Show Notes
Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it is we did wrong, but we think you're crazy for making us write an essay debunking the legends of notorious real-life vampires, Vlad the Impaler and Elizabeth Bathory. Who turn out to have nothing to do with vampires after all. Saturday Schools are special, shorter episodes of SSHH that focus in excruciating detail on one particular facet of vampire lore.
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