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
The Countess Elga: A Vampire Tale The Countess Elga, a vampire of the Carpathian Mountains, and her haunted portrait.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
May 21, 2016
in Death , Grim and Grewsome , News , vampires , Victorian
and tagged Austrian vampires , Carpathian Mountains , gothic literature , haunted castles , haunted portrait , The Countess Elga: A Vampire Tale , vampires
A Christmas Vampire At Christmas in old Russia, a dead man who visits his family is believed to be a vampire
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 19, 2015
in Death , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , News , religion , vampires , Victorian
and tagged A Christmas Vampire , Christmas vampire , Russian ghost stories , Russian vampire , vampires
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.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
September 8, 2015
in Death , Folklore , Grim and Grewsome , Mourning Customs and History , News , Panics , Strange Deaths , vampires , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Demidoff Mausoleum , Elisabeth Demidoff , Elisabeth Demidov , hoaxes , Pere Lachaise Cemetery , rumors , The Tomb Challenge of the Russian Princess , tomb challenge , urban legends , vampires
Examples of blood-thirsty pieces of furniture from Wales.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
May 26, 2015
in Death , Folklore , Grim and Grewsome , News , vampires , Victorian
and tagged blood-suckers , haunted furniture , vampire bed , vampire chair , vampire furniture , vampires , vampires in Wales , Wales , Welsh folklore , Welsh vampires
An account of a blood-thirsty religious cult in Missouri.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
May 29, 2014
in Crime , Grim and Grewsome , medical oddities , News , religion , Scientific Oddities , Social History , vampires , Victorian
and tagged blood drinking , blood-sucking , for the blood is the life , religious mania , religious sect , vampires
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.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
May 27, 2014
in Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , medical oddities , Mourning Customs and History , News , religion , Scientific Oddities , Social History , Spiritualism , Strange Bodies , Strange Deaths , vampires , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged incorrupt bodies , Joseph F. Keitkamp , life after death , resurrection , Spiritualism , suspended animation , vampires , Vampires Try to Raise the Dead in St Louis
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….
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
July 18, 2013
in Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News , Panics , Strange Bodies , Strange Deaths , vampires , Victorian
and tagged death-bed promise , Madame Blavatsky , Russian vampire , vampire stake , vampires , widow
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