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The Return of Blood Sucking Fiends Part III: A Girl Named Mercy
The tale of Mercy Brown is a late 19th century true vampire story that occurred in the state of Rhode Island. […]
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Return of Bloodsucking Fiends Part II: Wrathful Deities and Kin
In this article, we examine the blood sucking fiends of Asia with two legends from the Himalayas – one of which may be the oldest vampire story ever written. […]
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Vampires: The Return of Blood Sucking Fiends
Vampires make their return with new historical tales of Blood Sucking Fiends. The vampires of Berwick and Croglin Marsh are featured in this article. […]
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Blood Sucking Fiends Part 6: Vampires of Ireland
As we’ve already seen so far, dark tales of ghoulish beings with a lust for blood appear in every culture the world over. Our western model for vampires comes from two of Ireland’s greatest authors […]
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Blood Sucking Fiends Part 5: The Second Death of Petre Toma
Imagine if you can, it is a dark moonless night in the rural countryside of Romania. An angry group of people from a village gather at the gates of a nearby cemetery filled with the […]
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Blood Sucking Fiends Part 4: Vampires of Greece
Greece of antiquity is regarded by scholars and historians as being the birthplace of western civilization. Philosophy, art and democracy are three of this ancient culture’s many contributions to the world. Greeks considered themselves to […]
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Blood Sucking Fiends Part 3: The Return Of Peter Blagojevic
The magic of the silver screen has taken the vampire and turned it into an anti-hero of sorts. Ever since Bela Lugosi appeared in the film adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, this creature that lurks in […]
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Blood Sucking Fiends Part 2: China’s Undead
Every seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Chinese believe the boundary between our world and the spirit world is wide open. For an entire month the dead may cross the void to either […]
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Blood Sucking Fiends Part 1: The Terror Is Born
When Irish author Bram Stoker penned his classic novel of horror, Dracula, the world was a much different place. Sex was a taboo topic that was kept hush hush and never spoken about in polite conversation. […]
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The Mineral Point Vampire
The vampire, a bloodthirsty creature borne of darkness that lives in either our darkest dreams or between the pages of sensual gothic romanticism. According to fiction the vampire lives in castles upon windswept mountains forever feeding […]