Speaker 1: Hey, folks erin here. When I think about the listeners
Speaker 1: who love my deep dive shows, unobscured and grim and
Speaker 1: mild presents, I think of people who really love to
Speaker 1: take their time, people who love the little details and
Speaker 1: digging just a little farther into the soil to find
Speaker 1: the bigger story. For years, you let me do that
Speaker 1: on this show, taking you on a multi episode journey
Speaker 1: on a big, major topic. From the Salem witch Trials
Speaker 1: and the fascinating world of sideshow performers to Jack the
Speaker 1: Ripper and pirate lore. You have been supportive, encouraging, and
Speaker 1: dare I say, hungry for more good historical knowledge. So
Speaker 1: what do you say we do it again? I've put
Speaker 1: together a massive exploration of a topic that I dearly,
Speaker 1: dearly love, one that goes all the way back to
Speaker 1: the beginning of lore and then ties in a ton
Speaker 1: of ideas and stories that I've learned along the way.
Speaker 1: It's about Mercy Brown, the young woman at the center
Speaker 1: of the New England vampire panic, and how her community
Speaker 1: got to the point where they felt it was okay
Speaker 1: to exume her corpse, cut out her heart, and use
Speaker 1: its ashes as medicine for her dying brother. You know,
Speaker 1: normal stuff, right. The result is a brand new book
Speaker 1: called Exhumed, and the best way to think of it
Speaker 1: is this. Where Unobscured or Grim and Mild Presents typically
Speaker 1: spent about ten episodes on a single topic, Exhumed is
Speaker 1: twice that length. In hardcover and ebook, that's twenty whole chapters.
Speaker 1: But in the audiobook version narrated by me, of course,
Speaker 1: you can think of it as twenty episodes. Now. Granted,
Speaker 1: it is not a podcast, but it is the beginning
Speaker 1: of a new adventure for us, all because you'll be
Speaker 1: able to buy it once ad free and soak it
Speaker 1: in at your own pace. Plus being in bookstores around
Speaker 1: the country, it means we've got a chance to grow
Speaker 1: our community of fans of weird history, and that's never
Speaker 1: a bad thing. Exzoomed officially arrives on August fourth, but
Speaker 1: you can pre order it right now. To make that
Speaker 1: process easy, I set up a web page which I
Speaker 1: will link to in the description for this ep episode.
Speaker 1: It's Aaronmankey dot com slash Exhumed, and it will have
Speaker 1: two special links along with the gorgeous cover art. One
Speaker 1: link will help you find a store to pre order
Speaker 1: your copy in whatever format you want, and if you
Speaker 1: buy the hardcover, the second link is where you can
Speaker 1: submit your receipts and get a free Exhumed tote bag.
Speaker 1: There will, of course be a book tour, and while
Speaker 1: I can't travel to every place on my wish list,
Speaker 1: I do hope to see many of you on the
Speaker 1: road this August, and if you're in the Boston area,
Speaker 1: follow my social accounts for a very fun announcement regarding
Speaker 1: the release day. Folks, your support is so incredibly important
Speaker 1: to me. You are my people and I wrote this
Speaker 1: book for you. So if you're able, please pre order
Speaker 1: your copy of Ezoom today, Tell your friends, share the
Speaker 1: news with other history lovers in your life, and let's
Speaker 1: make this release a huge success. Again, that's Aaronmankey dot
Speaker 1: com slash Exhumed. Thanks folks, and as always, stay spooky.