a long time after he died. She really was a victim of horrible sexism and power-hungry nobles. I mean, she wasn't great to her servants or the peasants, but she wasn't anything they accused her of being. They just didn't like a woman having power and owning that much valuable land. It's so sad that her reputation has gone down in history as those lies.
yea apparently the husband was massive sexual sadist and tortured raped and murdered the young staff . EB joined him and they Murdered many of the children of the village . She got caught out when she started having daughters of other aristos visiting /some say she was running a kind of finishing school ... n when they started disappearing people paid attention ....
Hey Simon, I once had a rental apartment that had large rats in which the cheap landlord would do nothing. Many common traps failed. I got a neon sign transformer and put electrodes over a bucket with food. They died one after another for a week. One draw back, the smell of burnt rat,...is bad....
30:08 Silver bullet is for werewolves, although some sources (True Blood) shows vampires as being allergic to silver. Stake and sunlight kill vampires.
I think I have a few guesses at what appealed to young Simon in Buffy. In order of how often each topic was featured in the show, these are: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alyson Hannigan, Emma Caulfield, Michelle Trachtenberg, Charisma Carpenter, Amber Benson, Eliza Dushku, Juliet Landau, and Mercedes McNab. Just a guess.
00:41 I watch literally all of your shows even though I disagree w/ you on various spiritual and supernatural topics, and honestly I feel like i'm SO ADHD and zone out so often that when you mentioned this not being your set I was confused bcz I think the last time I probably paid full attention to your set it was this set
I think I was so into Animorphs as a pre-teen because the book series brought up a lot of moral and ethical questions and was aimed at an age group that are developing their own sense of right and wrong and personal identity. Am I a good person if I also hurt people? What lengths is it acceptable to go for survival? The aliens aren’t a singular evil group. And the humans aren’t perfect either. The major alien species involved are desperate to survive and see their actions as justified and necessary for their continued existence. The kids are in a situation with factors well beyond their control. They have a limited ability to be proactive and are largely trying to make the best of the worst choices available to them. And they have to try to live with the consequences. It’s messy and morally ambiguous at times.
I sure hope Simon's sister wasn't reading those books when she was five. A named, speaking character was graphically eaten alive in the first chapter of the first book.
@@realityhelix564 I had the same thought. I was like "Who is letting her read these at FIVE?" 😂 Beyond anything else, there's no way to even comprehend what's going on in the books at that age.
Psychic Vampires were in the show What we do in the Shadows and instead of feeding on blood they fed on people's energy. In the show Colin the energy vampire was meant to be the most boring blandest dude who worked at the office who always tried to have a lengthy conversation with you at work about the most uninteresting stuff ever and constantly making awkward small talk and he says to the viewer "You probably already know an energy vampire like me yourselves" Show is hilarious.
I absolutely love groggily waking up in the morning putting on RUclips while making breakfast and finding another one of your videos this is the perfect energy first thing in the morning
Simon, we all know you didn't enjoy Buffy and vampires, you enjoyed Sarah Michelle Gellar, and her little "kong-fu stretching and the moaning, during the "fighting"/"petting" scenes ;) hehe... just admit it, we are both men of fine culture, that appreciated that show
Has anyone else been to Vlad's castle (Bran?) In Romania he's painted as a Robin Hood character who fought the Turks was good to the peasants and the people and placed harsh punishment upon the aristocracy, this made both the aristocrats and the eventual victors who write history i.e the turks write him up as incredibly cruel. In Bran castle is an entirely different myth of the "impaler" go see it's worth it...
I thought he would end up discussing more alternate forms of vampires. I've always thought the funniest one was vampire pumpkins/watermelons! (They can turn into vampires after being left out for a certain amount of days, lol)
I'm kind of surprised there was no mention of Dark Shadows, a TV series that ran from 1966-1971 (in the U.S.). I think I recall my mom referring to it as a soap opera, though. No idea. And yes, that's the same Dark Shadows that was made into a movie, released in 2012, from the mind of Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp. Haven't seen that either. Just putting it out there... 🤷🏼♀️ Another great episode!
Simon, liking Buffy just means you have some good taste. Also I'm not a big fan of horror movies and don't watch many. But loooove me some vampire movies. Lol Even horror-y ones. XD
Commenting before I’ve listened to the video: predictions. Simon will giggle snort adorably which must just send his kids into peels of laughter. He will say of course there are no vampires because right of course there aren’t. And he will get distracted, let’s say, five times at least. I love listening to this stuff
Yeah, replying to my own damn comment. I think I’m about nine minutes in and I’m pretty sure he’s already gone past the five tangents but they are slightly related to the subject so I’m not sure if I should count it but it really doesn’t matter because what I love about these are that he reminds me so strongly of all of my kids. All five of them have ADHD at least two are on the autism spectrum with me and my poor non-Neuro divergent husband just sits and gets dizzy listening to us talk. You may never be the Simon, but I consider you as someone who could easily be A friend of the family. I know you’re not, because I’m not that stupid, but thanks for your entertainment value in my life
Hey Simon if you’re scared of being buried alive, try composting! In the highly unlikely case that you were put in the composter still alive you could just sit up and bang on the door and they’d come let you out.
