Vampire Research Society [access the official Vampire
Research Society
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- The Vampire Research Society
originated in 1967 as a specialist unit within the much older British
Occult Society ~ an organisation for paranormal and occult investigation
that was eventually dissolved on 8 August 1988. Seán Manchester was
responsible for the vampire research unit becoming a self-governing body
on 2 February 1970 by which time he had initiated, as president of the
BOS, a full-time investigation into the Highgate Vampire case in 1969.
Active membership of the VRS stands at approximately 300 and is nowadays
strictly by invitation only. Practical research, ie operative
vampirology, extends to the British Isles and Europe, but seldom further
afield. Honorary membership is in the gift of the founding president Seán
Manchester.
Message Boards:
http://groups.msn.com/TheCrossandTheStake
http://groups.msn.com/HighgateVampire
http://highgatevampire.proboards22.com
http://groups.msn.com/VampireResearchSociety
http://groups.msn.com/BritishOccultSociety
http://groups.msn.com/KirkleesVampire
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on titles in bright red
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Recordings:
The Highgate Vampire Recording: Double CD of audio archive material relating to the Highgate Vampire case.
Books:
The Highgate Vampire: The World of
the Undead Unearthed at London’s Highgate Cemetery
(Published 1985, BOS; revised & updated edition 1991, Gothic Press)
The Vampire Hunter’s Handbook: A Concise
Vampirological Guide
(Published 1997, Gothic Press)
Carmel: A Vampire Tale
(Published 2000, Gothic Press)
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on titles in bright red
for further information)
Discussion of Books:
http://groups.msn.com/The-Highgate-Vampire
http://groups.msn.com/Carmel-AVampireTale
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on titles in bright red
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The most
frequent question we hear as vampirologists is: “What exactly is a vampire?” The answer is in full accord with Chambers’ Twentieth
Century Dictionary, namely: “An accursed body which cannot rest in the
kindly earth, but nightly leaves its grave to suck the blood of sleeping men,
[women, children et al].” A rather more comprehensive definition may be
found on pages 27-28 of the work The Highgate Vampire, or, indeed, within the first five chapters of the concise
vampirological guide The Vampire Hunter’s Handbook.
Listen to the
answer at this link: http://www.gothicpress.freeserve.co.uk/What%20Is%20A%20Vampire.htm
