5 Darkest Encounters with Real Vampires

[@TheParanormalScholar]

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[@roserevancroix2308]

Thank you Laura and Erik. We wish you the same! Bless you;~

[@maxf7351]

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[@fd2624]

Hi Laura and Erik! I really loved this video but I'd like to see more videos about UFOs and maybe horror games! idk, it may be silly but creepy videogames could be an interesting new topic

[@hughamari9626]

i guess Im pretty off topic but do anyone know of a good site to stream newly released series online?

[@tremorsfan]

Two things about the disappearance of Susan Walsh: 1. The Village Voice ultimately decided not to publish the story about Vampire night clubs. So it's unlikely that the people at the club even knew who she was. 2. At the time of her disappearance, Walsh was also writing an expose on the Russian Mafia.

[@CashanovaXTREME]

So instead of The Vampire Diaries it was more like Eastern Promises?

[@diddyKite2010]

"Sanguine nights into bloody days". Magnificent.

[@Tradley]

Oooo sounds like a bmth song

[@LAkadian]

Less magnificent when you realize that sanguine and bloody literally mean the exact same thing.

[@diddyKite2010]

@@LAkadian Sanguine also means optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation. This play on words is magnificent.

[@sanctus9146]

@@diddyKite2010 stop saying magnificent

[@diddyKite2010]

@@sanctus9146 make me

[@worldeconomicforumbarbie9323]

There called lawyers.

[@philschuler9674]

Ahaaa haaa haaaaaaahaaa haaaaaa

[@culturallysignificantnickn7446]

Those are sharks.... hmmm vampire sharknado. I think there's still something to be done with those movies.

[@logan6034]

Phil Schuler they’re*

[@silvertheelf]

John Hammond: You're meant to defend me against these characters and the only one I've got on my side is the bloodsucking lawyer! Donald Gennaro: Thank you.

[@silvertheelf]

Culturally Significant Nickname, no, sharks are friendlier, vampires are more accurate, especially if John Hammond says so.

[@susangroh3056]

I am amazed at the level of information you have researched for these videos. I have not heard of these stories until now. Happy studies

[@JPee-x4you]

My ex was a vampire. She didn't suck blood though. She just sucked money out of my pockets. Another enlightening video. Thanx. 👹

[@gc4346]

Leave thot stories away from this channel.

[@kellyrickard3833]

Lol hilarious. I love thot stories!!😘

[@stephenblack5425]

You mean a gold digger

[@grayced3761]

Lmao

[@mose717]

I had one of those too.

[@roserevancroix2308]

This is very interesting. I think this subject should have been explored a lot more than it has. We cannot avoid every subject that is a little scary just because the children - the masses, get scared.

[@cabooseabs6864]

Didnt they say they opened the casket months after burial? Even if he was in a coma when buried, he'd surely have died after being in the ground for months. Even if there was proper ventilation.

[@mattysee24]

He woulda died from dehydration before all of that

[@bebeveritas7306]

gunter smith there are many saints, who, upon being exhumed years and years later, were found to have their bodies incorrupt. St. Catherine Laboure, St. Vincent DePaul, & St. Bernadette Sourbirous are just a few. They. We’re holy people and certainly not evil.

[@deltaflight]

I met a woman in lower downtown many years ago. It was at a dive pool bar. She sounded Eastern European, had dark hair and pale skin. She was quite shapely. She wore small silver earrings that looked like skulls with red ruby eyes. She told me she was a vampire and that people like her would have human a host that they would feed on consensually. She said she had a black belt in tae kwon do. This may have been a joke or something . Later I met another like her only she was taller, same pale skin. This area was where a lot of Goth types hung out.

[@roryspickett9881]

I have heard of that. It's a subset of vampire culture. Most people in the vampire subculture actually preach against consensual blood drinking do to the risk of transmitting diseases.

[@mike7652]

@@roryspickett9881 The fear of transmitting diseases is all I need to know about those "vampires". They probably spell it like "vampyre" too, adds to the fun of LARP'ing I guess.

[@antoniolima1252]

The most interesting story of the vampire is the one who actually hates the site of blood and actually takes it as a necessity.

[@mschoy1597]

Like Louis from Interview with the Vampire

[@justinkeenan1598]

Being a native of northern Ireland I loved hearing the story of Abhartach. Very interesting.

[@TeatroGrotesco]

Man gets a fatal kick to the head... "Let's take what he says now as the absolute truth..

[@elmonko5068]

And a sailor said quote, "AINT THAT A HOLE IN THE BOOOOAT"

[@healinggrounds19]

Sounds about right.