Hey, sword nerd here, and it largely depends on the sword, You'll have one hell of a time trying to use a one-handed sword to cut someone's head off in one swing, And both Katanas and Longswords will struggle with it, But if you have a bigger sword handy like a Claymore (the two-handed one) basically anyone could do it with some good edge alignment, So overall it's not that hard as long as you bring the right type of sword
Abhartach is thought to have been the character in an Irish legend that gave Bram Stoker the idea for Dracula. Reputedly he's buried head first (vertically) a few miles up the road from where I live. A yew branch is the only thing that can 'kill' Abhartach long enough to get him in the ground, afterwards his grave is covered by a large boulder. The site is basically a yew tree with a large boulder at its base which locals have never dared to move. Apparently Bram Stoker heard the story in Ireland in the 1800's.
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Hemochromatosis is treated with BLOODLETTING
Also, we can cure rabies if treated relatively quickly
Thanks for the random upload, again?? 🤔Lol
Ye, in the land where they measure distance by how many hamburgers they would have to stack to get there.
I don't enjoy the extra chatter. Just get to the point! Short attention span theater.
"Buffy the Vampire Sister"... Hahahahah.
Simon , I am originally from Transylvania and I can confirm that in all my 346 years I never saw not even one Vampire ! 👍
lol. i see what you did there. 😜
Buna asta :))))
😂😂😂 Well done!
So... You done seen a toothy boi.
wok wok!
Katie left out my favorite method of dealing with vampires: Throwing a big pile of coins on the ground! They will automatically stop to count it all, giving you more time to run away. That was the inspiration for the Count from Sesame street.
Also works on some fairies.
Xfiles brought to the table uncooked rice and/or sunflower seeds!
Same reason
I think that onlyis supposed to work for jewish vampires due to the stereotypes...
This is only relevant in some variations of the folklore. Also the same lore would explain that they can count it much faster than you can. Also they will finish up the minimal task and catch up to you before you get out of line of sight. However as Simon says many times, not real, so you really don't have to worry about a vampire killing you on your way home.
The old stories would talk about scattering millet seeds on the doorstep to keep the vampire occupied. They would need to collect and count them before they could try and enter or move on.
I once asked "if you put holy water in a humidifier in a room with a vampire, did you make a holy gas chamber" and I still have not gotten an answer.
Someone once asked that on the previous upload too
@@dagothur3069 it was me. I truly wish to get an answer.
@@Shizznad Well, I'd say yes.
Definitely. But you may want to add a couple cloves of garlic for extra assurances.
- Ukrainian Catholic
@@taliaryn3699 - …and Vervain 😉☺️
On the topic he talked about "ways to dispose of my corpse" he mentioned the tree thing being terrifying to him. My sister was killed and we cremated her and got something called "bio-urn". Long story short my sister is now a weeping cherry tree in my moms backyard. I think it's kinda beautiful in a morbid way, because it's like shes always there for me to visit.
that's really beautiful
I love the idea of returning to the Earth. I work in the death industry and I want terramation. It’s also known as human composting. No chemicals, no emissions from cremation. It’s like natural burial but sped up. Your family gets compost/soil returned to them. There is no gross, no smell. I want my family to plant a beautiful memorial garden with the soil. Then anytime they feel they need to be close to me they can sit in the garden surrounded by beauty in privacy. Rather than have to go to a cemetery or figure out what to do with an urn.
@@theblessed1561 That's what I'd love to have done! Unfortunately, it's not offered in my state, and probably wouldn't be well accepted here. 😢
That’s a hole lot better than a stone in a field 👍
May her spirit make the tree big and strong and beautiful
My condolences ❤
The funniest thing about the Whistler Extended Universe (Whistleverse, or WEU) is all the times he's mentioned his Mouse Genocide on multiple different channels
He _is_ YT's Fact Boy!
Mentioned it... 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓰𝓵𝓮𝓮!
Fun fact: in Bram Stoker's novel, garlic flowers are indeed what is used to keep the vampire away rather than bulbs. The smell is described as objectionable by the maid.
I need to read his version of Dracula to see how much Hollywood corrupted it.
@@easyenetwork2023 how much did Stoker corrupt the old stories?
The term "Bible Fanfiction" is definitely now one of my favorite phrases
...It exists. Don't look it up.
Same
Isn't the bible the original fanfiction though, anyway? 😂
@@lexwithbub I don't think so as a fan fiction is classified as fiction written by a fan of, and featuring characters from, a particular TV series, movie, etc. So depending on your belief system it would be just fiction.
@@ZAV1944 considering they're all different fanboi's versions of events that supposedly happened some number of millennia earlier, that says fanfic to me 😂
Showing my age, here, but I loved the soap opera Dark Shadows, in the 60s.
I can't believe no one's mentioned Bunnicula!
We dont talk about Bunnicula.
It made for a great cartoon.
Bunnicula, Howliday Inn, and The Celery Stalks at Midnight. 3 must reads.
