The Vampire

Various information on Vampires, there history, mythology, folklore and fiction are presented in the following articles.

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History of the Vampire:

Slavic Vampires:
    Romanian Vampire Mythology
    Bats and Vampires
    The Vampire in England
    Vampire beliefs in the world today

Famous Vampires:
    Famous Vampire Places
        Transylvania
        Carfax Abbey
        New Orleans
    The Vampire of Croglin Grange
    Vlad The Impaler
    Arnold Paole
    Elizabeth Bathory
    John George Haigh

Folklore and Fiction
    Burial Matters
    Christianity and Vampirism
        Irony1
        Irony2
        Irony3
    From Fear to Fascination
    In The Blood
        Part 1
        Part 2
        Part 3
        Part 4
    The Forbidden
    Socially Sophisticated Undead
    The Werewolf Book
    Vampire Bats
        The Bat in Nature
        The Bat in Folklore
        The Bat in Literature
    Vampire Chickens?
    Vampire Chronology
    Vampire Hunter's Guide:
        Coffins
        Crucifix
        Eucharistic wafer
        Fire
        Garlic
        Stakes
        Sunlight
    Vampire Physiology:
        Blood
        Fangs
        Fingernails
        Hair
        Reproduction
        Senses
        Shape-Changing
        Skin
        Strength
    Vampires and Vampirism
    Vampires from the Deep?
        Revenants
        Mermaids
        Neo-vampiric mermaids
        Other!
    Vampires: A Medical Explanation
        Anemia
        Catalepsy
        Porphyria
    Vampires: The Paradox
    Visum Et Repertum
        Why it began
        Vlad I
        Vlad II, called Tepes (the Impaler)
        How it was continued
        Countess Erzsebet Bathory of Hungary
        Peter Plogojowitz
        Arnod Paole
        Dr. John Polidori's The Vampyre
        James Malcom's Varney The Vampyre
        The Mysterious Stranger/ The Knight Azzo von Klatka
        Bram Stoker's Dracula
        Where it stands

Interviews
    Interview with Elizabeth Miller
    Piercing the Darkness

Opinion
    Death and the Vampire
    Dracula: Truth and Terror
    Vampire Experts
    What is A Vampire?

Real Vampires
    Criminal Vampirism in History
    Essence of a Vampyre
    Real Vampires
    Vampirism in the 20th Century

Vampire, Gothic and related literature

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