July 2014 In Review

Kabbalistic-AlchemicalAltarpiece-TheCircularGarden-1673Vampire Community News (VCN) – July 2014 In Review

Man Allegedly Cuts Son’s Ear Off, Forces Him To Drink Own Blood
July 1, 2014
http://www.mediamaxnetwork.co.ke/k24tv/28723/man-allegedly-cuts-sons-ear-forces-drink-blood

Thoughtful Thursday – My Interview With A (Real) Vampire
July 3, 2014
http://clarissajohal.blogspot.com/2014/07/thoughtful-thursday-my-interview-with.html

Bizarre Vampire Cafe Serves Drinks In Blood Bags
July 3, 2014
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2014/07/03/vampire-coffee-house-offers-drinks-in-blood-bags/

Vampire Community Survey On Self-Esteem Levels – By Róisín Milmoe – College Research Project
July 6, 2014
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GWCR7HR

Melbourne Vampire Case Remains Unsolved
July 11, 2014
http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2014/07/11/melbourne-vampire-case-remains-unsolved.html

Vampire Gigolo’s Girlfriend Opens Up About Losing The Man She Loves
July 12, 2014
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/vampire-gigolos-girlfriend-opens-up-about-losing-the-man-she-loves-and-what-she-tells-her-son-about-his-dad/story-fni0fee2-1226986956196

Being A Vampire Is Not All It’s Cracked Up To Be
July 18, 2014
http://vamped.org/2014/07/18/being-a-vampire-is-not-all-its-cracked-up-to-be/

Vampire Health Matters… To All Of Us – RVL
July 18, 2014
http://realvampirenews.com/vampire-health-matters-to-all-of-us/

Vampiri Energetici: Care Sunt Trasaturile Unui Animal–Vampir?
July 23, 2014
http://www.ziarulevenimentul.ro/stiri/lifestyle/vampiri-energetici-care-sunt-trasaturile-unui-animala-vampir–153149.html

Up Jumps The Devil! Houston Church Ads Appear On Satanic Web Site
July 23, 2014
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Up-jumps-the-devil-Houston-church-ads-appear-on-5641133.php

Viral Video King Sam Barcroft… Steps Out Of The Shadows
July 24, 2014
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/festival-of-business/10987932/Viral-video-king-Sam-Barcroft-who-gave-us-the-woman-with-the-Seven-Foot-Butt-steps-out-of-the-shadows.html

Yob Girls Attack Teenagers Wearing Goth Clothing In ‘Hate Crime’ Attack
July 25, 2014
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/stockport-yob-girls-attack-teenagers-7510317

Blood Substitutes For Sanguinarians – Briana Blair
July 26, 2014
http://bluedragoncreations.com/wordpress/2014/07/26/blood-substitutes-for-sanguinarians/

Real Vampires – The Hardest Thing About Being Us – Part 3 – RVL
July 27, 2014
http://realvampirenews.com/real-vampires-the-hardest-thing-about-being-us-pt-3/

Margot Adler, Longtime NPR Journalist, Dies At 68
July 28, 2014
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/margot-adler-longtime-npr-journalist-dies-68-article-1.1883180

Vampire Fangs, Biting & Blood Drinking – Amy Mah Teenage Vampire
July 29, 2014
http://amymahvampire.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/vampire-fangs-biting-and-blood-drinking.html

Vampire Killer Rod Ferrell Focus Of Investigation Discovery Show
July 30, 2014
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2014-07-30/news/os-lk-vampire-case-discovery-channel-20140730_1_investigation-discovery-heather-wendorf-eustis-slayings

House Of The Dreaming Is Coming To London – Event RSVP
August 2, 2014
https://www.facebook.com/events/335487653274870/

Plans For October 2013 – A Poll

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During The Month Of October I Plan To...

  • Attend A Halloween/Samhain Party Hosted By Close Friends (30%, 20 Votes)
  • Attend A Halloween/Samhain Party Hosted By Public/Company (10%, 7 Votes)
  • Attend A Local Vampire Community-Sponsored Club Event | Ball | Gathering (16%, 11 Votes)
  • Attend A Non-Local Vampire Community-Sponsored Club Event | Ball | Gathering (12%, 8 Votes)
  • Attend A Local Goth/etc.-Sponsored Club Event | Ball | Gathering (12%, 8 Votes)
  • Attend A Non-Local Goth/etc.-Sponsored Club Event | Ball | Gathering (4%, 3 Votes)
  • Attend A Haunted House (21%, 14 Votes)
  • Attend | Take Part In | Perform A Ritual (39%, 26 Votes)
  • Visit A Cemetery (28%, 19 Votes)
  • Have A Set Of Custom Fangs Crafted By A Fangsmith (10%, 7 Votes)
  • Dress Up & Go Trick-Or-Treating (15%, 10 Votes)
  • Carve A Pumpkin Or Decorate Home/Office (37%, 25 Votes)
  • Give Out Candy (25%, 17 Votes)
  • Other: Something Not Listed Above (34%, 23 Votes)
  • I Have No Plans To Attend Or Do Anything Apart From My Normal Routine (16%, 11 Votes)