@@Im-Not-a-Dog The obvious first rule of Bunnicula.
3:05 - Chapter 1 - Forever living legends
4:10 - Chapter 2 - Sekhmet
5:45 - Chapter 3 - Lilith
9:55 - Chapter 4 - Vlad the impaler
12:00 - Chapter 5 - Elizabeth bahtory
16:10 - Mid roll ads
18:35 - Chapter 6 - Vampire Hysteria
23:20 - Chapter 7 - My favorite vampire
29:40 - Chapter 8 - Vampire slaying 101
30:10 - Chapter 8.1 - Deny entry
31:55 - Chapter 8.2 - Holy symbols
34:35 - Chapter 8.3 - Garlic
36:40 - Chapter 8.4 - Wooden stakes
38:15 - Chapter 8.5 - Heads off
39:35 - Chapter 9 - Vampires today
jeez, thank you for the help! (Not sarcasm)
Legend 🤘
I love Lilith. But also annoyed they used Ishtar to depict her. She predates the myth by centuries, though might have influenced the myth of Lilith. Ishtar was awesome, too.
Also, you're awesome for laying out the episode.
Not all heroes carry wooden stakes
Hotel Transylvania... Jonathan: "Stake to the heart?" Drac: "Well, yeah... That'd kill anyone."
... Déjà vu! I've just been in this place before! ... I'm sure it's just as interesting the second time around, though.
Oh my gosh, I'm glad it's not just me! I swear that I've already seen the Kate Yup Mukbang episode from before this week too, but I can't see another video on Simon's channels about it.
a reference to something theres no chance fact boy will know, on one of his videos, makes me happier than it should
Oh my gosh, I STILL love Buffy , after all these years! 💕 What a really classy show.
You like Supernatural also?
A girl at camp told me she had rabies because a dog bit her, and every once in a while it would flair up. It just now occurred to me she must have been lying.
She is not lying. It can be cured if treated within 3 days. Anything after that and it requires constant medication to prevent inflammation of the body and brain.
@@potatosnap where are you getting that information? Everything I can find says either you get the vaccination and it gets rid of the rabies, or you don’t and you die.
The only way she could have been telling the truth is if she was a vampire, soo... I'd say it's 50/50
Rabies, herpes. It's hard to tell the difference if you don't know the symptoms.
took you long enough
I feel like there's a fun conversation you could have with Caitlin "I want my dead body eaten by ANIMALS!!!!" Doughty.
Omg yes!! I’d pay for that video
Me too!!!
I’ve watched this twice now and the part where Simon says: ‘Yup, in the butt.’ still makes me laugh.
Oh my gosh!! Yes!!! I was driving to work and listening. I cracked up!
Uhhhhh timestamp for those of us with ADHD? ❀
Cheers! ♡
@@mookinbabysealfurmittens just watch the video. Ezy
new drinking game ... take ashot for every in the butt
10:25 Simon talking himself up
“What a big brain, filled with knowledge!”
Also Simon,
Says “brig bain” Lol
In defense of Herodotus, he was originally setting out to write a travel guide of the civilizations around the Mediterranean at the time, and explicitly stated that much of what he wrote was what he had been told, and he himself questioned the validity of much of it. He's only really a historian in hindsight. Also I had *allll* the Animorphs books as a kid. I absolutely loved that shit. Honestly great stories especially considering the target age group.
Yeah it's more of a "he is best historian we have", regardless if he was historian or not. Maybe future humans will be thinking Simon was really crappy historian saying lots of fabulations and not quite correct things :) Like vampires and ghosts don't exist.
@@PetrSojnek Simon does say some slightly incorrect things sometimes, but those are due to research or writing mistakes, or just inaccurate sources. Vampires and ghosts not being real? Nahh, he's 100% correct on that one
@@semaj_5022 Oh I meant incorrect information due to "we actually don't know yet". As in, are there ghosts? Probably not. But maybe yes. We don't know. In 500 years maybe we will know ghosts are real and science will be able to detect them. And somebody that laughed at the idea 500 years ago will be looked at as flat earther :D
Yeah, Herodotus gets a bit of an unfair hate. My man was trying his best and wholly admitted that he was writing what people *told* him about a bunch of shit and noted when he had first person experience. Iirc, in a bit where he was being told by some travelers that frankincense (or possibly myrrh?) was guarded by flying serpents he basically said that he thought it was bullshit but he couldn't say it for sure. That said, he clearly wrote it to be retold as a bit of a sideshow act, so he wasn't turning down any wild stories. His Historia is a pretty fun read.
As a bonus fact, that myth about birds sitting in crocodile mouths dates back to Herodotus and most people today probably still think it's a real thing.
@@BruceBoyde a moment of silence for all the theoretical oriented greek highschool students, who were forced to read Herodotus in ancient greek, AND translate it :p
One of the best yet somehow relatively unknown vampire movies ever: The Hunger. And it's especially crazy that most people don't know about it, considering it starred effing SUSAN SARANDON and DAVID BOWIE!!!
