The Disturbing CULT Of Modern Day Vampires

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TLDRThis video dives into the rich history and mythology of vampires, exploring their origins in ancient civilizations and their evolution into modern pop culture icons. It discusses notable figures like Vlad the Impaler and Elizabeth Bathory, as well as real-life vampire killers. The video also touches on the vampire subculture, highlighting individuals who identify as vampires and engage in consensual blood consumption. With a mix of humor and dark themes, it reflects on the fascination with vampires in literature, film, and society.

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  • 🧛‍♂️ Vampires have ancient origins in Mesopotamia and Mediterranean myths.
  • 📚 The vampire myth evolved through literature, notably with Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'.
  • 🩸 Real-life vampire killers have committed gruesome crimes, often linked to blood consumption.
  • 🎭 The vampire subculture includes individuals who engage in consensual blood drinking.
  • 🧛‍♀️ Elizabeth Bathory is infamous for allegedly bathing in the blood of her victims.
  • 🦇 Modern vampire narratives explore themes of identity and romance, as seen in 'Twilight'.
  • 🎉 The Endless Night Vampire Ball celebrates vampire culture in New Orleans.
  • 🧛‍♂️ Vlad the Impaler's brutal reign inspired the Dracula legend.
  • 📖 Vampire folklore often reflects societal fears and beliefs about death.
  • 🧛‍♀️ The fascination with vampires continues to influence contemporary media and culture.

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  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    Kristoff, a vampire, humorously introduces himself and expresses his intention to consume the viewer, setting a playful tone for the video. He mentions his interest in dark themes like crime and murder, leading into a discussion about vampires and their history.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The video transitions into a discussion about the origins of vampire mythology, tracing back to ancient civilizations like Mesopotamia and Greece. It highlights early vampire-like beings and their traits, establishing a foundation for modern vampire legends.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    The narrative continues with the evolution of vampire folklore in Europe, particularly during the Middle Ages. It discusses the characteristics of vampires, including their association with death and the undead, and introduces famous figures like Nosferatu and the cultural impact of the Black Death on vampire beliefs.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    The 18th-century vampire panic is explored, detailing how fear and superstition led to gruesome rituals to prevent vampire attacks. The video also touches on the transition of vampire stories from folklore to literature, highlighting key works that shaped the modern vampire archetype.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:25:00

    The discussion shifts to the 20th century, where vampires became prominent in film and literature. The portrayal of vampires evolved, with characters like those in 'Interview with a Vampire' and 'Twilight' reflecting deeper themes of morality and identity, moving beyond traditional horror tropes.

  • 00:25:00 - 00:30:00

    The video then delves into real-life vampire killers, discussing infamous figures like Vlad the Impaler and Elizabeth Bathory, whose brutal actions contributed to the vampire mythos. It highlights the gruesome nature of their crimes and their lasting impact on vampire lore.

  • 00:30:00 - 00:38:53

    Finally, the video examines the modern vampire subculture, focusing on individuals who identify as vampires today. It discusses their practices, beliefs, and the community's rituals, contrasting them with the violent historical figures, and concludes with reflections on the cultural fascination with vampires.

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  • What are the origins of vampire mythology?

    Vampire mythology originates from ancient civilizations like Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome, featuring creatures that share traits with modern vampires.

  • Who is Vlad the Impaler?

    Vlad the Impaler was a 15th-century prince known for his brutal reign and is often associated with the Dracula legend.

  • What is the vampire subculture?

    The vampire subculture includes individuals who identify with vampirism, often engaging in consensual blood consumption and other practices.

  • What are some famous vampire novels?

    Notable vampire novels include Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', Anne Rice's 'Interview with the Vampire', and 'Twilight' by Stephenie Meyer.

  • What is hematomania?

    Hematomania is a condition where individuals derive pleasure from drinking blood, often associated with vampire crimes.

  • What is Renfield syndrome?

    Renfield syndrome is a psychological condition where individuals believe they are vampires.

  • How did the Black Death influence vampire beliefs?

    The Black Death led to fears of the undead and supernatural causes for death, fueling vampire folklore.

  • What are some modern vampire films and shows?

    Modern vampire narratives include 'Twilight', 'True Blood', and 'The Vampire Diaries', exploring themes of romance and identity.

  • Who was Elizabeth Bathory?

    Elizabeth Bathory, known as the Blood Countess, was a Hungarian noblewoman accused of torturing and killing young women.

  • What is the Endless Night Vampire Ball?

    The Endless Night Vampire Ball is an annual event in New Orleans celebrating vampire culture with Gothic attire and rituals.

