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

Was she a vampire? Or was she cruelly ripped from her grave as part of a superstition that led to her desecration? Learn the truth about Mercy Brown, the final vampire, in this week's episode of Weird PVD: The Podcast. And as a spooky season bonus, check out the legends of the Block Ness Monster and Big Rhody! Give us a follow so you don't miss a single Weird Wednesday episode!

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

Weird PVD: The Podcast | Episode 4: Haunted Dunkin'? What Was on the Intercom?

This week on Weird PVD: The Podcast, we take a wild ride into the East Side Railroad Tunnels and travel back to 1993 when students from Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design held a fiery Beltane celebration that led to accusations of Satanism! Tune in.

Into the Tunnel | Accused of Satanism?

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Weird PVD: The Podcast | Episode 4: Haunted Dunkin'? What Was on the Intercom?

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