[@cameronaxley472]

Ain't that a kick in the head. Dean Martin

[@RacerX888]

Years ago, I had a book that listed all the real vampire attacks in the USA and Europe for over a 100 years or so. In the early 1900's for about 2-3 decades, there was roughly 1 vampire attack in the USA each week reported in the newpapers. You can find the reports in old copies of local papers, and the book I had showed copies of the articles.

[@MaliciousMollusc]

"consumed by terrible thirst" Man needs Tinder

[@NOWtheband]

He was unable to sate it.

[@ArkaeaFCL3]

@@NOWtheband that sounds like a personal problem.

[@NOWtheband]

@@ArkaeaFCL3 - For Haigh, it most certainly was!

[@michaelbutler3552]

Laura, we need your take on the “Croglin Grange Vampire.” Plenty of other versions, but please try and include yours; tag it on to “Spring - heeled Jack.”

[@gabriellashimone6546]

Beautifully and brilliantly presented, as always. Thank you very much for this!

[@TheParanormalScholar]

We are glad you enjoyed, Gabriella - thank you. We have a new video scheduled for later today which we hope you like, too. Best wishes.

[@aniraseraug2104]

Honestly... and this is VERY hard for me to talk about... I had a psychic vampire preying on me for ten years of my life. So about 33% of my life... Honestly I still am not sure if I have gotten rid of him... But this particular individual is/was strong enough to keep other beings more powerful, pagan Gods, away from me even if they were around before him... I am still... frightened by him and not at all sure if I will ever truly be free of him....

[@onemightsay4622]

I do hope one day you are free from him. Those are nasty things. Especially seeing how it seems to have taken a obsession with you. Wish you luck and blessings

[@MoonBeamsAndDreams]

I think I feed off of others energy... not like sustenance but spiritual and mental. I don't even try to. I'm also an empath so I'm constantly picking up energies. Too much most of the time. I don't know what's mine and what's not sometimes.

[@angeloffish]

Vampires are fascinating 🧛🏻‍♀️🧛🏻‍♂️.

[@thedoruk6324]

+The Wolf Princess Lycanthropes and Strigoi are more interesting :)

[@ArkaeaFCL3]

@@thedoruk6324 ever watch the series the strain? The strigoi looked so awesome in that show!

[@thedoruk6324]

@@ArkaeaFCL3 👍

[@zew1414]

In my will I have the order that I must be buried standing up.

[@loumarcellino17Q19]

Thank you Laura, these stories are fascinating!

[@JRock1678]

Thank you for another fantastic video! Vampiric folklore is fascinating. After reading Dracula as a child, I was hooked! Varney the Vampire is still one of my favorite reads. If I had a time machine...Imagine the scientific and deductive aspects that could be applied to these tales.

[@neiltappenden1008]

Wonderfully narrated, thankyou

[@DannieJensen]

That transition into your sponsor was so smooth I didn't notice until halfway in.

[@waynes.wilson6616]

Thia video couldn't have been come out at a better time. I'm working on some short stories based on vampires and this is some great inspiration. Thank you very much

[@the_mighty_bearcat]

Wayne Laghairt would be awesome to read them when you are done.

[@thoughtfuldevil6069]

5:28 can you imagine a teacher with this name? I had a teacher named Mike Hunt, but Cuntius? Oof.......

[@KB-wk9bv]

I was wondering how they were gonna pronounce it.

[@danapidd6013]

I mean you'd be off to the nearest deed poll office to change it straight away, right? 😂

[@nikkinicole5588]

As a child I would dream of vampires often. Always the same dream. I would be standing in between big rocks and a ocean. And on the rocks were crying vampires as the tides came in. I never was scared of them but always felt sad for them.

[@mschoy1597]

Why do you think they were crying so much? Crying about their fate?

[@thedoruk6324]

This is an *intense* one! These lists are truly spectacular

[@Athlynne]

I highly recommend Ramsland's book, it's really interesting.

[@jamescookson8062]

You're videos are so interesting. Keep up the good work! I love tuning on! Also, I would love to see you do a video on the Highgate Vampire. :)

[@nervosadustbolt9642]

I'll keep it short, simple and concise. You're content is top notch. In fact, it checks off a lot of the things I look for in stuff like this. It's really, really good. I appreciate it. But one little thing I do not like is: Every 3 minutes an advertisement pops up, and it really breaks the immersion. It's simple: I love the content, but I don't love the Avarice at the expense of my watching experience.

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[@aaronyoung2912]

again moonlight sonata in the background my favourite.god i love the paranormal scholar.