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    hello my dear I am Kristoff the vampire
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    are talking about you guessed it
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    vampires and we're not just going to
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    talk about just about vampires all right
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    history of vampires we're going to get
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    freaky Nerdy with it up in his all right
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    little bit of murder a little bit of
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    serial killers too we're kind of getting
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    vampires Killers who claim to be
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    vampires folklore and modernday vampires
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    open your casket get out vampire style
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    jump off this cliff into this vampire
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    ire case
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    the video all right so most of you
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    probably know what a vampire is thanks
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    to Dracula and Twilight and whatnot but
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    do you know where they originated from
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    and do you know the very dark dark
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    following that has emerged because of
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    them well today we're going to talk
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    about just that so for those of you for
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    some reason who don't know what a
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    vampire is basically the vampire is a
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    mythical creature of Darkness blood and
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    immortality that has captured the human
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    imagination for centuries from ancient
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    folklore to contemporary films and
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    literature the vampire story is Rich
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    multifaceted and deeply tied to human
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    history fear and belief but where did
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    the legend of the vampire originate and
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    how did it evolve into the figures that
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    we recognize today I think we need to
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    start from the beginning which was in
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    early Mesopotamia and Mediterranean
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    civilizations so the earliest known
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    references to vampire likee beings come
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    from the ancient civilizations of
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    Mesopotamia Greece and Rome and while
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    these creatures were not necessarily
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    called vampires they shared many traits
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    associated with later Vampire Legends
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    first up we have lilu and lashu in
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    Mesopotamia and the samarians and
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    Babylonians had myths surrounding lilu a
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    demon who prayed on newborns and
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    pregnant women by draining their life
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    force in lash to another demon was
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    similarly feared for her nocturnal
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    attacks on infants and mothers leaving
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    her victims weakened and sickened
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    evoking early ideas of creatures living
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    off others Vitality AKA The Blood next
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    we have
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    and Laya I'm probably saying those wrong
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    from ancient Greece and in ancient
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    Greece the impas were shape-shifting
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    demons who feasted on blood and seduced
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    men slay while lamia was cursed to drink
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    the blood of children that's not as good
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    and these early Mediterranean myths laid
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    the groundwork of the idea of female
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    seductive and bloodthirsty entities a
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    common theme among vampire mythology AKA
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    would basically bred the sexy vampires
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    you see in today's media and then we
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    have the early Chinese and Indian
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    beliefs the vatala was an undead spirit
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    that inhibited corpses preying on humans
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    by possessing their bodies though not a
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    vampire in the modern sense the vella's
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    association with death possession and
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    malevolence Echoes vampire traits and
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    the jangi in China which also I probably
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    pronouncing that wrong in I apologize or
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    otherwise called the hopping vampire was
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    a reanimated corpse that drained the
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    life essence of its victims otherwise
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    known as key and like later European
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    vampires the Jang XI was often depicted
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    as a creature that prayed on the living
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    to sustain its unnatural existence which
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    brings us to the European vampire
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    otherwise known as the Middle Ages to
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    early modern period so the modern
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    conception of the vampire as a
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    reanimated corpse that drinks blood of
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    the living owes much to the folklore of
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    Eastern Europe particularly the Slavic
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    regions the stroy in Romania was an
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    undead being that returned from the
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    grave to feed on the blood of the living
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    so like just that classic like out of
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    the Grave bust through go kind of like a
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    zombie almost like a zombie and the
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    stroy was thought to be created through
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    like a violent death or an improper
