While vampires have always been a favorite subject for popular culture, they have recently gained further popularity with the recent Twilight phenomenon and the popularity of such television shows as True Blood.
Read More Real Vampires in World HistoryThe Richmond Vampire (also called locally the Hollywood Vampire) is a recent urban legend from Richmond, Virginia.
Read More Richmond VampireThe New England vampire panic was the reaction to an outbreak of tuberculosis in the 19th century throughout Rhode Island, eastern Connecticut, Vermont, and other parts of New England. Consumption (tuberculosis) was thought to be…
Read More New England vampire panicThe Mercy Brown vampire incident occurred in Rhode Island, US, in 1892. It is one of the best documented cases of the exhumation of a corpse in order to perform rituals to banish an undead…
Read More Mercy Brown vampire incidentThe Manananggal (sometimes confused with the Wak Wak and Aswang, also translates literally to “Remover”) is a vampire-like mythical creature of the Philippines, a malevolent, man-eating and blood-sucking monster or witch.
Read More ManananggalThe pontianak (Dutch-Indonesian spelling: boentianak, Jawi: ڤونتيانق) is a female vampiric ghost in Malay mythology. It is also known as a matianak or kuntilanak, sometimes shortened to kunti. Pontianak is called Churel, or Churayl, in…
Read More Pontianak (folklore)A baobhan sith is a type of female vampire in the folklore of the Scottish Highlands, though they also share certain characteristics in common with the succubus and fairy. They appear as beautiful women who…
Read More Baobhan sithA vampire is a being from folklore that subsists by feeding on the vital force (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires were undead beings that often visited loved…
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Thanks to pop culture, the term “vampire” has a very different connotation today than it did hundreds of years ago. The vampire myth can be traced back to the earliest of recorded history, and most…
Read More 10 Early Versions Of The VampireVampires have haunted literature, art and folklore since the dawn of mankind. Stories of vampirism can be traced as far back as biblical times, with Lilith the first rumored vampire. The term vampire did not…
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