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Post by SonOfBathory on Jan 1, 2005 18:19:37 GMT -5
I know that there is lots of info on the web concerning the highgate vampire, but I am distressed that all of this seems to come from Sean Manchester! Not as though I don't believe him, but I would like to find some original info from the two girls or the couple who actually saw the vampire. If you don't know the story, in 1967 two schoolgirls were said to have seen bodies rising from the graves in the cemetery, and a few weeks later a couple saw a floating black apparition. This started a bit of investigation by Sean Manchester, who concluded the cemetery was the haunt of a vampire. Then followed several years of total chaos, sightings, and gangs of vampire hunters scouring the cemetery. Does anyone know where there are any account OTHER than Manchesters?? Any newspaper reports, etc??
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Post by Demonella on Jan 2, 2005 11:49:53 GMT -5
Sean Manchester spent 13 years researching, hunting or whatever The Highgate Vampire. He was apparently director of The Occult Investigation Bureau. I think everything you will find will eventually lead back to him.
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Post by SonOfBathory on Jan 2, 2005 16:27:00 GMT -5
You are probably right. Everything does seem to lead back to him :-(
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Post by SonOfBathory on Jan 3, 2005 4:15:50 GMT -5
Thr problem I have with that, of course, is that the entire thing is "according to Manchester", which is not good enough. :-(
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Post by Lizabet on Jan 3, 2005 14:35:15 GMT -5
Sadly, this is the problem with history. It is always second-hand information at the very least. Legends and Myths always spring up surrounding the supernatural, and many of these probably sprang up from some kind of scare-mongery. A favourite Vampire research site of mine os the Shroudeater, who have given me permission to use their material in my research. You may find the following artical interesting, and you'll be pleased to know it is not written by Manchester: www.shroudeater.com/abeyondh.htm
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Post by SonOfBathory on Jan 4, 2005 5:53:06 GMT -5
Hi there, Lizabet, and thanks for that. I just placed an order form some vampy books, so managed to add his book in just in time! It was nice and cheap too :-)
I noticed that it got terrible reviews. "Should have read Manchesters account" said one. Oh dear.
I love the line "simply giving us the facts, offering no easy explanations, and obviously expecting us to draw our own conclusions."
That's what I want.
I hate to put a slur on the good name of Manchester, but the entire event got so carried away that many facts no doubt got buried under the confusion. I am a rational person, and don't respond well to being spoon fed hysteria.
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Post by Daemonica on Jan 4, 2005 16:15:39 GMT -5
As they say, the history books are written by the victors, and the tales of those defeated are lost in the mists of time
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Post by Lizabet on Jan 5, 2005 14:42:38 GMT -5
I think if you really want to learn about a subject, you need to read the good and bad stuff. After a while you become objective and learn how to weed out the important things. Even if that book is crap, I'm sure you'll find a page or two that really gets you thinking.
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Post by SonOfBathory on Jan 8, 2005 18:38:20 GMT -5
The book is probably the only other source of info other than Manchester, so it is well worth reading. I have found other pieces of info on the subject but I am really interested in what the "eye witnesses" had to say
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