Gerry O'Sullivan- On Montague Summers: The Cleric Who Shaped Horror Culture

Join your host Rocky Digati as she chats with Dr. Gerry O’Sullivan a scholar of the enigmatic Montague Summers; a 19th century cleric who’s research on the occult has shaped modern pop culture. In this episode Gerry tells us about how the writings of Montague Summers, in particular The Vampire, His Kith and Kin,  became the “textbook” of the lore that we know as standard “fact” in modern fictional depictions of vampires, werewolves, witches and other things that go bump in the night. 

For more information on Gerry’s upcoming lecture and for resources on the Montague Summers collection:

https://findingaids.library.georgetown.edu/repositories/15/resources/12229