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‘vampires’

The Tomb Challenge of the Russian Princess

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.

Vampires Try to Raise the Dead in St Louis

Vampires Try to Raise the Dead in St Louis A case of suspended animation in St. Louis brings out a vampire couple to try to raise the dead man.

A Russian Vampire

A tyrannical Russian governor forces a young girl to marry him, then extracts a death-bed promise that she will not marry her former beloved after he is gone. When she is persuaded out of that promise, on the very night of the betrothal feast, she is found beaten and bitten by what she said was the ghost of her dead husband. This went on, night after night, until she was at the point of death….

For the Blood is the Life or The Feast of Blood

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.