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    burial and could be dispatched only
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    through specific rituals such as
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    decapitation K or driving a stake
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    through the heart which I'm sure a lot
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    of you have heard of that wooden steak
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    through the vampires heart it's the only
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    way to kill a vampire turns out it's not
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    allegedly and then we have NOS veratu in
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    Transylvania ler made famous by Braum
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    Stoker's Dracula nosu was a plague
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    carrier and was believed to spread death
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    and disease through the nocturnal
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    feeding and these vampires could be
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    repelled by garlic you heard that one
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    holy water and or a crucifix elements
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    that became Staples in later Western
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    vampire myths so let's talk a little bit
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    about the role of religion and
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    Superstition in Vampire beliefs and a
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    lot of that stemmed from the Black Death
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    the Black Death being the Bubonic plague
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    which decimated Europe in the 14th
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    century and it gave rise to the fear of
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    death and the undead Mass Graves
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    unburied bodies and the rapid spread of
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    disease LED people to attribute these
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    tragedies to Supernatural causes
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    naturally and the reports of revenant
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    corpses that returned to the dead to
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    terrorize the living were common during
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    the plague years which like yeah that
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    makes sense you know you got nothing
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    else going on there's like snake oil
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    doctors and witches and stuff why
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    wouldn't you believe in some dude coming
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    up from the dead and drinking your blood
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    and you the plague at night I mean
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    that's what would fuel me honestly and
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    then we obviously have the Christianity
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    influence as well cuz in Christian
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    Europe vampires were often associated
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    with hearsay sin and the devil the idea
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    of the vampire as a creature damned for
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    eternity and trapped between life and
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    death resonated a lot with religious
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    fears of Eternal damnation so the use of
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    holy symbols like crosses holy Waters
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    and the consecrated ground to ward off
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    vampires reflects the Deep ties between
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    vampire folklore and Christian belief
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    and then we jump ahead to the vampire
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    Panic of the 18th century in the 18th
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    century vampire hysteria gripped Eastern
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    Europe particularly in regions such as
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    Hungary Poland and Serbia examinations
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    of suspected vampires became common and
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    grizzly rituals to prevent their return
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    including decapitation and driving
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    Stakes through the heart were
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    participated widely that's crazy that's
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    like you're just digging your mom up cuz
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    you think she might have been a vampire
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    and
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    just re killing her somehow that's like
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    I guess there was not a lot to do back
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    then either so like again why not I
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    guess and the reports of vampire attacks
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    circulated in newspapers across Europe
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    further fueling the panic and this is
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    also when vampirism would transition
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    from folklore to literature in the 18th
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    and 19th century a shift that would lay
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    the groundwork for the modern vampire
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    archetype books such as the vampire
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    written in 1819 written by John pelador
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    was one of the first works of vampire
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    fiction in the English language and
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    Poor's vampire lord ruthin was a
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    sophisticated aristocratic figure who
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    prayed on high society contrasting with
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    the crude peasant vampires of folklore
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    and this portrayal would influence the
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    refined and seductive image of vampires
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    in later literature like Twilight I'm
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    making fun of it but I literally love
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    Twilight okay Team Edward all the way
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    and this next one Carmela was written in
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    1872 and is fire all right it was
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    written by Sheridan leano and Carmela is
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    introduced as the first significant
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    female vampire to Western literature
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    Carmela a beautiful and seductive
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    vampire Praise on young women
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    intertwining themes of eroticism death
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    and the supernatural basically
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    everything I know you like I know you do
