Vampire Varieties A variety of vampire posts for World Dracula Day.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
May 26, 2018
in Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News , Occultism/Magic , Social History , Strange Lives , vampires
and tagged blood drinkers , blood-suckers , Croglin Grange Vampire , haunted furniture , New York vampire , vampire furniture , vampire superstitions , Vampire Varieties , vampires , Welsh ghosts , white death
While a contemporary vogue for vampire fantasy has inspired some people to identify themselves as vampires and to actually drink blood, there has always been a curious belief in the efficacy of blood-drinking, not as a lifestyle, but for medicinal purposes only.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
November 17, 2012
in Death , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , medical oddities , News , Panics , Strange Bodies , Strange Lives , vampires , Victorian
and tagged blood drinking , consumption , eating vampire heart , For the Blood is the Life or The Feast of Blood , human vampire , medical oddities , vampires , white death
