Put on your party dress. It's time to hit the club, circa 2003, and dance until they turn on the lights. Let's head back to the early 2000s, when Club Monet was THE place to party in Providence. Let's talk about the music, moves, and the murder that shut it all down. 

SOURCES:⁠

https://www.wcvb.com/article/nightclub-shut-after-melee-involving-50-people/8169860

⁠⁠https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/2015/10/12/2-men-wounded-by-gunshots/33284280007/⁠

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wFwhZotxNM⁠⁠

https://www.wpri.com/news/van-gogh-lounge-remains-closed-following-violence/

⁠⁠https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/crime/2021/07/03/former-providence-nightclub-damaged-fire/7852751002/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z115404e003500v115404b0061xxd006165&gca-ft=140&gca-ds=sophi

⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4MRJyhx5vU


Weird PVD: The Podcast | Episode 1: The Rise & Fall of Club Monet

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SOURCES:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-new-england-vampire-panic-36482878/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/meet-the-real-life-vampires-of-new-england-and-abroad-42639093/

https://hangar1publishing.com/blogs/cryptids/rhode-island-cryptids?srsltid=AfmBOoqLR4r-k-AaHkr0DOZ5zBq0Q7Dsa465AWpbSUu84fCWg6ilREJ7

http://www.bfro.net/gdb/show_report.asp?id=6643

http://www.bfro.net/gdb/show_report.asp?id=16746

MOTHER OCEAN:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwwyCW10i7Q

Weird PVD: The Podcast | Episode 2: New England's Last Vampire?

How does someone become an accidental vampire? Weird PVD: The Podcast dives into the weird case of Nellie Vaughn, a woman who became a vampire – and who might be trying to clear her name in the afterlife. And your host Sheri Kasprzak talks about the origins of Providence's Turk's Head building. Don't miss this fun episode!

Weird PVD: The Podcast: Episode 3: Rhode Island's Accidental Vampire

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Into the Tunnel | Accused of Satanism?

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Rhode Island's Serial Killers

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