I don't know your tastes in shows, but you might like 'What we do in the Shadows', its a dark humor comedy and is a fun watch. I usually stick to nonfiction but it is something my wife and I love to watch together.
The movie is great fun. Haven't seen the series.
@@OffRampTourist The series expands upon the movie, and it's just as good if not better, with cameos from the guys in the movie and also, pretty much any actor who has ever played a vampire. And it has Matt Berry, which alone means it's great.
Dracula is derived from Draco (Latin) and Drakon (Greek) mean "serpent", or, "dragon". The root of these words means "to watch" or "to guard with a sharp eye". It is a derivative of Greek drakōn "gazing" .
“Something you should be enjoying right now, wine!”
Simon it is 9:38 in the morning do not tempt me
Cheers! 🍷😉
Also, ironically, in the words of Dracula, “I don’t drink…wine.”
I’m surprised Katie didn’t mention The Vampyre by John William Polidori. Polidori was a friend of the Shelleys & participated in the same contest in which Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein. Although The Vampyre was never expanded into a proper novel, the short story was published around 80 years before Dracula
I did see these earlier examples in my reading but nothing really had much of an effect until Dracula so I just glossed over them!
@@katywatson4940 Carmilla is another preDracula vampire novel that is allegorically a warning against lesbianism as the vampire and victim are both young maiden type women. It's turned into a sort of cult LGBT romance in modern times.
There’s a movie called Gothic by Ken Russell where that contest takes place. It’s fun.
Simon has so much content, sometimes he loses track of what he's put out.🤯🤯🤯🤯
It was only up for a few hours the first time, then disappeared
or youtube being youtube..........
It's kinda weird how many channels he has
@@frozenglaicericet-pose6104 really..?? It makes perfect sense to me, tis his literal job now
Forreal, it's the epitome of quantity over quality.
35:15 Fun Fact: The original Dracula book did in fact use garlic flowers, not the bulbs.
Some scientists believe the vampire legend might date back before written history back to cave man days and was used as a way to explain away rabies in primitive cultures. One reason is the symptoms of rabies are similar to the vampire legends; avoiding light, biting at people, attacking them, retreating into darkness, the receding of the gums leading the teeth to look longer like fangs, etc... Another reason for this theory is due to the animals that vampires are supposed to change into and how these animals vary from culture to culture and location to location. In China its the fox, in eastern Europe its the wolf, in western cultures like England and America the bat. These animals also correspond in those regions to the animal most common to contract rabies: China, the fox... Eastern Europe, the wolf... America, the bat. In fact these animals would themselves hide in caves when infected and would attack people if they strayed too close. And those who watched their loved ones grow rabid would have had no way of understanding what rabies was, trying to explain it away in whatever primitive, superstitious way they could (ie: people turned into bloodthirsty monsters possessed by demons after being bitten by mad animals or other infected people).
In regards to Vlad Dracula there was another reason the locals thought he turned into a vampire. It was taught by the Christian Orthodox church in that area of the world that, if you converted to Roman Catholicism before you died, you'd come back as a vampire. Vlad converted 3 days before his death. Otherwise the people of that region to this day look upon Vlad as being a more of a George Washington type of figure, a hero, for defending the region from the Turk invaders. And, getting back to the rabies connection, Dracula was seen as being able top change into a wolf and/or bat, two animals most commonly known for rabies in both Dracula's part of the world as well as Bram Stoker's.
You had me until you said rabies turns people into blood thirsy monsters. They are usually just incredibly confused.
It's thought to be linked to terburculosis too, and the initial stages of decomposition.
By the time rabies effects the brain the victim only has a day or two to live. Rabies is 100% lethal and kills very quickly. If rabies was involved in the vampire stories don’t you think death within a day of severe symptoms would have been an important detail that wouldn’t have been left out? Biting and things like that are also very rare in humans. Seizures, fear and inability to swallow water are the most common symptoms in humans.
One could tie the old lesser known myth that vampires couldn't cross running water with rabies hydrophobia as well. One thing that doesn't fit in what you said though is that rabid bats specifically would hide in caves. Bats that are ill instinctively leave their colony, which evolution-wise spares massive outbreaks, since colonies can be hundreds of thousands strong in incredibly close quarters. You're more likely to find a rabid bat anywhere but a cave.
For that matter if you can reach a bat, DO NOT TOUCH IT. I love bats and they are incredibly beneficial and essential to the ecosystems they exist within, on a level with bees on the number of species collapse that would come from their extermination, but if you can touch the bat it's either sick or hurt, so leave it to a professional-- if you search for Bat World Sanctuary's official site, they have a tool that can help you locate a rescuer nearest you to come help the creature, and these people are almost always prevaccinated for rabies with the equipment to handle a bat safely.
@@nivision God points.
Simon: You should be drinking some delicious wine!
Me: I never drink... wine.