Total Voters: 67

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August 2013 In Review

DulleGriet-PieterBruegelTheElder-1562Vampire Community News (VCN) – August 2013 In Review

Mermaids Are Officially Cooler Than Vampires, & That’s Great For Women – The Atlantic
August 1, 2013
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/08/mermaids-are-officially-cooler-vampires-and-s-great-women/67870/

Lawyers, Doctors, Bloodsuckers: The Real Vampires Of New York City… And Their Fangsmith – Vocativ
August 6, 2013
http://www.vocativ.com/08-2013/ra-the-fangsmith-the-court-of-lazarus-and-the-real-vampires-of-new-york-city/

Judge Bans Vampire Voyeurism For Rape Suspect
August 9, 2013
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/aug/09/judge-bans-vampire-voyeurism-for-rape-suspect/

City Of Bath College – Vampires Course
August 12, 2013
http://www.nowbath.co.uk/news/college-gears-up-for-new-year-with-new-courses-51791/

Haunted Curiosities’ Guide To Duping Goth Kids And Twilight Fans
August 15, 2013
http://disinfo.com/2013/08/haunted-curiosities-guide-to-duping-goth-kids-and-twilight-fans/

Man Slits Seven-Year-Old Son’s Throat Before Drinking His Blood
August 17, 2013
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013/08/17/Crime-Man-Slit-Son-Throat.aspx

Dnash (Fangsmith) On The Road – Real Vampire Life
August 18, 2013
http://realvampirenews.com/dnash-on-the-road-2/

Did Jay-Z And Beyoncé Attend A Bloody Hermann Nitsch-Style ‘Action’ In Cuba?
August 19, 2013
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/did_jay-z_and_beyonce_attend_a_bloody_hermann_nitsch-style_action_in_cuba

Brisbane Court Jails Man For 12 Years Over Internet Sex Offenses – VampireFreaks
August 20, 2013
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-20/man-gets-12-year-jail-term-over-internet-sex-offences/4899646

Five Minutes – Vampyrium Blog
August 24, 2013
http://vampyrium.wordpress.com/2013/08/24/five-minutes/

Vampire Ohne Bis(s) – Mark Benecke – Germany
August 25, 2013
http://mark-benecke.squarespace.com/vampyres/2013/8/25/vampire-ohne-biss

Anti-Community Or Anti-C***ola – Vampyrium Blog
August 26, 2013
http://vampyrium.wordpress.com/2013/08/26/anti-community-or-anti-cola/

Ontological Rebellion & Religious Dimensions Of The Otherkin Community – Academic Paper Now Available Online – Joseph Laycock, PhD
http://www.academia.edu/4332109/_We_Are_Spirits_of_Another_Sort_Ontological_Rebellion_and_Religious_Dimensions_of_the_Otherkin_Community_Nova_Religio_15_3_2012_65-90

Vampires As An Identity Group – Academic Paper Now Available Online – Joseph Laycock, PhD
http://www.academia.edu/4332137/_Vampires_as_an_Identity_Group_Analyzing_Causes_and_Effects_of_an_Introspective_Survey_by_the_Vampire_Community_Nova_Religio_14_1_2010_4-23

April 2013 In Review

TresRichesHeures-SowingFieldVampire Community News (VCN) – April 2013 In Review

The Living Vampire Survey – Part 3 – By Real Vampire Life
April 1, 2013
http://www.esurveyspro.com/Survey.aspx?id=af5be3e3-f74d-4a85-a652-8b9362243ebb

Female Satanist Uses Money To Initiate Children Into Satanism
April 2, 2013
http://www.bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-local-byo-28355.html

Letting Go Of Therianthropy For Good – By Lupa
April 2, 2013
http://therioshamanism.com/2013/04/02/letting-go-of-therianthropy-for-good/

What DOESN’T Make It To The Papers – Octarine Valur
April 4, 2013
http://savampyrenews.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/what-doesnt-make-it-to-the-papers-by-val/

Violence Against Goths+ Is A Hate Crime – Greater Manchester Police (GMP)
April 4, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-22018888
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/04/violence-against-goths-hate-crime

Midrand Trio Sought About Blood – South Africa
April 15, 2013
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Midrand-trio-sought-about-blood-20130415

