We have Lovecraft's grave in our capitol city
also Mercy Brown....thats right...A VAMPIRE
In the late 1800s, Rhode Island was known as the center of strange spiritual activity. A mysterious epidemic called consumption killed thousands. In 1883, George Brown lost most of his family to consumption. His teen daughter dreamt of a shadowy figure that stole her breath and blood at night.
The residents of Rhode Island turned to folklore, saying that the dead must have been rising from their graves. George Brown was convinced to have his family’s bodies exhumed. When they opened the caskets of his wife and youngest daughter, only bones and dust were inside.
When the casket of his teenage daughter Mercy was opened, Mercy’s body was completely intact. The town’s citizens said she must have her heart removed and cremated because she was a vampire. This was done, and a potion made of the ashes from Mercy’s heart. The potion was fed to George Brown’s son, but he died a few weeks later. After Mercy’s second burial, the consumption epidemic stopped.