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    I'm looking at you you're going to read
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    this book after I know it and Carmela
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    would become an important precursor to
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    later vampire literature particularly
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    with its exploration of lesbianism and
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    seduction again slay and then we
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    obviously have braah sto Dracula written
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    in 1897 no discussion of vampires is
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    ever complete without brm Stoker's
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    Dracula which solidified many of the
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    traits associated with vampires today
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    Count Dracula a Transylvanian nobleman
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    turned vampire embodies both the fear
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    and fascination with immortality blood
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    lust and sexuality Dracula not only
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    cemented the vampires place in pop
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    culture but also created a template for
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    countless vampire stories to come so
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    let's move into the modern vire the 20th
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    century to present vampire the 20th
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    century saw that the vampire myth
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    evolved dramatically as it moved into
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    film television and later a global pop
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    culture Consciousness NOS veratu in 1922
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    was a silent German film made by FW
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    marau don't know if I said that right
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    and remains to be one of the most iconic
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    portrayals of a vampire count orlock the
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    central character is a far more
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    monstrous version of Dracula he's badass
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    basically capturing the T and grotesque
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    nature of the vampire myth highly
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    recommend watching it and Universal's
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    Dracula made in 1931 portrayed Count
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    Dracula I'm sure most people know who
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    that is and this became the definitive
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    image of what a vampire is for decades
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    to come with the classic slickback hair
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    thick Transylvania accent uh uh uh count
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    on Sesame Street shout out and evening
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    attire and loso's Dracula was both
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    menacing and mesmerizing creating an
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    indelible cultural image and as the 20th
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    century progressed vampires became more
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    nuanced figures in the media with the
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    publication of Anne Rice's interview
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    with a vampire in 1976 and the film
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    adaptation in 1994 vampires were no
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    longer just monsters but tragic tortured
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    beings grappling with their immortality
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    and moral dilemmas I don't know if I
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    hate this movie or love it I think I
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    love it I think it just dragged on a bit
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    I think I love it I rewatch I rewatched
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    it a few years ago I got to I got to
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    revisit it but it's got Brad Pit and Tom
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    Cruz in it you can't really go wrong
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    with that and uh I think little cursed
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    and Dunst is that her name it's pretty
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    good though and in the 21st century we
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    saw a new wave of vampire narratives
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    that Blended horror romance and social
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    commentary yes I'm talking about
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    Twilight I know all you want to hear
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    about is Twilight and I don't really
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    need to explain it but Twilight is
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    Stephanie Meyers book published in 2005
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    and the series reimagined vampires as
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    brooding Immortal teenagers and the
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    romance between a human girl and a
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    vampire with the moralized conflict over
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    bloodlust brought the vampire myth into
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    the mainstream for younger audience
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    sparking a global pop culture
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    phenomenon phenomenon doesn't even begin
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    to explain what this did to culture what
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    it did to me I think Twilight shaped me
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    into the person I am today I think did
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    it shape you if not that's probably for
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    for the best I still like watch the
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    movie back and I feel things that I
  • 00:13:32
    probably shouldn't feel but I do so and
  • 00:13:35
    then we have shows like True Blood in
  • 00:13:36
    2008 and 2014 and The Vampire Diaries
  • 00:13:39
    from 2009 to 2017 and these television
  • 00:13:42
    shows explored the themes of Desire
  • 00:13:44
    identity and power with vampires as
  • 00:13:47
    metaphors for societal issues like civil
  • 00:13:50
    rights sexuality and alienation and
  • 00:13:52
    these genres just continued to evolve
  • 00:13:55
    not just focusing on the horror of
  • 00:13:56
    vampirism but on the complexity of
  • 00:13:58
    relationship ships communities and
  • 00:14:00
    politics in the Supernatural World which
  • 00:14:02
    is important we also have movies like
  • 00:14:04
    blade underworld 30 Days of Night which
  • 00:14:06
    I cannot recommend enough I think it's
  • 00:14:08
    so fun and awesome it's basically this
  • 00:14:11
    horror film based off a graphic novel
  • 00:14:12
    and it's set in Alaska where vampires
  • 00:14:14
    descend on a small town during a month
  • 00:14:16
    of complete darkness and the film
  • 00:14:18
    focuses on Survival horror and depicts
  • 00:14:19
    vampires as ruthless monstrous predators
  • 00:14:22
    and those were like a favorite kind
  • 00:14:24
    besides Twilight of course but give it a
  • 00:14:26
    watch if you like horror and then he got
  • 00:14:27