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So happy for notifications ❤️

[@Feenix102]

Interesting. The imagery Haigh describes reminds me of Dante's Inferno - the wood of suicides is basically trees made up of words and blood, the idea being that if you refuse life on earth you are deprived of form in hell.

[@suzyqualcast6269]

Blimey O.

[@Feenix102]

@@suzyqualcast6269 Yeah, the imagery is kind of cool all the way through Inferno. Havent read Purgatory or Paradise yet, but Im sure theyre equally impressive. :o)

[@Anglisc1682]

It reminds me of what Vlad the Impaler did to the Ottoman invaders

[@Feenix102]

@@Anglisc1682 mm. Yeah, wooden stake in the posterior and out the shoulder wasnt it? Bet he was a card a parties - "Hey Vlad show 'em that thing you do with the poles - we'll need a volunteer..." ;o) He once had a group of delegates from somewhere who wouldnt take their hats off, so he ordered their hats be nailed to their heads. And of course, got rid of poverty in his country by inviting all the poor people to a banquet and then burning it down. When he was finally captured, he was apparently found to be impaling insects and other small creatures with little bits of wood in his dungeon cell. I guess he just couldnt get past it, lol...

[@Anglisc1682]

@@Feenix102 Wow, I didn't know that!

[@galactusmonitor1977]

You ever tried glitches in reality stories

[@jerryf.coffey2671]

I've often wondered if such things were possible even though it sounds improbable and impossible

[@unhingednerdyredhead5509]

I love your voice, Laura! So nice to finally have a name for one of my favorite narrators.

[@jeffcousineau2933]

I was hoping Merci Brown from Rhode Island was going to be in this video. Maybe next time.

[@MJubecki1984]

Funny, I have been using the photo you used for the interior asylum in the first story as a display background for months.

[@Leash_Canada]

What a great sponsor for your channel!

[@danielgraziano1105]

Well, I think it’s time to get the crucifix, the holy water, and a wooden stack. You guys did an awesome job on the video!

[@SuperChoronzon]

stake*

[@Bakemovies]

“What is the color of night?” “Sanguine, my brother.”

[@Panthia_Poe]

Very interesting & entertaining!! Great narration too. 😁👍

[@shawngarrett6638]

I truly believe that the undead Vampires are numerous, though hidden in the world by thier own design. In the West, Vampire belief is still very widespread. There are so many claims and sightings of supposedly undead Vampires and other supernatural creatures that the world is seeing an ever increasing belief in the supernatural etc, Vampires have never been more popular as a subject. If the stories and sightings are true, Vampires would be intelligent enough to disguise themselves.

[@Woodsbororipper]

You mean blend in with society...

[@nikolibarastov4487]

At 22:15, it almost sounds like you're describing the idea behind, "The Masquerade", in Vampire the Masquerade

[@healinggrounds19]

If you read Ramsland's book, many of these people were heavily into 'Masquerade' and claimed it to be real life.

[@sorchaadair8745]

Johannes *Cuntius* What a fantastic surname lol

[@mjrchapin]

Very interesting selection of cases/stories!

[@nevaehsangel9620]

Awesome ! Thx for great content,as always.☺️

[@paulahillier1390]

Fascinating as always.

[@bebeveritas7306]

Interesting video, well researched. Thanks!

[@ares647]

I believe vampires, as in, people who crave the blood of others do exist and may be more commonplace than we know (possibly due to a combination of psychological issues and a lack of the mineral ingredients in their blood increasing the need for balance in the body) however, I'd imagine that undead creatures who fear the light and turn others into vampires as if spreading some disease, if they exist at all, are few and far between, I'd imagine that, if they had to follow the classical rules of vampirism it would be harder for them to get around than we realise, attacking only in more isolated, rural areas due to their many, many weaknesses (sunlight, silver, crosses, garlic, needing to be invited in etc.), I'd imagine they'd be the more cautious scavenger-types, like hyenas or vultures, still dangerous, but more likely to go after weaker, more isolated prey

[@waderaney7]

Sweetly told as usual Laura😊

[@blackfire3744]

I did a report on people with vampire psychosis back in high school and all everyone kept asking me were questions about the vampires of legend, the kind that can turn into bat's and such. The sad part was they were serious questions, not mocking.

[@redenvy649]

"My God,now she's dead" "No she's not" "She's alive?" "She's Nosferatu" "She's Italian"🤣🤣🤣 -Dracula,Dead and loving it..

