The DOD's Armed With Science blog digs deep into the Navy archives for The Return of Count Spirochete, a 1973 educational film about venereal disease that shows syphilis as a vampire whose survival depends on shame and social stigma.
Does anyone remember seeing this film during training? Did an entire generation of sailors think of Count Chocula whenever they found a canker sore? (via Wired)
![](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-04/1time%20History%20proof%20is%20out%20there%20rudy%20reyes%20ronnie%20adkins%201200.jpg?itok=38fi51YO "Former Army intelligence analyst Ronnie Adkins (left) and veteran Recon Marine Rudy Reyes host "The Proof is Out There," on HIstory. (Jai Lennard/The HISTORY Channel)")