    shows like puffy the vamp Empire Slayer
  • 00:14:29
    which I never really got into but I hear
  • 00:14:31
    it's good and what we do in the shadows
  • 00:14:33
    cannot recommend that enough either it
  • 00:14:34
    is so awesome and funny if you don't
  • 00:14:37
    know what we do in the shadows it's
  • 00:14:39
    there's a show and there's a movie so
  • 00:14:41
    good I don't even really want to explain
  • 00:14:43
    it but it's like comedy meets vampires
  • 00:14:46
    yeah that's basically it but it's like
  • 00:14:48
    ancient vampires in modern day Staten
  • 00:14:50
    Island and it's so so funny and now that
  • 00:14:54
    we covered the basic history of vampires
  • 00:14:57
    we're going to talk about the the the
  • 00:14:59
    Grim outcome of the fascination with
  • 00:15:02
    vampires and that is Vampire Killers cuz
  • 00:15:05
    we couldn't do a deep dive without
  • 00:15:06
    talking about killings could we probably
  • 00:15:08
    not well probably could but didn't want
  • 00:15:10
    to but vampire criminals or Vampire
  • 00:15:13
    Killers or psychopatic vampires are
  • 00:15:16
    people who commit murders and drink
  • 00:15:19
    blood of their victims and in order for
  • 00:15:21
    a crime to be considered a vampire crime
  • 00:15:24
    which I didn't know existed but now I do
  • 00:15:26
    the drinking of blood or the desire to
  • 00:15:28
    drink blood must be a major motive so
  • 00:15:31
    the three reasons why we know a vampire
  • 00:15:33
    crime has been committed are hematomania
  • 00:15:36
    which is uh deriving the pleasure from
  • 00:15:39
    drinking blood gross Renfield syndrome
  • 00:15:42
    the belief that a person is actually a
  • 00:15:44
    vampire which turns out there's a lot
  • 00:15:47
    there's a lot and I was one of them when
  • 00:15:48
    I was a kid wasn't killing people wasn't
  • 00:15:50
    doing any of that any of that nonsense I
  • 00:15:52
    was more just like running around the
  • 00:15:53
    forest just uh screaming and like if you
  • 00:15:56
    know you know if you watch my Tik toks
  • 00:15:58
    from like years ago that was funny for
  • 00:16:00
    you nobody else or the involvement in
  • 00:16:02
    satanic type rituals not me that's just
  • 00:16:04
    one of the three reasons if you're Comm
  • 00:16:06
    of vampire crime anyway but the vampire
  • 00:16:08
    subculture as a whole does not associate
  • 00:16:11
    themselves with these individuals
  • 00:16:13
    stating that they are not real vampires
  • 00:16:15
    and that the subculture does not promote
  • 00:16:17
    violence or crime in any form and we'll
  • 00:16:20
    get into this subculture in a bit I know
  • 00:16:23
    this deep dive is quite literally all
  • 00:16:24
    over the place it's kind of an ADHD Deep
  • 00:16:27
    dive I apologize I wrote it and it's a
  • 00:16:29
    bit all over the place we're going to
  • 00:16:30
    talk about crimes and then we're going
  • 00:16:31
    to talk about the subculture and we're
  • 00:16:32
    going to kind of work from oldest to
  • 00:16:34
    newest as best I can and we're going to
  • 00:16:36
    start with the infamous Vlad the Impaler
  • 00:16:39
    so Vlad III commonly known as Vlad the
  • 00:16:42
    Impaler was active and alive from 1431
  • 00:16:47
    to 1476 or 77 we're not quite sure but
  • 00:16:50
    he is one of the most iconic historical
  • 00:16:53
    figures tied to vampirism largely
  • 00:16:55
    because of his influence on Bram
  • 00:16:57
    Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula and while
  • 00:17:00
    Vlad himself was never believed to have
  • 00:17:02
    actually engaged in vampirism his brutal
  • 00:17:05
    and blood soaked reign as a 15th century
  • 00:17:09
    Prince of Walia Walia Walia hope I'm
  • 00:17:13
    saying that right which is now modern
  • 00:17:15
    day Romania left an indelible mark on
  • 00:17:18
    History blending with regional folklore
  • 00:17:20
    to inspire the archetype vampire figures
  • 00:17:23
    so Vlad was born in 1431 in Transylvania
  • 00:17:26
    in the city of sigur
  • 00:17:29
    sorry if I said that wrong which was
  • 00:17:30
    part of a kingdom of Hungary and his
  • 00:17:32
    father Vlad II dracul was a member of
  • 00:17:35
    the order of the Dragon which sounds
  • 00:17:37
    awesome because if there's anything I
  • 00:17:40
    love more than vampires it's dragons all
  • 00:17:42
    right let me know if you want a deep
  • 00:17:43
    dive on dragons cuz I'll do it but the
  • 00:17:45
    order of dragons was founded to protect
  • 00:17:47
    Christendom from the Ottoman Empire
  • 00:17:49
    whatever that means and the name dracul
  • 00:17:52
    means dragon in Romanian or devil in
  • 00:17:55
    more modern interpretations I was just
  • 00:17:57
    going to say oh I'm going to name my
  • 00:17:58
    first first born that probably not I
  • 00:18:00
    like Dragon not so much the devil and
  • 00:18:02
    Vlad III otherwise known as Vlad the
  • 00:18:04
    Impaler earned the name Dracula which
  • 00:18:07
    means son of the Dragon that's cool
  • 00:18:10
    maybe my firstborn will be Nam now
  • 00:18:11
    probably I shouldn't name it after an
  • 00:18:13
    Infamous serial killer probably
  • 00:18:14
    shouldn't do that never mind and this is
  • 00:18:15
    the origin of the name Dracula which
  • 00:18:17
    stoker later borrowed from his vampir
  • 00:18:20
    account and vlad's life was shaped by
  • 00:18:21
    the constant Warfare between Christian
  • 00:18:23
    Europe and the expanding Ottoman Empire
  • 00:18:26
    and at some point during these wars in
  • 00:18:27
    1442 Vlad and his younger brother Ru
  • 00:18:31
    were sent as political hostages to the
  • 00:18:33
    ottoman Court to secure their father's
  • 00:18:35
    loyalty to the sultan and this period of
  • 00:18:38
    captivity profoundly influenced vlad's
  • 00:18:40
    later life fostering a deep hatred for
  • 00:18:43
    the Ottomans and the desire for
  • 00:18:45
    vengeance against those who wronged his
  • 00:18:47
    family guy holds a grudge basically and
  • 00:18:49
    Vlad is most famous for his three Reigns
  • 00:18:52
    as the prince of Walia particularly in
  • 00:18:55
    his second Reign which ranged from 1456
  • 00:18:58
    to 1462 when he earned his notorious
  • 00:19:01
    reputation and the infamous method of
  • 00:19:03
    punishment employed by Val Val whose Val
  • 00:19:08
    employed by Vlad was you guessed it
  • 00:19:10
    impalement victims would be seated on
  • 00:19:13
    Long sharpened wooden Stakes which were
  • 00:19:16
    driven through their bodies often taking
  • 00:19:18
    hours for them to die even sometimes
  • 00:19:21
    days and this practice became so
  • 00:19:23
    widespread that Vlad earned the nickname
  • 00:19:26
    Vlad the Impaler and according to
  • 00:19:27
    historical accounts counts he killed
  • 00:19:29
    tens of thousands of people during his
  • 00:19:33
    Reign including ottoman prisoners Boyer
  • 00:19:35
    Rebels and common criminals his use of
  • 00:19:38
    impalement served both a deterrent to
  • 00:19:41
    his enemies and a form of psychological
  • 00:19:43
    warfare no and there's a place
  • 00:19:45
    called The Forest of the impaled which
  • 00:19:47
    is one of the most chilling stories from
  • 00:19:49
    vlad's Reign which in 1462 during a
  • 00:19:52
    confrontation with the ottoman Sultan
  • 00:19:54
    Vlad ordered the impalement of 20,000
  • 00:19:58
    ottoman soldiers and civilians and this
  • 00:19:59
    would naturally cause his enemies to
  • 00:20:02
    flee and leave the scene because they're
  • 00:20:05
    like that I'm out but anyway though
  • 00:20:08
    Vlad the Impaler was never a vampire in
  • 00:20:10
    the literal sense his blood soaked
  • 00:20:12
    Legacy became intertwined with vampire
  • 00:20:15
    mythology particularly through Bram
  • 00:20:17
    Stoker's Dracula the connection between
  • 00:20:19
    the historical Vlad and the fictional
  • 00:20:21
    Count Dracula is complex and somewhat
  • 00:20:23
    symbolic and this brings us to our next
  • 00:20:25
    vampire serial killer and that is the
  • 00:20:27
    famous or inFAMOUS Elizabeth ba
  • 00:20:31
    otherwise known as The Blood Countess so
  • 00:20:34
    Countess Elizabeth ba was alive from
  • 00:20:36
    1560 to 1614 in one of history's most
  • 00:20:39
    infamous figures associated with
  • 00:20:41
    vampirism known as The Blood Countess
  • 00:20:43
    she was Hungarian Noble woman who
  • 00:20:45
    allegedly tortured and killed hundreds
  • 00:20:47
    of young women primarily from the lower
  • 00:20:49
    classes over the span of decades she
  • 00:20:52
    basically just made it her Hobby and her
  • 00:20:54
    reputation as a vampire figure stems