If you have been living under a rock (or are as disconnected as Simon can be) and haven't seen it yet, I highly suggest watching What We Do in the Shadows. First the movie, then the television series. Brilliant representation of vampires and unbelievably funny.
i imagine his opinion toward comedy is similar to his about fiction. if its not based on reality its a waste of time. its a weird mindset but some people just cant get into stories that are outside the realms of possibility. Sadly people like that much actually be entertained by some of the content they avoid but they would rather remain ignorant to it. there is so much content in the world that your life can be consumed purely by fantasy as well as reality so i guess what ever tickles your fancy. The true Gs are the people into fantasy and turn it into reality. For example communicators in startrek were pure fantasy. They had GPS and you would flip them open to talk wirelessly from a planet you were on to your ship in orbit..... We got flip phones which i imagine were kinda themed off the OG communicators. And our phones now are more powerful than the computing power of what was proposed on the original star ships.
Oh, yes! Fantastic. Great giggle. Have not seen the series as I'm a "meh, too much and I'm bored" girl, but the movie is stunning. Taika didn't make "Black Sheep", but it's another NZ funny that's worth a watch.
They've made a new series. Out this year sometime. Yay
@@bunnymad5049 if you liked the movie, you're doing yourself a disservice by not watching the series. You should definitely give it a shot. Watch it at your own pace. I think you will enjoy it just as much as the movie 😉
@@nathannewman3968 Cool! We'll have a look for it! Thanks!
Fun fact: the medal Bela Lugosi wore as Dracula was not a prop. It was his.
Really?! Is it recorded why he received or had it in general?
@@jessicaclakley3691 I was going to say I don't recall ...but I'm on a mini computer right now. It was a Medal of Honor for wounds received on the Russian Front.
twilight actually has inspired a whole new (god awful) subgenre in itself! for example the fifty shades trilogy and other very, very subpar and problematic erotica
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The channel pop culture detective made a video where Buffy vs Edward. Very satisfying.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is probably the best vampire show as the writing is phenomenal (despite the retrospective knowledge of issues of the creator). The only other show as well written is Doctor Who (at least at the beginning of the newer series).
I honestly prefer classic Doctor Who because I love the low budget effects & the wild stories that could either be incredibly dark or incredibly silly. Also the Doctors dressed much more interestingly than the modern Doctors. Collin Baker’s coat was so ridiculous that’s almost as unbelievable as time travel itself. The most outlandish article of clothing in the ‘05 series is Matt Smith’s fez that he only wore a few times. Btw, I still love all the Doctor actors including Whittaker
Excellent save after Smith it became very "meh" and then it got worse.
One of my favorite book series is the “Vampire Chronicles” by Anne Rice. They are very well written and interesting which leads me to say my favorite the vampire Lestat.
Me too. Checking comments so see if anyone else had mentioned the Chronicles.
I've read everything she wrote under 2 names and prefer her vampires to her witch series and her werewolf series.
Her 2 historical fiction novels are wonderful, especially the one set in New Orleans.
Anne Rice also brought me into Vampire stories and after 20 years they still stick with me.
After watching the series Interview with a Vampire that came out a while ago I had to go back and reread the book, cause I remembered it so different XD
The movie Interview with the Vampire is a novel she wrote.
Buffy was amazing! I love that Simon loves Buffy!
My favorite vampire thing has to be a netflix show called Midnight Mass. Thoughtful, mature, philosophic and emotional. It is kick ass.
Is that the one that’s supposed to be the third season of the hauntings series? First one was I think haunting of Hill house.
@@ardenalexa94 it is by the one and only Mike Flannigan but it is a standalone series with no ties to The Haunting series (aside from a few of the incredible cast members).
@@victoriaredar6393 thanks
I loved the religious themes and the slow burn nature. Also father Paul can drain my blood any day.
@@Oxtocoatl13 lmao.
42:15 I have a friend who has hemochromatosis, and it’s actually more complicated. He has to go in and have his blood “cleaned”. It comes out almost black, and causes a lot of health problems.
I don't come here to see if myths are real, I just like to learn about them and have Simon and his writers present him :)
I don't believe Vampires are real but I think they're very cool and thus are a part of legend all over the world. Werewolves are also pretty cool!
Great episode! Simon, I think you’d like What We Do in the Shadows, it’s absolutely hilarious, just straight up comedy. The humor is somewhat dark, of course, but it’s a riot!
When Simon says something is not real repeatedly, it’s self assurance because he’s starting to get afraid lmao
A woman at a party runs up to Count Dracula and smacks him over the head with a pork pie. Dracula says, "Who vas that voman?" Another party goer says, "That was Buffet the Vampire Slayer."
While you were mentioning a lot of vampire movies/books T.V. shows, I noticed a few lacking I considered "important" Dark Shadows, Forever Knight, Hotel Transylvania, the Rom-Coms Bite Me and Love at First Bite, and a whole plethora of Little Vampire movies/shows for kids.
Simons quasi knowledge of pop culture always brightens my day. I love it.
I don't even know the difference between sets, I watch so many of Simon's channels half the time I figure out which one it is in around 5 minutes in and I'm 100% ok with that
I love stories about paranormal, spiritual, or religious crap. They are a great lense to view and study human nature. Our fear of the unknown taken to such an extreme, that it takes on a life of its own. Fascinating!
