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Gaetano Polidori

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The Coroner’s Report June 12, 2026 · Great Pulteney Street, Soho, London

The Doctor Who Invented the Vampire and Took Prussic Acid

John Polidori was twenty-five. He had written the first English vampire novel, been disowned by Byron, and lost a libel suit. He drank prussic acid on a Wednesday.

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