[@JaelaOrdo]

I had a cut on my arm earlier and my dog started licking it. I think he’s a vampire

[@KillAllCops88]

Dog spit makes wounds heal faster

[@Dam_Cali_breed]

Also can catch a deadly disease from dog saliva.

[@KillAllCops88]

@@Dam_Cali_breed only if you have a dirty dogo

[@selfdiscardedkingofruin7291]

@@KillAllCops88 that is a myth

[@KillAllCops88]

@@selfdiscardedkingofruin7291 citation?

[@thelastmouse648]

Such a sweet voice.

[@poppabearskitchen1769]

Greeting's , Brilliant video! Excellent research and narration, Thank you for the experience. be well.

[@maryduarte3248]

Thanks for sharing

[@auroramariealmeara8622]

More vampire's plz

[@RKrk-jj2li]

Thank you for the video, dear woman

[@theoriginaleb9616]

If I remember correctly, Haigh freely admitted to the murders. When the officers asked him why he’s confessing, he incorrectly stated “no body, no crime.” He believed they could not prosecute because he had dissolved the bodies. He was obviously wrong.

[@Warlanda]

excellent presentation, as always. thank you

[@TheDarkestTalesAnimationStudio]

Just came across your channel. Very interesting content, i am sure this took a lot of research. Thank you for sharing with us. I will subscribe

[@steph1921]

Such a soothing voice

[@phantomstrangermedia]

Haigh cockily asked a young cop how long it might take for a man to be released from Broadmoor (the institution for the criminally insane).

[@mkcollectibles9387]

Tyvvm....topic was very interesting.

[@alonsoa.delgadillo1592]

yes

[@countsmyth]

In Irish language the "bh" in Abhartach is pronounced as a "v" Good video tho!

[@susanrawson6318]

Same in Scottish gaelic

[@v-feathershillvfh563]

I love the voice..and i love all the stories too.😁

[@HyperActive7]

The irony in all this is these guys did not live forever and have never arisen from any grave since.

[@_--Reaper--_]

maybe they have and are just living off the grid

[@BeetleBuns]

I think all the irony is in the blood they drank ;)

[@HyperActive7]

@@BeetleBuns There is no such thing as immortality in the human world. You can drink as much blood as you want and be as creepy as you want, but so far, father time is the only immortal and he's killed off practically everyone he touches.

[@BeetleBuns]

@@HyperActive7 way to not get the joke...

[@WelshmanSudios]

They always put it down to folk law, or dismissing illiteracy pedants, they always dismiss people that can’t read or write. I never dismiss people of generations passed. Why did they re-arrange bones, and stake the heart, in my opinion these things may be true, there’s too many people that came forward, I believe these people weren’t pushed into hysteria.

[@matthewtomlinson1493]

Another great one guys 😎🤘

[@oscar_jjuarez5266]

I met one at saint denis

[@lestatangel]

Puny mortals. You have no idea.

[@jeremypoythress1218]

my dad pointed out the distant relatives in my family that are real vampires when everyone went to my grandparents house before my grandaddys funeral.

[@billbuffalo485]

Jeremy Poythress are you kidding me ?

[@jeremypoythress1218]

Bill Buffalo not really. i kid you not its a true story.

[@OPTIKLOPS7]

@@jeremypoythress1218 Ok, but will you tell us more details?

[@jesusknight1]

If he couldn't burn, maybe there was a bit of poison involved..

[@justin-btsellendegeneresan5665]

My reaction before watching the video: Nooo. 😦 (they exist) Oh my gosh.

[@sebastianmoya5790]

love your voice!!!

[@bubbapacha7672]

rammsfelds book is creepy and mysterious.....just a good read

[@christinebrannigan1288]

That was very interesting

[@besthobbit]

but I like the pressure of exams and deadlines.

[@hellsheathen214]

Do people who believe in vampires and such, on the average, believe in the Gods?

[@trinomial-nomenclature]

That's a really good question. I'm not too sure about vampires, but ghosts/spirits I do believe in, as I have had my own experiences with and I was raised Catholic (went to church every week, went to Sunday school, did my first communion and confirmation). However, as I got older and became more interested in science, I found my beliefs clashing with what I believed to be scientifically true (creation vs evolution). As I got more and more interested in science, I grew further away from the church and their teachings and subsequently my belief in God. I stopped attending church when I was around 14 and I now consider myself an Atheist (since my mid 20's). I'm not sure if this answers your question, however, I do know there are a lot of people who believe in ghosts/spirits and believe in God as well, they use the prayer of God and Holy Water to banish ghosts/spirits sometimes. I'm probably going to get some spiteful comments. However I am *not* saying that people of Religion *cannot* have a career or an interest in science, of course they can, I was merely stating that *I* couldn't find a balance between the two, also there were some other factors that played a part in why I became an Atheist.