  • 00:20:57
    from maob Legends that that claimed that
  • 00:20:59
    she bathed in the blood of her victims
  • 00:21:01
    to preserve her Youth and beauty though
  • 00:21:03
    the story has been heavily debated by
  • 00:21:06
    historians but Elizabeth baly was born
  • 00:21:08
    to a very powerful aristocratic family
  • 00:21:10
    in Hungary with relatives that held very
  • 00:21:12
    significant political influence her
  • 00:21:14
    Uncle Steven B was the king of Poland
  • 00:21:17
    and her family's wealth and Prestige
  • 00:21:19
    shielded her from scrutiny for many
  • 00:21:21
    years hence why she got away with
  • 00:21:22
    killing hundreds of women and when she
  • 00:21:24
    got married at the age of 15 gross in
  • 00:21:27
    1575 her husband would often be away at
  • 00:21:30
    War leaving Elizabeth in control of the
  • 00:21:32
    vast Estates and overseeing the
  • 00:21:34
    day-to-day Affairs of the household
  • 00:21:36
    which included the lives of the peasants
  • 00:21:38
    and servants who worked for her family
  • 00:21:40
    and the legend of Elizabeth crimes and
  • 00:21:42
    cruelty began with rumors of her cruelty
  • 00:21:45
    towards her servants particularly the
  • 00:21:47
    young girls and she reportedly used her
  • 00:21:49
    status to escape any sort of
  • 00:21:51
    repercussion for her actions Over time
  • 00:21:53
    however the stories of her brutality
  • 00:21:55
    grew darker and darker and more
  • 00:21:57
    widespread according to to Witnesses and
  • 00:21:59
    later accounts bie lured young women to
  • 00:22:02
    her castle often under the pretense of
  • 00:22:04
    offering them work or schooling only to
  • 00:22:06
    subject them to horrific and eventually
  • 00:22:09
    murder and the common accusations
  • 00:22:11
    included but were not limited to severe
  • 00:22:14
    beatings and like being whipped burned
  • 00:22:17
    or cut freezing or starvation she would
  • 00:22:20
    love using needles or sither scissors
  • 00:22:23
    What scissors do with that information
  • 00:22:26
    what you will and she was a big fan of
  • 00:22:28
    blood leing and ritualistic elements and
  • 00:22:31
    this is where the vampire myth kind of
  • 00:22:33
    comes in cuz Witnesses later claim that
  • 00:22:35
    Elizabeth drained the blood from her
  • 00:22:37
    victims and in more Sensational accounts
  • 00:22:39
    bathed in the blood of virgins
  • 00:22:41
    specifically believing that that was
  • 00:22:43
    going to rejuvenate properties in her
  • 00:22:45
    skin she's basically doing what what Kim
  • 00:22:47
    Kardashian is doing now with the fa
  • 00:22:49
    blood facials or whatever I don't know
  • 00:22:52
    it's weird that's not the same it's not
  • 00:22:53
    the same I'm I get uncomfortable talking
  • 00:22:55
    about this stuff sometimes and I got to
  • 00:22:57
    say other stuff so I I I know it was a
  • 00:22:59
    long time ago but I hope this is
  • 00:23:01
    burning in hell is what I'm trying to
  • 00:23:02
    say and despite the overwhelming
  • 00:23:04
    evidence against Elizabeth she was never
  • 00:23:06
    actually formerly tried and some
  • 00:23:07
    historians suggest that that was because
  • 00:23:08
    of her Noble status and a public trial
  • 00:23:10
    could have caused embarrassment to her
  • 00:23:12
    powerful family but instead she was just
  • 00:23:14
    imprisoned eventually in a small room
  • 00:23:16
    within her castle she was basically
  • 00:23:18
    grounded where she would remain until
  • 00:23:20
    her death in 1614 at least there were
  • 00:23:22
    some repercussions which brings us to
  • 00:23:24
    our next killer belliss sounds like a
  • 00:23:26
    nice name isn't it it's not otherwise
  • 00:23:29
    known as the vampire of sinot or kinota
  • 00:23:32
    I'm sorry if I'm saying that wrong but
  • 00:23:33
    belliss was a Hungarian serial killer
  • 00:23:36
    active in the early 20th century and is
  • 00:23:38
    one of the more chilling real life
  • 00:23:40
    figures whose Grizzly crimes have
  • 00:23:42
    contributed to the vampire Mythos his
  • 00:23:44
    methodical and ritualistic killings
  • 00:23:47
    especially his apparent obsession with
  • 00:23:49
    blood have earned him the place in the
  • 00:23:51
    annals of criminal history and his story
  • 00:23:54
    has taken on an almost mythological
  • 00:23:56
    quality due to the Eerie details and the
  • 00:23:58
    mystery surrounding his fate biss was
  • 00:24:00
    born in 1877 in Hungary a lot of
  • 00:24:03
    vampires coming out of Hungary and he
  • 00:24:04
    would live most of his life in a small
  • 00:24:06
    town sinoda again sorry if I'm saying
  • 00:24:08
    that wrong near Budapest and he led an
  • 00:24:10
    otherwise unremarkable existence working
  • 00:24:13
    as a tin Smith and cultivating a
  • 00:24:15
    respectable reputation in the local
  • 00:24:16
    community he was described as
  • 00:24:18
    intelligent well spoken and unassuming a
  • 00:24:21
    trusted member of the Town who concealed
  • 00:24:23
    his darker side from the public view so
  • 00:24:25
    in 1912 kiss's wife would run away with
  • 00:24:27
    another man t tisk or probably Justified
  • 00:24:30
    since this guy's a monster and the
  • 00:24:31
    Betrayal is probably the thing that
  • 00:24:33
    triggered his violent tendencies cuz
  • 00:24:35
    soon after this he began placing
  • 00:24:37
    personal ads in a local newspaper
  • 00:24:39
    seeking companionship and promising
  • 00:24:41
    marriages to lonely women and these ads
  • 00:24:43
    primarily targeted women who were
  • 00:24:45
    widowed or unmarried and often in a
  • 00:24:47
    vulnerable financial situation however
  • 00:24:49
    kiss's true intentions were far more
  • 00:24:51
    Sinister than finding a new spouse so
  • 00:24:54
    over several years bicus lured numerous
  • 00:24:57
    women to his home home in Kota I'm just
  • 00:24:59
    going to call it Kota where he promised
  • 00:25:01
    romance Financial stability and marriage
  • 00:25:04
    but once they were isolated he would
  • 00:25:06
    strangle them drain their blood and
  • 00:25:08
    preserve their bodies in large metal
  • 00:25:10
    drums that escalated very fast I'm sorry
  • 00:25:13
    and it is believed that kiss murdered up
  • 00:25:14
    to 24 women though some estimates
  • 00:25:17
    suggest that it is far for more and the
  • 00:25:19
    bodies would be discovered in 1916
  • 00:25:21
    during World War I when kiss had already
  • 00:25:24
    been conscripted into the ostroh
  • 00:25:26
    Hungarian Army his house was being
  • 00:25:28
    acquisitioned by the military for war
  • 00:25:30
    efforts and workers would find several
  • 00:25:32
    metal drums on his property and they
  • 00:25:34
    would naturally open them and see the
  • 00:25:36
    preserved bodies of the women that he
  • 00:25:38
    killed and the corpses would be
  • 00:25:40
    preserved in alcohol which actually
  • 00:25:41
    preserved them remarkably well and each
  • 00:25:43
    bore distinct puncture wounds in their
  • 00:25:45
    neck leading investigators to suspect
  • 00:25:47
    that kiss had drained their blood and
  • 00:25:49
    while there is no conclusive evidence
  • 00:25:50
    that kiss actually drank the blood of
  • 00:25:52
    his victims the fact that he drained it
  • 00:25:54
    at all was particularly alarming because
  • 00:25:56
    this evoked traditional vampire War
  • 00:25:58
    which was very prevalent at the time and
  • 00:25:59
    the deliberate Act of bloodletting and
  • 00:26:01
    then preserving the bodies kind of added
  • 00:26:03
    to the ritualistic element to his crimes
  • 00:26:06
    which led some to speculate about
  • 00:26:07
    vampiric motives and that brings us to
  • 00:26:09
    more recent Vampire Killers yay not yay
  • 00:26:13
    these people are sick and the first guy
  • 00:26:14
    is Fritz Harmon otherwise known as the
  • 00:26:17
    vampire of Hanover and Fritz Harmon was
  • 00:26:19
    a German serial killer active in the
  • 00:26:21
    early 20th century and is one of the
  • 00:26:23
    most infamous examples of criminal
  • 00:26:25
    engaging in vampirism between 19 18 and
  • 00:26:29
    1924 Harmon was responsible for the
  • 00:26:31
    murders of at least 24 young men and
  • 00:26:34
    boys in Hanover and Harmon's modus
  • 00:26:36
    operand otherwise known as emo involved
  • 00:26:38
    luring the boys to his apartment where
  • 00:26:41
    he would end their lives by biting
  • 00:26:43
    through their throats in a vampiric
  • 00:26:45
    manner ooh it's just bad and the
  • 00:26:48
    grotesque Act of this gave him the
  • 00:26:50
    nickname The Vampire of Hanover and
  • 00:26:53