Great episode as always! Thoroughly enjoyed it. The bit after the credits where Simon is ranting about the folks doing construction is hysterical! :)
Sleeping Beauty: She is discovered (unconscious) in her castle by a wandering king, who "carries her to a bed, where he gathers the first fruits of love." He leaves her there and she later gives birth to twins.
I've been looking forward to this since Katy mentioned it in response to a prior comment, and I am not disappointed! Simon isn't as salty in this episode as I might imagine vampires ought to illicit, but being a writer with "vampires" amongst my cast, I've found this episode very well constructed. I went with blood-born parasites, but tried to consider a lot of the lore Katy has wrapped up in this episode.
I commend your research, Katy, and thank you for plugging all this information into a single episode. I will definitely point any junior aspiring artists towards this episode, should they wish to fill themselves with knowledge before designing a vampire of their own!
You sound like my son! When he was 3 yrs old he reasoned that Santa couldn't possibly exist because it would be impossible to visit every child in the world in 24hrs and carry enough cargo on his sleigh. I was dead proud and was just about to congratulate him when my wife jumped in and convinced him of the existence of magic with an appeal to authority (namely herself). Apparently my son knowing the truth would destroy the childhoods of countless children and could well lead to a cataclysmic future, or something.
Anne Boleyn was executed with a sword, as it was considered more humane. According to accounts of the execution she was upright on her knees and the executioner removed her head with a single stroke after signaling his assistant to make a noise to distract her.
He stood hard to make her turn her head to make the cut easier he was brought from France due to her nobility not an assistant there was no assistant stood on the executioners block she had her ladies in waiting collect her corpse and head they and the executioner were the only people on the podium at the time that is written in multiple accounts.
Which is odd considering they had the guillotine in those days.
When I was a kid, I had a really bad stuttering problem, one summer I read about 20 or 30 of the Animorphs book series, and my stuttering has pretty much gone away ever since. My life would be a whole lot different if it weren't for the Animorphs series. Nevertheless, big fan of the show, Simon! Much love from Ontario, Canada!
Oh how interesting! I'm a speech pathologist. Never thought of that one! Though some children do improve when they start reading a lot. Makes sense.
I live in CT, USA & I’m kinda surprised y’all didn’t mention the vampire burials here. There was a cemetery found w/ multiple burials where the head was removed, the femurs where placed across the body & a brick was placed in the mouth. Historical documents showed that the bodies had been buried, exhumed, the body rearranged, the heart removed & burned & fed to the family mbrs of the deceased. Apparently it’s a Greek or Mediterranean way of dealing w/ vampires. These poor ppl were probably dealing w/ lyme’s disease or tuberculosis tho. You like to say the past is the worst but let’s face it, between the history of witches, vampires, werewolves & headless horseman New England is the worst.
Same. I thought this video would mostly be about the New England-area vampires, actually, which is maybe a bit USA-centrist of me, but it's the most recent documented instance of people actually believing they were dealing with vampires and it's so interesting that it was SO recent. The story of the family in the "They Made a Tonic" episode of the Lore podcast is one of the craziest, saddest vampire stories ever.
@@caittails is that like the case of Mercy Brown?
I love how archeologists never take into consideration that weird ancient statues/paintings might just be imaginative and not based in reality
I am *delighted* that Simon got into Buffy.
SOLIDARITY, BROTHER!! ✊️😄
“I lOvE tHe SmEll oF GarLiC” sounds like something a vampire would say to throw us off his trail
My favourite super natural series has to be Being Human, which follows a Vampire, Werewolf and a Ghost. My favourite Vampire movie has to be the Blade Trilogy.
The BBC series of Being Human was fantastic! The US version was good, but pales in comparison. Seriously underrated show.
I watched both series.
That sounds good.
25:27 According to most vampire lore, the vampire feeds on the victim (which, if done alone, kills the victim); however, if the victim drinks the vampire’s blood, they then become vampires too.
Great one Katy. I love vampire history too. Thank you for writing this one. Too add to the vampire list I like Love at First Bite and there is also Once bitten and Underworld.
Hey Simon. Just regarding your comments on death planning: Alternatives to traditional burial is natural burial. Your body isn't embalmed and is placed in either a simple cotton shroud or other compostable material and you rot naturally. There is also a human composting project that is going on (I think in either California or Washington in the US. "Ask a Mortician" has a video on it), where your body is naturally composted, and your family can collect the compost after the process is fully complete(and it is tested and verified to be safe), AND if your loved ones can't take the full amount, they use the compost to aid in the regrowth of forests which were over-logged. There is also aquamation, which is cremation but using water. "Ask a Mortician" is a really good channel for learning about all this funeral based stuff, and is legitimately fascination. Cheers!
Well to clarify why Buffy kept intriguing your younger self: Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy), Alyson Hannigan (Willow), David Boreanaz (Angel). There was one reason for everyone. Also it was the important ABC of the supernatural: Angel, Buffy, Charmed.
I think the weirdest scene about Vampires for me came from "An interview with a Vampire". The saddest one as well.