[@hellsheathen214]

@@trinomial-nomenclature : I myself understand what your saying. Not only did science conflict with my faith but I was born and raised Baptist and was faithful for 33 years, hit a ruff place, went into depression and "God" wasn't there and scripture and my faith failed. Either I was born predestined for Hell or God doesn't exist.

[@trinomial-nomenclature]

@@hellsheathen214 I completely understand! There are a few instances in my life where I said "why would God do this? Why would he let me suffer like this?" and I know it says "God only gives you what you can handle", but when I had a nervous breakdown I thought "ok.... Isn't *this* a little too much to handle God, obviously I cannot handle this much, why would you do this to me? And let me suffer from this for years and years and years?". Yeah, at that point my faith started to waiver and I too felt that God "wasn't there" when I truly needed him.

[@hellsheathen214]

@@trinomial-nomenclature :Sounds like we were in the same place. I'm sorry you had to endure that and lost something in the process. I myself went through a whole other bad journey when I lost faith and "God". I had to find another reason for purpose. And it turns out I am a good and moral man without scripture and can be just as happy living for me without repentance for simply being born.

[@trinomial-nomenclature]

@@hellsheathen214 Awe, same here, I'm so sorry you had to go through what you did and all the while expecting God to be there for you, only to find out in the middle of it all, he wasn't. It's like dealing with two issues at once all of a sudden. I too, have found that I have a really good moral compass without the need of God, they teach you (well at least I was taught) that unless you're with God, you won't be able to tell right from wrong and people who are not part of a religion, have a skewed moral compass...... well, sorry, but I do know right from wrong. My best friend is a Mormon and we both have sons the same age and the "lessons" (about life and right and wrong and how to function as an individual) we teach our child are pretty much identical and we don't really discuss how we "teach" our child in those areas that often, so it's not like we're influencing one another. We are just both parents of young boys, who happen to have a very similar moral compass, my point is that I don't think being part of any religion, makes you any more moral than non-religious people.

[@ThomasWBaldwin]

everday......

[@nicolamclaughlin4442]

Um....freaked out...why is Pedro Pascal in the first black and white picture???? Am I actually losing my mind??????

[@tobyjamison6801]

Maybe he couldn't burn because he wasn't staked first.

[@mrtank1995]

Love the voice ❤

[@kekosunny6202]

i luv it.. many blessings😇🌈🌹

[@standardofexcellence]

This is my comfort food

[@yunusalam1970]

do u think abe lincon was a real vampire hunter

[@TeatroGrotesco]

Well, the documentary seemed pretty factual. So, you know, of course draw your own conclusions, but yes he must have been, why else was there a Civil War.

[@healinggrounds19]

@SIGNVM CRVCIS no, his secretary was the cross dresser.

[@billyshupe702]

Do vampires suck more than just blood 🤔🤷‍♂️😳

[@joezar33]

That sound like it might cost u extra if you asked 1 lol

[@hazmatskin5513]

Is Count Dankula considered a Vampire yet?

[@hazmatskin5513]

I've encountered this man multiple times on youtube.

[@brookelederer2054]

Why is don henrey not on here?

[@Tradley]

These people know you can just buy lamb blood right?

[@callanightshade8079]

There have been times I craved blood so much that I would just slightly cut my finger and just lick at my wound until it stopped bleeding. I'm not claiming to be a vampire or anything like that but I do have anemia which my doctor later told me can cause a craving for blood

[@callanightshade8079]

@Onion Face I already do. I don't do it as often as I use to but recent traumatic events have caused me to start craving it again

[@Tia-ux5lt]

Thank God I'm early.

[@theifysnightmare1316]

If i remeber rigtly there is a mental illness that makes someone actually belive they are a vampire

[@rachelstrahan2486]

👍

[@samaelfromstein1503]

Im a vampire no blood required just the instinctual hunger and death current running threw ones self we drink pranna

[@ardenalexa94]

What is pranna

[@RedneckSith]

Vampires do exist. They're called bankers these days though.

[@mattysee24]

It woulda been so easy to fool the ppl in the far past. They believed all this bullshit haha

[@user-bj3jn1sq7y]

Seriously, Wouldn’t all this blood make them constipated due to all the iron?

[@SuperChoronzon]

Perhaps they couldn't give two shits, or one if you're correct ??? I'll see myself out ;o)