    after killing his victims he would often
  • 00:26:55
    get rid of them by
  • 00:27:01
    if you know what I mean though there was
  • 00:27:02
    no confirmed evidence that he actually
  • 00:27:05
    drank their blood I'm going to safely
  • 00:27:07
    assume he probably did and then we have
  • 00:27:09
    the other POS called John George Haye
  • 00:27:12
    otherwise known as the Acid Bath
  • 00:27:15
    murderer and John was an English serial
  • 00:27:17
    killer active in the 1940s best known
  • 00:27:19
    for dissolving the bodies of his victims
  • 00:27:21
    in sulfuric acid however Jon also
  • 00:27:24
    exhibited vampiric like Tendencies as he
  • 00:27:26
    reportedly drank the blood of some of
  • 00:27:29
    his victims hey was specifically
  • 00:27:30
    fascinated with the idea of immortality
  • 00:27:33
    and believed by drinking the blood he
  • 00:27:34
    could attain eternal life news flash
  • 00:27:37
    he's dead guess it didn't work but this
  • 00:27:39
    is a theme commonly found in vampiric
  • 00:27:41
    folklore and Jon's murders were involved
  • 00:27:43
    with wealthy people whom he lured with
  • 00:27:45
    the promises of business deals and
  • 00:27:47
    financial opportunities and after
  • 00:27:49
    killing them he would extract their
  • 00:27:50
    blood and dispose of their bodies in the
  • 00:27:52
    AET leaving zero forensic evidence
  • 00:27:55
    behind and his fascination with blood
  • 00:27:56
    and immortality strongly suggests that
  • 00:27:59
    he had a delusional component that was
  • 00:28:01
    likely rooted in narcissism and
  • 00:28:02
    psychopathy and then we have Richard
  • 00:28:04
    Chase uh the vampire of Sacramento and
  • 00:28:07
    he was active in the 1970s and he is
  • 00:28:10
    quite literally one of the most extreme
  • 00:28:11
    and horrifying examples of criminal
  • 00:28:13
    participating in vampirism as if the
  • 00:28:15
    other ones weren't bad enough and Chase
  • 00:28:17
    was severely mentally ill diagnosed with
  • 00:28:20
    paranoid schizophrenia and he believed
  • 00:28:21
    that he did need to drink blood to
  • 00:28:23
    prevent his heart from shrinking and
  • 00:28:25
    this is a delusion that fueled his
  • 00:28:27
    violent killing spre Chase would murder
  • 00:28:29
    six people in the span of 1 month in
  • 00:28:31
    Sacramento California after killing his
  • 00:28:33
    victims he would drink their blood in
  • 00:28:35
    whatever way he felt best and in some
  • 00:28:38
    cases he would also consume some of
  • 00:28:40
    their organs AKA cannibalism I don't
  • 00:28:42
    know if cannibalism is if you if you
  • 00:28:44
    drink blood is that cannibalism I feel
  • 00:28:46
    like you have to eat it oh God am why
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    are you listening to this you're sick
  • 00:28:50
    it's okay we all are but basically his
  • 00:28:52
    crimes were motivated by his intent
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    psychosis and belief that consuming
  • 00:28:56
    blood would cure his imagined phys
  • 00:28:58
    physical ailments and then there is
  • 00:28:59
    quite literally so many more cases we'd
  • 00:29:02
    be here forever there's Andre chikatilo
  • 00:29:05
    The Butcher of rosov who killed at least
  • 00:29:07
    52 women and children between the years
  • 00:29:09
    1978 and 1990 who would also drink his
  • 00:29:12
    victim's bud and then we have suomu
  • 00:29:14
    Miyazaki the ataku killer who was also
  • 00:29:16
    known as the little girl murderer what
  • 00:29:19
    the who was a Japanese serial killer
  • 00:29:21
    that targeted young girls in the late
  • 00:29:23
    1980s who would also drank his victim's
  • 00:29:25
    blood and also ate part of them well I
  • 00:29:28
    don't want to talk about it and then we
  • 00:29:30
    have Marcelo Costa de Andrade who was a
  • 00:29:32
    Brazilian serial killer who was active
  • 00:29:34
    in the 1990s and murdered 14 young boys
  • 00:29:37
    and again drank the blood of his victims
  • 00:29:38
    cuz he thought it would Grant him power
  • 00:29:40
    or strength or something it's so dumb
  • 00:29:43
    and I hope these all these people are
  • 00:29:44
    burning in hell and then there's Rod
  • 00:29:46
    frell otherwise known as the vampire
  • 00:29:48
    clan leader he was the leader of a
  • 00:29:49
    self-styled vampire Clan and committed a
  • 00:29:52
    gruesome double murder in 1996 in
  • 00:29:54
    Florida frell who was 16 at the time
  • 00:29:57
    believed himself to be a 500-year-old
  • 00:30:00
    vampire named visago and frell and his
  • 00:30:03
    followers engaged in ritualistic
  • 00:30:05
    behavior that involved bloodletting and
  • 00:30:07
    drinking blood as part of their vampire
  • 00:30:09
    identity and the list goes on and on and
  • 00:30:12
    on and on there's TR so many cases it is
  • 00:30:15
    actually insane I could talk forever
  • 00:30:17
    about it but let's get into a kind of
  • 00:30:20
    more modern day in the you know 2000s
  • 00:30:23
    kind of time with modern-day vampires
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    and the subculture the less violent but
  • 00:30:28
    still consensually violent subculture of
  • 00:30:31
    vampirism and like I said before there
  • 00:30:33
    are a lot of shows that uh revolve
  • 00:30:35
    around vampirism but not just scripted
  • 00:30:39
    shows but also shows that show I guess
  • 00:30:43
    that people walk about the Earth
  • 00:30:45
    thinking that they're a vampire for Real
  • 00:30:48
    uh and not just like the crazy people
  • 00:30:49
    who are killing people but people that
  • 00:30:51
    just consensually drink other people's
  • 00:30:53
    blood by it's consensual it's it's a lot
  • 00:30:57
    but it's very prevalent in New Orleans
  • 00:31:00
    there is quite literally a vampire
  • 00:31:01
    subculture that live in New Orleans and
  • 00:31:04
    this subculture is composed of
  • 00:31:06
    individuals who identify in various ways
  • 00:31:08
    with vampirism whether through symbolic
  • 00:31:11
    practices fashion or even blood
  • 00:31:13
    consumption and they're kind of split up
  • 00:31:16
    into groups there are some that practice
  • 00:31:18
    psychic vampirism which these
  • 00:31:20
    individuals believe that they can drain
  • 00:31:22
    and absorb life energy from others and
  • 00:31:25
    this energy transfer is consensual and
  • 00:31:28
    considered part of the spiritual and
  • 00:31:30
    metaphysical practice and then there's
  • 00:31:32
    sarian sarian sorry if I'm saying that
  • 00:31:35
    wrong and these individuals who consume
  • 00:31:37
    small amounts of blood typically from
  • 00:31:40
    consenting donors as part of their
  • 00:31:42
    identity and in newans specifically
  • 00:31:44
    there are strict protocols and safety
  • 00:31:46
    measures for blood leing within the
  • 00:31:48
    vampire Community how do you get into
  • 00:31:50
    this community who do you talk to you
  • 00:31:51
    just like walk down the street at like
  • 00:31:53
    3:00 at night and just say I'm a vampire
  • 00:31:56
    and they all just that would be sick i'
  • 00:31:58
    join wouldn't drink the blood but that'd
  • 00:32:00
    be cool there's even a famous vampire
  • 00:32:02
    themed night in New Orleans called the
  • 00:32:04
    Endless Night vampire ball that's held
  • 00:32:06
    annually around Halloween and this
  • 00:32:07
    lavish event draws thousands of
  • 00:32:09
    attendees from around the world all
  • 00:32:11
    dressed in Gothic vampiric attire and it
  • 00:32:13
    takes place at various venues throughout
  • 00:32:15
    the French quarter and is a celebration
  • 00:32:17
    of vampire culture complete rituals
  • 00:32:19
    dancing and performances sounds kind of
  • 00:32:21
    fun I'm not going to lie and there was
  • 00:32:23
    even a show called The Life of a
  • 00:32:25
    modern-day vampire otherwise known as
  • 00:32:27
    the vampire Chronicles that featured
  • 00:32:29
    many different vampires that live in New
  • 00:32:31
    Orleans one of which is Bazar and basar
  • 00:32:35
    is interesting to say the least
  • 00:32:37
    basically he introduces himself as a
  • 00:32:38
    54-year-old sigin vampire who has been
  • 00:32:41
    drinking blood since the age of 11 and
  • 00:32:44
    he recalls his first experience of
  • 00:32:45
    tasting blood after an altercation with
  • 00:32:47
    his uncle which triggered his vampire
  • 00:32:49
    instincts and awakened his need for
  • 00:32:51
    blood I could actually taste blood and
  • 00:32:54
    Bazar explains how his body shows
  • 00:32:56
    physical signs when when he hasn't
  • 00:32:58
    consumed blood for a while he
  • 00:33:00
    experiences pale skin dull eyes feels
  • 00:33:03
    physically unwell and the need for blood
  • 00:33:05
    is essential for his well-being and it's
  • 00:33:07
    funny how he like humorously is just
  • 00:33:09
    like kind of dismisses the traditional
  • 00:33:11
    myths of vampires like how garlic
  • 00:33:13
    doesn't actually harm them he actually
  • 00:33:14
    enjoys it on Pizza holy water just makes
  • 00:33:17
    them wet kind of thing it was kind of
  • 00:33:19
    funny and he also confirms that he does
  • 00:33:20
    not sleep in a coffin but he has a
  • 00:33:22
    king-size bed which is kind of fire and
  • 00:33:24
    he also discusses how vampires nowadays
  • 00:33:27
    don't have have supernatural abilities
  • 00:33:29
    necessarily that's convenient um but
  • 00:33:31
    instead they use sanitary methods to
  • 00:33:33
    consume blood from willing donors and
  • 00:33:35
    it's so I couldn't watch it I couldn't
  • 00:33:37
    watch it it's kind of it's it was weird
  • 00:33:39
    but he describes how he uses clean
  • 00:33:41
    blades and alcohol swabs to ensure the
  • 00:33:43
    process is safe for both him and the
  • 00:33:45
    donor who is donating who is it I don't
  • 00:33:48
    know you freaks out there man what the
  • 00:33:50
    freak and a psychologist even commented
  • 00:33:52
    on the phenomenon in the show describing
  • 00:33:54
    how individuals like Bazar may be drawn
  • 00:33:56
    into vampiric Behavior due to the
  • 00:33:58
    ritualistic and dramatic nature of the
  • 00:34:00
    practice it allows them to feel unique
  • 00:34:03
    which I think is just our freaking
  • 00:34:05
    culture nowadays everybody needs to be
  • 00:34:07
    different or like have something wrong
  • 00:34:08
    with them conveniently or like be a
  • 00:34:10
    vampire or something like not all people
  • 00:34:13
    obviously but I think it's just like
  • 00:34:15
    that is just and it's and I think it is
  • 00:34:16
    from very much being online it's just
  • 00:34:19
    like okay how can I be different how can
  • 00:34:20
    I stand out it's just like you don't
  • 00:34:22
    need to do all these things you don't
  • 00:34:23
    need to drink blood balazar my God just
  • 00:34:26
    eat your garlic pizza and sleep sleep in
  • 00:34:27
    your king bed and there's also a a
  • 00:34:30
    individual named Don Henry I found him
  • 00:34:33
    he just this is why this all stemmed
  • 00:34:35
    from he's a he's a person that came
  • 00:34:37
    across my a vampire sorry that came
  • 00:34:39
    across my my feed somewhere and I saw a
  • 00:34:42
    clip and I was like what why we're doing
  • 00:34:44
    a special Tyra show vampire
  • 00:34:48
    investigation so let's meet a man known
  • 00:34:51
    as the vampire King Dawn come on out but
  • 00:34:55
    apparently this has been a thing since
  • 00:34:57
    2004 he had a show called mad mad house
  • 00:34:59
    on the Sci-Fi channel where he was one
  • 00:35:01
    of the central figures known as an ALT
  • 00:35:03
    of the group's individual with
  • 00:35:05
    alternative Lifestyles and in the show
  • 00:35:07
    Henry represents the vampire subculture
  • 00:35:10
    which gained him the nickname the
  • 00:35:12
    vampire and his calm demeanor
  • 00:35:14
    distinctive appearance and pale skin
  • 00:35:16
    long black hair and dark attire along
  • 00:35:18
    with his mystical Persona attracted
  • 00:35:20
    attention from within the alternative
  • 00:35:22
    community and from mainstream viewers
  • 00:35:24
    like myself and Don Henry is
  • 00:35:26
    specifically a sanguinarian vampire
  • 00:35:29
    which we talked about before meaning he
  • 00:35:31
    claims to have a need to consume small
  • 00:35:33
    amounts of blood human blood to maintain
  • 00:35:36
    his physical and emotional wellbeing and
  • 00:35:38
    according to Henry that is not driven by
  • 00:35:40
    fantasy or myth n nigh but by what he
  • 00:35:42
    describes as an actual physiological
  • 00:35:45
    necessity in various interviews Henry
  • 00:35:47
    has emphasized that his practice is
  • 00:35:49
    consensual involving donors who
  • 00:35:50
    willingly provide blood in a safe and
  • 00:35:52
    controlled environment at least there's
  • 00:35:54
    that and Beyond blood consumption Henry
  • 00:35:56
    also identifies as as an energy vampire
  • 00:35:59
    or psychic vampire a common belief in
  • 00:36:01
    the vampire subculture and energy
  • 00:36:02
    vampires are said to feed off the life
  • 00:36:04
    force or Life Energy called Prana or Chi
  • 00:36:07
    of others to maintain their own energy
  • 00:36:10
    levels and this belief well spiritual is
  • 00:36:12
    often metaphorical and represents a form
  • 00:36:14
    of emotional and psychological exchange
  • 00:36:16
    and they do this in the show and it's
  • 00:36:18
    interesting to say the least Don Henry
  • 00:36:20
    also lives a nocturnal lifestyle for the
  • 00:36:22
    most part he says that his senses are
  • 00:36:24
    more heightened at night mine are blind
  • 00:36:27
    is a bad night I got to wear glasses if
  • 00:36:28
    I drive at night otherwise I am veering
  • 00:36:30
    off a bridge and he also says that he
  • 00:36:32
    has extreme physical discomfort being in
  • 00:36:34
    the sun too long same I'm just very pale
  • 00:36:37
    and I burn I think that's normal it's
  • 00:36:39
    probably normal I'm not trying to be
  • 00:36:40
    disrespectful by the way like do you I
  • 00:36:42
    don't give a as long as you're not
  • 00:36:43
    hurting anybody and everything's
  • 00:36:44
    consensual I don't care but like I said
  • 00:36:46
    mad mad house in 2004 was a reality
  • 00:36:48
    competition Series where contestants
  • 00:36:51
    lived with five individuals from
  • 00:36:52
    alternate Lifestyles known as the alts
  • 00:36:54
    alongside Don Henry who represents the
  • 00:36:57
    vampire Community there were a witch a
  • 00:36:59
    modern primitive a Wiccan and a voodoo
  • 00:37:03
    priest that party would be lit and the
  • 00:37:05
    show's format included the alts
  • 00:37:07
    challenging contestants to tests of
  • 00:37:10
    endurance and understanding their
  • 00:37:11
    respective Lifestyles I'm not the last
  • 00:37:15
    MC make
  • 00:37:17
    say the if you think you can me Bo bet I
  • 00:37:21
    never met another vampire who can do
  • 00:37:23
    that yet and Henry's role as a vampire
  • 00:37:25
    brought significant attention from from
  • 00:37:27
    The Vampire subculture with audience
  • 00:37:29
    intrigued by his calm mysterious Persona
  • 00:37:32
    and the rituals he claimed to practice
  • 00:37:33
    and this basically made him like a
  • 00:37:35
    spokes person for the vampire Community
  • 00:37:37
    he's like the president or at least was
  • 00:37:39
    he was even on like Tyra Banks and a
  • 00:37:41
    couple other interview shows which is so
  • 00:37:43
    interesting and now people like thirst
  • 00:37:45
    over him on Tik Tok that's how I saw uh
  • 00:37:47
    who he was so basically he was like the
  • 00:37:49
    vampire before like Twilight really was
  • 00:37:52
    like a crazy massive pop culture
  • 00:37:55
    phenomenon but yeah it's just
  • 00:37:56
    interesting you know I I think I think
  • 00:37:59
    vampires specifically have like taken
  • 00:38:02
    over our culture in so many ways and a
  • 00:38:05
    lot of negative ways obviously but also
  • 00:38:07
    it's just interesting it's interesting I
  • 00:38:09
    think how so many of us just want to be
  • 00:38:12
    different or like have superpowers and
  • 00:38:14
    it's just like superheroes I think for
  • 00:38:16
    most people it falls into that category
  • 00:38:17
    it's like wow that'd be really cool to
  • 00:38:19
    like turn into a bad or like be sexy and
  • 00:38:21
    read people's minds and not be able to
  • 00:38:23
    sleep and go to an island and I don't
  • 00:38:25
    know have a vampire sleep with you or
  • 00:38:27
    whatever it's like the plot of new moon
  • 00:38:29
    or I can't remember which one but yeah I
  • 00:38:30
    just find it interesting I love these
  • 00:38:32
    like mythological kind of slre things
  • 00:38:36
    that people people have taken people
  • 00:38:37
    have taken very seriously again if you
  • 00:38:39
    enjoyed the video little little history
  • 00:38:41
    lesson let me know down in the comments
  • 00:38:43
    below I'd love to Deep dive into more
  • 00:38:44
    stuff like this dragons question mark
  • 00:38:48
    but until next time I will see your
  • 00:38:49
    beautiful face in the next video all
  • 00:38:51
    right bye
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