today I learned......


attention anyone into vampires !

have you ever seen the movie gothic ? It's really trippy, I won't ruin it for you, but stick with it. If you like horror movies, INTELLIGENT horror movies do this; read about mary shelley, lord byron and polidori, and then watch this movie

anyway, whats amazing is the movie is about the night mary shelley spent with lord bryon and others, when she got her idea for her novel, frankenstein

whats really amazing, is the first "modern" vampire story was also inspired that night as well. (the romantic dracula as an aristocrat version)

the original aristocratic vamp was based on lord byron, not vlad !!!

it was One night in June, after the company had read aloud from the Tales of the Dead, a collection of horror tales, Byron suggested that they each write a ghost story. Mary Shelley worked on a tale that would later evolve into Frankenstein. Byron wrote (and quickly abandoned) a fragment of a story, which Polidori used later as the basis for his own tale, The Vampyre, the first vampire story published in English.

Rather than use the crude, bestial vampire of folklore as a basis for his story, Polidori based his character on Byron. Polidori named the character "Lord Ruthven" as a joke. The name was originally used in Lady Caroline Lamb's novel Glenarvon, in which a thinly-disguised Byron figure was also named Lord Ruthven.

Polidori's Lord Ruthven was not only the first vampire in English fiction, but was also the first fictional vampire in the form we recognize today—an aristocratic fiend who preys among high society.

Dismissed by Byron, Polidori travelled in Italy and then returned to England. His story, "The Vampyre", was published in the April 1819 issue of New Monthly Magazine without his permission, whilst in London he lived and died in Great Pulteney Street (Soho). Much to both his and Byron's chagrin, "The Vampyre" was released as a new work by Byron. Byron even released his own Fragment of a Novel in an attempt to clear up the mess, but, for better or worse, "The Vampyre" continued to be attributed to him.

Originally posted by chicscribe
Am I afraid of vampires? No. I'm more scared of being jacked by gang bangers when I go to Wal-Mart.

I suppose I'm looking for something REAL that may actually scare me (and my readers for that matter!)

I think this is the problem, right here. You aren't scared of vampires because there is no proof of them. Unfortunately, there is plenty of proof of gang-bangers. And even more unfortunately, Wal-Mart.

Now, looking for something "real" when the "real" thing you want isn't actually "real" at all...is a complete waste of time. Its actually like being the idiot who doesn't stop looking after looking in the last place he found it.

If you want to scare your readers, go up to the gang-bangers and tell them their mother's are all bent over on the pre-greased, slip-and-slide-pay-as-you-go fun ride at the local brothel. Then write down what happens.

You dont find, ... vampires, .... vampires find you.

Originally posted by IntastellaBurst
You dont find, ... vampires, .... vampires find you.

very true,



to find you must look, to see you must believe

When it comes to REAL vampires, I think those Black-Eyed Kids might be the frontrunners for the job. There are several threads here on BEK -- when I read about them first, it really gave me the chills.

They seem to be supernatural creatures and remind me in many ways of the vampire myths:

-- They act weird; some eyewitnesses say, not like humans at all.
-- They have completely black eyes, no whites at all.
-- They approach people's houses usually after dark (not always, though).
-- They ask in a very eerie way to be let into people's homes, and apparently can't enter if they're not invited in.
-- People say even before they see the totally black eyes, that they are being gripped by mortal fear, sensing that they would die if they speak the invitation.
-- After they're refused entrance, they often vanish without a trace.

You gotta read it for yourself, and then tell me that's not the creepiest thing you've ever heard.

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[edit on 20-11-2007 by sylvie]

Originally posted by eagle32


Dracula was actually Vlad the impaler who drank and bathed in the blood of young boys to try to retain his youth (as done in Egypt thousands of years ago).
He fled under the cover of darkness and through underground tunnels down to the sea where he boarded a ship and travelled to England where he after docking at Whitby he slipped into hiding, onlookers said they saw a 'large dog' leave the ship and run up the cliffs 199 steps towards the abbey.

you sited wiki but yet you must not have read it all the way thru? Vlad staked the criminals of his land whereas 'Elizabeth Bathory' bathed in young girls blood to retain her beauty.. Vlad never traveled to England either.. ok never mind you are either being sarcastic or confusing alot of different 'tales' into one..

I would love to help in any way I can. I do not conside myself a vampyre, but I have been diagnosed with "Renfield's Syndrome", a.k.a. "Vampyrism". Out of curiosity I have researched the topic, and would be glad to help you.

Im confused here. Do you mean Vampire as in the Folklore creature? or Vampire as in the society?

Why was this God awful thread revived recently?
How many people need to post questions, or claim to be vampires?
It must be really God damn hard to post on an internet conspiracy board, when you don't have a job because the sun will INCINERATE you.

But no, that makes perfect sense.
You obviously just stroll to your mail-box to pick up your welfare check at night!
My apologies.

I suppose most vampire believer never see the light of day anyways, spending all their time in their parents basements.

When are people going to get off these crocks (Same goes for Werewolves, and all those tools who claim to be one.)

And hybrids. That grinds my gears- When people ask for information; like it's all science fact, taught in every day classes.

Yeah, I'll be bringing that up at my big job interview.
"Anything else we should know about you Jake?"
"Oh, I graduated top of my class at 'Vampireslayers.net', I practically wrote the book on Lycan/ Nosferatu hybrids!"
"We'll call you..."

Thank Christ Halloween only comes once a year, and Blade seems to have been killed off. Can't wait for Twilight to pitter out of existence too.