The weirdest one was when he talked about how happy he was when movies showed him the sunrise (showing a scene from Superman III, I think). And the saddest one was the mother and child the main character sired, which were put in a well to be killed by the sun by the other vampires. That's because he can't have nice things. It was one of the movies which scenes stayed with me for over 20 years.
I did Twilight back to back with movies 1 and 2, then three on another evening and i think 4 and 5 in cinema. It was fairly low on the quality scale if you want Vampires or movies worth 90 minutes (4 and 5 were just stretched to make more money). I'd go to "Vampire Diaries" or thier Spin-off "The Originals" but even those are more soap opera than action series as Buffy was. The From Dusk Till Dawn series with Wilmer Valderrama and guesting Danny Trejo is probably better, although they are Mexican snake-based Vampires. At least it was more action, though cut really short.
I still have a bit of hope, that Vampire The Masquerade Swansong is any good. The last one for Windows XP (Bloodlines 2) was really awesome though also incredibly short.
bloodbathory and beyond? Also, "confined to her castle" sounds like the least imposing punishment ever...
On Elizabeth:
I really do wish I remembered the youtuber who did a deep dive on her, but they uncovered something interesting. Turns out one her Husband had the same sort of reputation for abusive behavour, a real match made in hell sort of situation for those poor peasant forced to deal with them. Most of the family power came through him, so when he passed on the enemies of the family circled... then these rumors started being investigated.
The plot to lock her up was carried out by one of the people who swore to her husband to protect her, and likely what saved her.
She was in power for quite a long time after he died. She really was a victim of horrible sexism and power-hungry nobles. I mean, she wasn't great to her servants or the peasants, but she wasn't anything they accused her of being. They just didn't like a woman having power and owning that much valuable land. It's so sad that her reputation has gone down in history as those lies.
yea apparently the husband was massive sexual sadist and tortured raped and murdered the young staff . EB joined him and they Murdered many of the children of the village . She got caught out when she started having daughters of other aristos visiting /some say she was running a kind of finishing school ... n when they started disappearing people paid attention ....
@@caittailsthat's absolute bullshit multiple women held positions of power in the region and worldwide before had stop chatting shit
not Simon doing a ad read encouraging me to drink at work...…. I'm watching this at 11:15 am lmao
Buffy was just all the trials of growing up, with metaphors. That’s why it was so important.
I absolutely LOVE Count Duckula!!! 😍😍😍
Hey Simon, I once had a rental apartment that had large rats in which the cheap landlord would do nothing. Many common traps failed. I got a neon sign transformer and put electrodes over a bucket with food. They died one after another for a week. One draw back, the smell of burnt rat,...is bad....
Simon: I like the smell of garlic. I'm not a vampire.
Me: I believe you.
I love the fact that Simon only seems to know Buffy. That is the best thing he could know for this episode.
30:08 Silver bullet is for werewolves, although some sources (True Blood) shows vampires as being allergic to silver. Stake and sunlight kill vampires.
Simon’s asides in this episode had me crying laughing 😂
the mouse genocide at his house was the best one
Simon, I LOVED Buffy the Vampire Slayer! It was such a great show!
I think I have a few guesses at what appealed to young Simon in Buffy. In order of how often each topic was featured in the show, these are: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alyson Hannigan, Emma Caulfield, Michelle Trachtenberg, Charisma Carpenter, Amber Benson, Eliza Dushku, Juliet Landau, and Mercedes McNab. Just a guess.
00:41 I watch literally all of your shows even though I disagree w/ you on various spiritual and supernatural topics, and honestly I feel like i'm SO ADHD and zone out so often that when you mentioned this not being your set I was confused bcz I think the last time I probably paid full attention to your set it was this set
I think I was so into Animorphs as a pre-teen because the book series brought up a lot of moral and ethical questions and was aimed at an age group that are developing their own sense of right and wrong and personal identity. Am I a good person if I also hurt people? What lengths is it acceptable to go for survival? The aliens aren’t a singular evil group. And the humans aren’t perfect either. The major alien species involved are desperate to survive and see their actions as justified and necessary for their continued existence. The kids are in a situation with factors well beyond their control. They have a limited ability to be proactive and are largely trying to make the best of the worst choices available to them. And they have to try to live with the consequences. It’s messy and morally ambiguous at times.
I sure hope Simon's sister wasn't reading those books when she was five. A named, speaking character was graphically eaten alive in the first chapter of the first book.
Animorphs is amazing! I'm working my way through the audiobooks as they come out!
@@realityhelix564 I had the same thought. I was like "Who is letting her read these at FIVE?" 😂 Beyond anything else, there's no way to even comprehend what's going on in the books at that age.
The best line from The Vampire Diaries: “Rentals are a gray area. You sort of have to play it by ear.”
