The Energetics of Psychopathy
Picture: Anna Bal (CC) Do you remember the scene in The Green Mile when death row inmate John Coffee is touched by murderer “Wild Bill”? After feeling some powerful negative energy, he says, “You a bad...
View ArticleMedical History and the ‘Monster’
Medical history so often includes intersections and byways that seem to take us into folklore, fiction, and the Gothic imagination itself. While researching “monstrous” births from the early 1800s, I...
View ArticleVampire Burial Ground Unearthed In Poland
Thenews.pl reports on what lies beneath: Archaeologists in Gliwice, southern Poland have discovered a burial ground where the dead were laid to rest in accordance with practices for alleged vampires....
View ArticleHuffPo Just Discovered ‘Real’ Vampires
In what must be a shock to some small percentage of people born after 1989, the Huffington Post offers this “shocking” report on a “real-life” vampire couple. Undead? Try unintentionally hilarious....
View ArticleHaunted Curiosities’ Guide to Duping Goth Kids and Twilight Fans
There was a kid in my high school named Chris or John, but we all called him “Dick.” He wore a trench coat and combat boots, and he started telling people he was an honest-to-goodness vampire. He...
View ArticleOur Love Affair with the Immortal Dark Side
[disinfo ed.'s note: The following is a modified excerpt from Vampires Are Us: Understanding Our Love Affair with the Immortal Dark Side by Margot Adler.] Most of us are in conflict over issues of...
View Article‘Vampire grave’ found in Bulgaria
The skeleton with an iron spike through the chest, which was supposed to stop the dead rising Photo: Rex via The Telegraph: A “vampire grave” containing a skeleton with a stake driven through its chest...
View ArticleVampire Legend Came From Rare Genetic Disorder Porphyria
Did you know that vampire myths may actually have come from Medieval fears of a rare genetic disorder called porphyria? Guardian Liberty Voice has the story: The origin of the vampire myth may not have...
View ArticleNew Psychedelic Vampire Sexploitation from Director Phil Mucci
Longtime readers are probably aware of my fondness for the uber trippy metal videos of director Phil Mucci, whose work I stumbled on last autumn through one of my all time favorite bands Monster...
View ArticleBritish Royal Family Is Descended From Dracula, Says Prince Charles
David Icke’s theory that the British royals stay youthful by feeding on the blood of children gains a shred of supporting evidence, via Digital Journal: Links have been discovered between the...
View ArticleAncient Vampire Burial Uncovered In England
Luckily it worked. Via the Telegraph: The discovery of a skeleton found with metal spikes through its shoulders, heart and ankles, dating from 550-700AD and buried in the ancient minster town of... The...
View ArticleBloodsucking Vampire On The Loose In Serbia
Villagers in Serbia are terrified of the alleged return of Sava Savonovic, the local vampire, reports Dusan Stojanovic for AP: Get your garlic, crosses and stakes ready: a bloodsucking vampire is on...
View ArticleMagick, Abandonment, and the Desolate Beauty of Decay
Those of you with a taste for the desolate beauty of structures abandoned to nature may find a lot to like at Reddit.com’s AbandonedPorn subreddit. With a subscriber base of almost 80,000... The post...
View ArticleDoctors In Turkey Clinically Diagnose Man As Real-Life Vampire
Live Science reports on a horrifying case of multiple personality disorder: Doctors in Turkey have described what they claim to be a real-life vampire with multiple personalities and an addiction to...
View ArticleOur First Vampire President?
Hillary's vampirism would moreover release her from the burden of most public appearances, freeing up time to actually govern. She wouldn't need to posture in front of the debris of fallen buildings...
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