vampires

Vampire Varieties A variety of vampire posts for World Dracula Day.

Ashes a la carte Ashes of the dead eaten by the living.

A Spot of Bother: Blood Materializations A gentleman tells of a mysterious rain of blood that drenched his writing-table.

The Countess Elga: A Vampire Tale The Countess Elga, a vampire of the Carpathian Mountains, and her haunted portrait.

A Christmas Vampire At Christmas in old Russia, a dead man who visits his family is believed to be a vampire

Creature Feature: The Maggot in the Churchyard Man-sized in Maggot. A Yorkshire postman is confronted with a human-sized maggot haunting a churchyard and spreading disease to the neighborhood.

Creature Feature: The Varua Ino: The Ravening Watchers For today’s creature we venture into the tropical paradise of the South Seas: a place of warm, hospitable people, blue seas, palm-trees swaying in the trade-winds–and blood-thirsty elementals: the Varua ino.

The Tomb Challenge of the Russian Princess In 1818 the Russian Princess Elisabeth Demidoff died at Paris, aged 39. 75 years later, strange stories began to circulate about the tomb and its occupant.

President Theodore Roosevelt’s home, Sagamore Hill, has just reopened after a $10 million renovation. So what better time than to share a tale of blood-drinking orgies on the grounds?