This is Vampire Campfire: the podcast where we explore the intertextual nature of vampire media from the spooky to the sparkly and the scary to the campy. <br/><br/><a href="https://vampirecampfirepod.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">vampirecampfirepod.substack.com</a>
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This is Vampire Campfire: the podcast where we explore the intertextual nature of vampire media from the spooky to the sparkly and the scary to the campy. <br/><br/><a href="https://vampirecampfirepod.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">vampirecampfirepod.substack.com</a>
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June 16, 2026
Cowboys vs Vampires
<p>It’s the season 2 finale, and Vampire Campfire is headed out west to investigate stories that pit vampires against cowboys, set European undead in the American desert, and bring to life the haunting that lives on in the West’s blood-soaked soil. In this episode, Rebecca and Hannah explore how Bram Stoker ended up writing a bona fide Texan cowboy into Dracula (yes, really!) and how the Count ended up fighting Billy the Kid a half-century later. From there, they trace the vampire’s progress through the heart of the American West: slinging guns, dodging bullets, and (inexplicably) nesting in some of the sunniest states in the country.</p><p>To balance out the absurdity of these movies, they share some favorite reads like the “anti-western” The Buffalo Hunter Hunter and the Mexican folklore–inspired Vampires of El Norte, proving that while many vampire Westerns are racist, misogynistic, and fail to grasp what makes vampires truly scary, that doesn’t mean the Western Gothic can’t be used to spectacular ends. Especially in a lawless land, there’s nothing more delicious than just deserts.</p><p>Come vamps, cross the threshold of those swingin’ saloon doors, and join us around the campfire.</p><p>CW: discussion of the Native American genocide</p><p><strong>Major Spoilers:</strong></p><p>* The Curse of the Undead, directed by Edward Dein, 1959</p><p>* The Devil’s Mistress, directed by Orville Wanzer, 1965</p><p>* Billy the Kid vs. Dracula, directed by William Beaudine, 1966</p><p>* Near Dark, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, 1987</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/123999/9780593436738">Vampires of El Norte</a> by Isabel Cañas, 2023</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/123999/9781668075081">The Buffalo Hunter Hunter</a> by Stephen Graham Jones, 2025</p><p><strong>Other media mentioned in this episode:</strong></p><p>Fiction</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/123999/9781941360385">Carmilla</a> by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, 1872</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/123999/9780141439846">Dracula</a> by Bram Stoker, 1897 (check out <a target="_blank" href="https://draculadaily.substack.com/">Dracula Daily</a> on Substack to follow the story week by week!)</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/123999/9781590171981">Butcher’s Crossing</a> by John Williams, 1960</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/123999/9780857680839">Anno Dracula</a> by Kim Newman, 1992</p><p>Film</p><p>* The Great Train Robbery, directed by Edwin S. Porter, 1903</p><p>* House of Frankenstein, directed by Erle C. Kenton, 1944</p><p>* House of Dracula, directed by Erle C. Kenton, 1945</p><p>* The Iron Mask, directed by Joselito Rodríguez, 1960</p><p>* Ghost Town, directed by Alfredo B. Crevenna, 1963</p><p>* The Lost Boys, directed by Joel Schumacher, 1987</p><p>* Bram Stoker’s Dracula, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, 1992</p><p>* Interview with the Vampire, directed by Neil Jordan, 1994</p><p>* From Dusk Till Dawn, directed by Robert Rodriguez, 1996</p><p>* John Carpenter’s Vampires, directed by John Carpenter, 1998</p><p>* Dracula 2000, directed by Patrick Lussier, 2000</p><p>* Abigail, directed by Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, 2024</p><p>* Sinners, directed by Ryan Coogler, 2025</p><p>TV</p><p>* Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 1997-2003</p><p>* Penny Dreadful, 2014-2016</p><p>Additional Reading</p><p>* Billy J. Stratton, “Of Buffalo and Men,” Hollywood Reporter, December 23, 2023</p><p><strong>Liked this episode? You’ll also like…</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/7ivFIqkmRfhocagvYbV9ep?si=3482f02d892e456c">Why Do Vampires Love the South?</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4mP0i1SbLurEpav3bhzuAy?si=0e55f37195aa431f">To Live Forever and Never Grow Up: The Vampire Child</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/vampirecampfirepod/p/from-egypt-to-atlantis-how-vampires?r=5lznr0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web">From Egypt to Atlantis: How Vampires Explain Their Origins</a></p><p><strong>Want more vampire content in all your feeds?</strong></p><p>Check out our <a target="_blank" href="https://pinterest.com/vampirecampfirepod">Pinterest</a> @vampirecampfirepod to capture the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.pinterest.com/vampirecampfirepod/cowboys-vs-vampires/">aesthetic of this episode</a>.</p><p>Follow us @vampirecampfirepod on <a target="_blank" href="https://instagram.com/vampirecampfirepod">Instagram</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://tiktok.com/vampirecampfirepod">TikTok</a> for podcast updates & vampire memes.</p><p>Find us on <a target="_blank" href="https://letterboxd.com/vampirecampfire/">Letterboxd</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/192806109-vampire-campfire">Goodreads</a> for a peek at what we’re consuming next.</p><p>Consider becoming a paid member of our Substack to get bonus episodes — the first one is available now!</p><p>This episode was written, recorded, and produced by Rebecca Glazer & Hannah Spiegelman</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://vampirecampfirepod.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">vampirecampfirepod.substack.com/subscribe</a>
June 2, 2026
Crushing the Creation Myth: Explaining Vampires through Science
<p>We’re headed <a target="_blank" href="https://vampirecampfirepod.substack.com/p/from-egypt-to-atlantis-how-vampires">back to Atlantis</a> this week to continue asking: if vampires are figments of the Gothic imagination, why do so many authors insist on examining them under a microscope? If our nightmares haunt us with fears of the unknown, what exactly do we gain from the paragraphs on paragraphs of exposition that tell us exactly how those monsters came to be? In other words, have sci-fi vampires been defanged (and are they just compensating with their big, nasty teeth)?</p><p>In this episode, Hannah and Rebecca dive deep into the history of the mad scientist as brought to us by Mary Shelley and Universal Pictures, unpack the link between 20th-century B-films and the atomic bomb, and consider whether vampire-as-plague works better as a metaphor than a plot device. Hannah is traumatized by weird-ass ant brain fungus, Rebecca is scarred by having to discuss I Am Legend yet again, and they both demand to know what the hell a “nano” actually is.</p><p>Come vamps, join us around the campfire.</p><p><strong>Major Spoilers:</strong></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/123999/9780199536221">The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde</a> by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1886</p><p>* Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, directed by Charles Barton, 1948</p><p>* Ultraviolet, directed by Kurt Wimmer, 2006</p><p><strong>Other media mentioned in this episode:</strong></p><p>Fiction</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/123999/9780141439471">Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus</a> by Mary Shelley, 1818</p><p>* The Family of the Vourdalak by Aleksey Tolstoy, 1839</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/123999/9781941360385">Carmilla</a> by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, 1872</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/123999/9780141439846">Dracula</a> by Bram Stoker, 1897</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/123999/9780765357151">I Am Legend</a> by Richard Matheson, 1954</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/123999/9780857680839">Anno Dracula</a> by Kim Newman, 1992</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/123999/9780061750625">Argeneau</a> by Lynsay Sands, 2003-2025 (series)</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/123999/9780345504975">The Passage</a> by Justin Cronin, 2010</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/123999/9781470829315">V Wars: A Chronicle of the Vampire Wars</a> edited by Jonathan Maberry, 2014</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/123999/9780804173148">Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis</a> by Anne Rice, 2016</p><p>Film</p><p>* Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, directed by F.W. Murnau, 1922</p><p>* Dracula, directed by Tod Browning, 1931</p><p>* Frankenstein, directed by James Whale, 1931</p><p>* The Wolf Man, directed by George Waggner, 1941</p><p>* House of Frankenstein, directed by Erle C. Kenton, 1944</p><p>* House of Dracula, directed by Erle C. Kenton, 1945</p><p>* The Vampire, directed by Paul Landres, 1957</p><p>* Nosferatu the Vampire, directed by Werner Herzog, 1979</p><p>* Nadja, directed by Michael Almereyda, 1994</p><p>* From Dusk Till Dawn, directed by Robert Rodriguez, 1996</p><p>* Blade, directed by Stephen Norrington, 1998</p><p>* Shadow of the Vampire, directed by E. Eilas Merhge, 2000</p><p>* Dracula 2000, directed by Patrick Lussier, 2000</p><p>* Blade II, directed by Guillermo del Toro, 2002</p><p>* I Am Legend, directed by Francis Lawrence, 2007</p><p>* Daybreakers, directed by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig, 2009</p><p>* Morbius, directed Daniel Espinosa, 2022</p><p>* Nosferatu, directed by Robert Eggers, 2024</p><p>* Van Helsing, directed by Stephen Sommers, 2004</p><p>TV</p><p>* The Vampire Diaries, 2009-2017</p><p>* The Strain, 2014-2017</p><p>* V Wars, 2019</p><p>* Midnight Mass, 2021</p><p>* Wednesday, 2022-2025</p><p>Additional Reading</p><p>* Catherine Pugh, “The Deathbird of Disease: Count Orlok and the Monstrous Virus,” in Nosferatu in the 21st Century, 2022</p><p><strong>Liked this episode? You’ll also like…</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/vampirecampfirepod/p/the-hottest-newest-oldest-vampires?r=5lznr0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web">The Hottest Newest Oldest Vampires: Nosferatu, Sinners, and AMC’s Interview with the Vampire</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/vampirecampfirepod/p/how-many-vampires-does-it-take-to?r=5lznr0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web">How Many Vampires Does it Take to End the World?</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/vampirecampfirepod/p/from-egypt-to-atlantis-how-vampires?r=5lznr0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web">From Egypt to Atlantis: How Vampires Explain Their Origins</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/vampirecampfirepod/p/the-campfire-the-argeneaus?r=5lznr0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web">The Campfire: The Argeneaus</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/vampirecampfirepod/p/the-campfire-morbius?r=5lznr0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web">The Campfire: Morbius</a></p><p><strong>Want more vampire content in all your feeds?</strong></p><p>Follow us @vampirecampfirepod on <a target="_blank" href="https://instagram.com/vampirecampfirepod">Instagram</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://tiktok.com/vampirecampfirepod">TikTok</a> for podcast updates & vampire memes.</p><p>Find us on <a target="_blank" href="https://letterboxd.com/vampirecampfire/">Letterboxd</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/192806109-vampire-campfire">Goodreads</a> for a peek at what we’re consuming next.</p><p>Consider becoming a paid member of our Substack to get bonus episodes — the first one is available now!</p><p>This episode was written, recorded, and produced by Rebecca Glazer & Hannah Spiegelman</p><p></p><p>Note: We’re an affiliate of <a target="_blank" href="http://Bookshop.org">Bookshop.org</a> and earn a small commission if you purchase through our links — allowing you to support indie bookstores and an indie podcast at the same time!</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://vampirecampfirepod.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">vampirecampfirepod.substack.com/subscribe</a>
May 19, 2026
The Campfire: The Argeneaus
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit <a href="https://vampirecampfirepod.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7">vampirecampfirepod.substack.com</a><br/><br/><p>Welcome back to the Campfire — our special bonus section! In this episode, Hannah regales Rebecca with tales from Lynsay Sands’ long-running Argeneau vampire romance series. Yes, these are the vampires from Atlantis we mentioned in <a target="_blank" href="https://vampirecampfirepod.substack.com/p/from-egypt-to-atlantis-how-vampires">our last episode</a>, and no, learning more details does not make it make sense! They discuss nanobiotech, Stockholm syndrome, …</p>
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