Spiers, Richard (2004). „Mercy Brown: A Real Rhode Island Vampire”. Underworld Tales Magazine. Приступљено 18. 6. 2011. „As Lovecraft's Mercy Dexter character allows the plot to flow, he cagily reveals, "[don't] hire anyone from the Nooseneck Hill country … seat of uncomfortable superstitions. As lately as 1892, an Exeter community exhumed a dead body and ceremoniously burnt its heart in order to prevent certain alleged visitations."”