Opinions On The Current State Of The Online Vampire Community – By Alison Demzon
June 2012 Survey Results
http://www.suscitatio.com/MediaArchive/OpinionsOnTheCurrentStateOfTheOnlineVampireCommunity-AlisonDemzon-June2012RawPollingResults.pdf

The Living Vampire ~ A Social Survey Part 2 – Preliminary Data Set 1
April 15, 2013
http://realvampirenews.com/the-living-vampire-a-social-survey-part-2-preliminary-data-set-1/

Global Vampire & Donor+ Directory Update & Geographic Breakdown
April 17, 2013
http://merticus.com/vampirenews/2013/04/17/global-vampire-donor-directory-update-geographic-breakdown/

Man Rapes Grand-Child, Collects Blood – New Zimbabwe
April 19, 2013
http://www.newzimbabwe.com/news-10884-Man+rapes+grand-child,+collects+blood/news.aspx

The Living Vampire Part 2 ~ Results Presentation 1, 2, 3, & 4
April 19, 2013
http://realvampirenews.com/the-living-vampire-part-2-results-presentation-1/
http://realvampirenews.com/the-living-vampire-part-2-results-presentation-2/
http://realvampirenews.com/the-living-vampire-part-2-results-presentation-3/
http://realvampirenews.com/the-living-vampire-survey-results-presentation-4/

The Actress Who Loves A Bloodbath
April 20, 2013
http://www.punemirror.in/article/19/2013042020130420080011783ebfc124/The-actress-who-loves-a-bloodbath.html

Interview With Magus Etu Malku: Preternatural Musician, Composer & Magickian – Kelly Scarlet Rakoczy
April 20, 2013
http://thegraveyardpress.wordpress.com/2012/05/20/interview-with-magus-etu-malku-preternatural-musician-composer-and-magickian/

Am I Menopausal Or A Powerful Werewolf? – Huffington Post
April 23, 2013
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/donna-highfill/am-i-menopausal-or-a-powe_b_3132315.html

Kirsty Theologo ‘Sacrificed’ For Wishes – South Africa – Drinking Blood, Eating Flesh, & Setting On Fire
April 23, 2013

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Kirsty-sacrificed-for-wishes-20130423

WHAT!? I Think I’m An Animal (Therian & Otherkin Documentary) – Logo TV Channel
April 23, 2013
http://www.logotv.com/video/what-i-think-im-an-animal/1706138/playlist.jhtml#vid=902354

Polls – Examining A Documentary For The Therian & Otherkin Communities
April 26, 2013
http://merticus.com/vampirenews/2013/04/26/examining-a-documentary-for-the-therian-otherkin-communities/

Stepping Into The Astral (Etheric Projection, Dream Body, etc.) – House Of The Dreaming
April 28, 2013
http://www.houseofthedreaming.org/chimera/chimera2006.htm

Cirque du Nuit – Hosted By New Orleans Vampire Association – New Orleans, LA
October 26, 2013
http://www.facebook.com/groups/cirquedunuit/
http://www.cirquedunuit.org

January 2013 In Review

MedievalLionVampire Community News (VCN) – January 2013 In Review

Gotham Vampyre Archives Now In Paperback & Hardcover
January 2, 2013
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/ProRegeProductions108

New Jersey Chapter Of Bloodlines International
January 2, 2013
http://www.facebook.com/groups/387880664639709/

Real Vampires, Real Lives – Vodalok Nightkiller – Real Vampire Life
January 5, 2013
http://realvampirenews.com/real-vampires-real-lives/

Virgins & Vampire Worship: The Religion Of Twilight – Linda Kay Klein – Religion Dispatches
January 7, 2013
http://www.religiondispatches.org/books/culture/6706/_virgins_and_vampire_worship__the_religion_of_twilight_/

SFU Animal Killer Released From Jail – Expected To Live In Vancouver
January 7, 2013
http://bc.ctvnews.ca/sfu-animal-killer-released-from-jail-expected-to-live-in-vancouver-1.1104125

Looking For Real Vampires – World Of Wonder Productions
January 8, 2013
http://www.experienceproject.com/stories/Want-To-Meet-A-Real-Vampire/2858147

VVDFGS Survey Re-Opens For Second Season
January 9, 2013
http://savampyrenews.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/vvdfgs-survey-re-opens-for-second-season/

Real Vampires, Real Lives – Freedom Factors – Real Vampire Life
January 11, 2013
http://realvampirenews.com/real-vampires-real-lives-freedom-factors/

Vampire & Goth Community Notice – Patrick McIntosh – Criminal Indictment Information
January 14, 2013
http://www.facebook.com/groups/vampirecommunitynews/permalink/504136539625950/