Psychic Vampires were in the show What we do in the Shadows and instead of feeding on blood they fed on people's energy. In the show Colin the energy vampire was meant to be the most boring blandest dude who worked at the office who always tried to have a lengthy conversation with you at work about the most uninteresting stuff ever and constantly making awkward small talk and he says to the viewer "You probably already know an energy vampire like me yourselves"
Show is hilarious.
ayy! yes! I recommend it also! I love that it doesn't take itself seriously in the slightest
Loved when he had a date…
"Oh my God, Bible, you're super repetitive" 🤣 "Must be fanfiction " 😅🤣
I’m glad you were successful in your litigious battle with the Vampire Lobbyists, Simon.
I absolutely love groggily waking up in the morning putting on RUclips while making breakfast and finding another one of your videos this is the perfect energy first thing in the morning
Maybe it's the set, but Simon is definitely channeling a bit of Blaze energy in this one.
The thought of spending eternity in high school is the very defintion of hell.
"Yep, the stick goes up the butt" lol omg
Vampires are real. I watched a documentary about the legendary vampire hunter Abraham Lincoln.
Simon, we all know you didn't enjoy Buffy and vampires, you enjoyed Sarah Michelle Gellar, and her little "kong-fu stretching and the moaning, during the "fighting"/"petting" scenes ;) hehe... just admit it, we are both men of fine culture, that appreciated that show
Okay Simon.
1. I was born with my two front teeth. Needless to say, I was bottle fed.
2. Village life is best life. It's so nice and quiet.
Has anyone else been to Vlad's castle (Bran?) In Romania he's painted as a Robin Hood character who fought the Turks was good to the peasants and the people and placed harsh punishment upon the aristocracy, this made both the aristocrats and the eventual victors who write history i.e the turks write him up as incredibly cruel. In Bran castle is an entirely different myth of the "impaler" go see it's worth it...
I thought he would end up discussing more alternate forms of vampires. I've always thought the funniest one was vampire pumpkins/watermelons! (They can turn into vampires after being left out for a certain amount of days, lol)
I'm kind of surprised there was no mention of Dark Shadows, a TV series that ran from 1966-1971 (in the U.S.). I think I recall my mom referring to it as a soap opera, though. No idea. And yes, that's the same Dark Shadows that was made into a movie, released in 2012, from the mind of Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp. Haven't seen that either. Just putting it out there... 🤷🏼♀️ Another great episode!
I love vampire lore and you especially Simon!!!!! You made me laugh today! Thank you!!!! 😀
1:13 YASSSS Simon! I knew there was something I liked about you!
Simon, liking Buffy just means you have some good taste. Also I'm not a big fan of horror movies and don't watch many. But loooove me some vampire movies. Lol Even horror-y ones. XD
Simon- Now that I know you like Buffy TVS, I understand why else I like you.
New Orleans definitely has a vampire underworld... amongst the _"old families"_ of the city...
Commenting before I’ve listened to the video: predictions. Simon will giggle snort adorably which must just send his kids into peels of laughter. He will say of course there are no vampires because right of course there aren’t. And he will get distracted, let’s say, five times at least. I love listening to this stuff
Yeah, replying to my own damn comment. I think I’m about nine minutes in and I’m pretty sure he’s already gone past the five tangents but they are slightly related to the subject so I’m not sure if I should count it but it really doesn’t matter because what I love about these are that he reminds me so strongly of all of my kids. All five of them have ADHD at least two are on the autism spectrum with me and my poor non-Neuro divergent husband just sits and gets dizzy listening to us talk. You may never be the Simon, but I consider you as someone who could easily be A friend of the family. I know you’re not, because I’m not that stupid, but thanks for your entertainment value in my life
Simon, some kids are born with one or more fully out of gum baby teeth.
It's also exactly as creepy as you imagine it to be.
My youngest... 2 very pointy little fangs on the bottom. I had a werewolf...
@@sarahcox2957Think it is called both, right? Either vampire syndrome or werewolf syndrome.
I lost it when he used the phrase "it's a bit of a stretch, isn't it?" While talking about Vlad the impaler...
"Interview with the Vampire" is my favorite vampire movie.
And Chinese Vampires hop around or float above the ground/floor.
Simon whistler doing a video on my favorite mythical super natural creature of the night amazing or should I dare say bloody fantastic
Simon you need to watch “what we do in the shadows” series (or movie). I think their sense of humour is right up your street man!
Hey Simon if you’re scared of being buried alive, try composting! In the highly unlikely case that you were put in the composter still alive you could just sit up and bang on the door and they’d come let you out.
Hey, sword nerd here, and it largely depends on the sword,
You'll have one hell of a time trying to use a one-handed sword to cut someone's head off in one swing,
And both Katanas and Longswords will struggle with it,
But if you have a bigger sword handy like a Claymore (the two-handed one) basically anyone could do it with some good edge alignment,
So overall it's not that hard as long as you bring the right type of sword
Abhartach is thought to have been the character in an Irish legend that gave Bram Stoker the idea for Dracula. Reputedly he's buried head first (vertically) a few miles up the road from where I live. A yew branch is the only thing that can 'kill' Abhartach long enough to get him in the ground, afterwards his grave is covered by a large boulder. The site is basically a yew tree with a large boulder at its base which locals have never dared to move. Apparently Bram Stoker heard the story in Ireland in the 1800's.