Circa 1827
was the year when the next vampire case in Rhode Island happened. Nancy Young
is also a victim of the consumption, since back then a little is known about
this disease, it is expected for the people to find explanation on the
unexplainable deaths. And how convenient
it is to blame it on a vampire?
Nancy Young
was the oldest daughter of Capt. Levi Young and wife Anna and also the second
to the oldest out of eight children.
Captain Levi young was serving the military, and after his retirement he
decided to move to a farm in Connecticut.
When Nancy reached her right age, she took up the bookkeeping position
of the farm.
At the age
of 19, Nancy suddenly became ill. The
family first thought that it was just a cold, until they found out that it was
consumption. She remained lying in her
bed for a month before she finally succumbs to tuberculosis.
The Young
family started to became ill one by one, beginning with Almira and her other
siblings. Their disease possesses the
same symptoms as the disease of Nancy.
Captain Young thought that it was a manifestation of the undead. He exhumed the body of his eldest daughter,
Nancy and burned it. He asked the member
of the family to stand beside the fire and inhale the smoke believing that it
will cure them from their disease and would also prevent the other members of
the family from getting sick.
But
unfortunately Almira died at the age of 17 on the 19th of August 1828. Out of his 8 children only 3 of them
survived. The other died due to
consumption. The case of Nancy young is
similar to the Mercy Brown Vampire Incident where the consumption is associated
with vampirism.
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