Belgian Sanguinarian Vampires – Vampirisme (English Subtitles) – Supo Artikel – November 2012
January 16, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK347jv0ivM

The Court Of Lazarus – A Metropolitan Vampire Society – 132nd Gathering
January 20, 2013
http://www.facebook.com/events/317711621672921/

Atlanta Vampire Alliance [AVA] Official Statement: Humane Treatment Of Animals
January 20, 2013
http://www.atlantavampirealliance.com/humaneanimaltreatment.html

Hunger Under The Microscope + Survey – Sanguinarian Studies
January 20, 2013
http://sanguinarius.ru/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=437
http://sanguinarius.ru/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=383

Vampire-Cult Killers Lose – Orlando Sentinel
January 20, 2013
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/lake/os-lk-vampire-killers-appeal-20130120-9,0,361042.story

New Laws To Target Online Predators – Australia
January 21, 2013
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/new-laws-to-target-online-predators/story-fn3dxiwe-1226557949378

Real Vampire Community Animal Welfare Awareness Statement
January 22, 2013
http://atlantavampirealliance.com/educational/animalwelfareawareness.html

Mentally Unstable Mans Bites Ostrich To Death & Drinks Blood – China
January 23, 2013
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=046_1358924907

A Manga Starring A Guy Obsessed With Donating Blood – Jake Adelstein
January 24, 2013
http://kotaku.com/5978567/this-manga-stars-a-guy-obsessed-with-donating-blood

Defining Vampires & Vampirism – Is It All About Feeding? – Ashwin Shadowside
January 24, 2013
http://realmsofshadows.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/defining-vampires-vampirism-1-is-it-all-about-feeding/

Vampire Community Puts Animal Ethics In Writing – SAVN
January 24, 2013
http://savampyrenews.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/vc-puts-animal-ethics-in-writing/

Jury Convicts Man For Sexual Assault Of Girl, 15 – Marietta, OH – Self-Identified Psychic Vampire
January 24, 2013
http://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/549344/Jury-convicts-man-for-sexual-assault-of-girl–15.html

The Dangerous Dead – By John Edgar Browning – Chapter On Vampi(y)res Today Now Available Online
January 25, 2013
http://www.smartpopbooks.com/the-dangerous-dead/

Alternative Thinking – The Vampire Retrovirus – Tim – Real Vampire Life
January 26, 2013
http://realvampirenews.com/alternative-thinking-the-vampire-retrovirus/

The Real Vampires Of New Orleans – Sizzle Real
January 27, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc9u70NgtfE

On The Practice Of Blood Magick – The Vampire Observer
January 27, 2013
http://www.vampireobserver.com/on-the-practice-of-blood-magick/

I Was A Satanist & Met The Devil: She Is Half Human, Half Python – Malawi Today
January 27, 2013
http://www.malawitoday.com/news/128112-i-was-satanist-and-met-devil-she-half-human-half-python

Defining Vampires & Vampirism – What Is Energy? – Ashwin Shadowside
January 28, 2013
http://realmsofshadows.wordpress.com/2013/01/28/defining-vampires-vampirism-2-what-is-energy/

Vampirism: Real People, Real Vampires? – Ely North
January 28, 2013
http://www.broowaha.com/articles/15775/vampirism-real-people-real-vampires

Cat Hair, Drinking Blood, Deodorant On Menu In Season 3 Of ‘My Strange Addiction’
January 28, 2013
http://www.redeyechicago.com/entertainment/tv/redeye-my-strange-addiction-season-3-cat-hair-blood-deodorant-on-menu-tv-20130128,0,5682351.story

Dr. DJ Williams On The Real Vampire Community & Deviant Leisure – The Vampire Observer
January 29, 2013
http://www.vampireobserver.com/dr-dj-williams-on-the-real-vampire-community-and-deviant-leisure/

Defining Vampires & Vampirism – Vampiric Soul – Ashwin Shadowside
January 30, 2013
http://realmsofshadows.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/defining-vampires-vampirism-3-vampiric-soul/

Alternative Thinking – The Spirit Be Willing – Tim – Real Vampire Life
January 30, 2013
http://realvampirenews.com/alternative-thinking-the-spirit-be-willing/

Christopher Cori (NYC) – Charged With Harassment & Threats To Kill – Satanist/Vampirism/Freemason
January 30, 2013
http://www.metro.us/newyork/comment/article/1160793–christopher-cori-alleged-satan-worshiper-accused-of-harassing-woman-he-met-at-boston-bar

Real Vampires & The Occult – LiveSCIFI.tv – Interview With Libby Hodges Of The House Of Sheol
January 31, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxgayioxnKA