Vampires
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Don’t Have Cash for Transylvanian Music Festival? It’s Cool – They’re Accepting Blood
You know how it is… There’s a 3-5 day music fest like Bonnaroo or Coachella coming up and you just can’t swing the cash because your grind is barely helping you pay the rent. But what if there was another way to attend a music fest…you...
Internet Brings Blood-Drinking Couple Together
Finding love with someone who you were compatible with or who shared your interests was a lot harder to do in the pre-internet age. Back in those days you’d probably have a hard time finding someone who liked long walks in the cemetery...
Vampire Pterosaur?
In 2002, scientists published the discovery of a new pterosaur from Inner Mongolia named Jeholopterus ninchengensis. The wingspan was less than three feet and it probably weighed between 5 and 10 lbs. In 2003, David Peters published The...
Why Did 400 Scottish Youths Arm Themselves With Knives To Hunt A Vampire?
You, me and the rest of the school. Run home, grab any knife you can and meet at the cemetery. We are looking for someone seven feet tall with iron teeth. He already kidnapped and ate two kids, so be careful. Let’s go kill us a vampire. Or...
America’s First Vampire: The Real Deadliest Catch
So how does the story of the first vampire to set foot on American shores begin – like the most frightening episode of Deadliest Catch ever. An excerpt from a New York Time archive article circa 1892: Twenty-five years ago he was charged...
The Ten Worst Cliches About Vampire Films From Folks Who Just Watched Hundreds
Few people on Earth have watched as many vampire films over the past few weeks as the hard-working staff of the 2009 Vampire Film Festival. While they prepare to descend onto New Orleans October 23rd for a four day celebration of...
Vampire Scare at Boston Prep School
Rumors were flying late last month at the Historic Latin School in Boston that a female vampire, an unnamed student, had cut someone’s neck and sucked blood, also that police officers had been summoned to the school to apprehend the...