The Most Popular Urban Legends From All 50 States

Mercy Brown, The Vampire – Bucksport, RI

Tuberculosis was running rampant in 1892. 19-year-old Mercy Brown contracted the disease and quickly perished from it. An autopsy report noted that she was not decomposing like other victims and that her body stayed "fresh." Obviously, people talk, and this news spread quickly throughout the town. Locals said that she was a vampire.

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