July 3, 2007 (AP / BUCHAREST, Romania) -- An heir of Romania's former royal family put ''Dracula's Castle'' in Transylvania up for sale Monday, hoping to secure a buyer who will respect ''the property and its history.''

Bran Castle is a top tourist attraction because of its ties to Prince Vlad the Impaler, the warlord whose cruelty inspired Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, ''Dracula. [VO note: this is not actually the case.]

Archduke Dominic Habsburg, a New York architect, offered to sell the castle last year to local authorities for $80 million, but the offer was rejected.

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Unearthly assault alleged

February 9, 2008 (The Morning Call / Chris Parker) -- A Pottsville man convinced a 15-year-old girl he was part werewolf and part vampire before sexually assaulting her, police say. Kristian Allen Carl, 19, also believed he was a supernatural mixed breed, police say.

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Valentine's Day Surprise

A Valentine's Day surprise occurred in Arizona when an apparent agreement between a man and woman became much rougher than expected -- even terrifying. Robert McDaniel, 46, learned to his dismay he was with a "vampire."

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The Undead

People are afraid of my kind
No one is safe when I am around
I do not sleep at night, I do not ever sleep
I died many moons ago
I am a vampire
The undead

I walk the streets looking for innocent humans
The blameless are always a better kill
Their blood, more health-giving
There's always a chance of an after-life with us
A creature of the night
I am a vampire
The Undead

In a coffin made of blood, made of blood
Kiss me baby
So I can taste your blood
I am dead, living-dead

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06: A Glance at the Bannerworth Family. -- The Probable Consequences of the Mysterious Apparition's Appearance.

Having thus far, we hope, interested our readers in the fortunes of a family which had become subject to so dreadful a visitation, we trust that a few words concerning them, and the peculiar circumstances in which they are now placed, will not prove altogether out of place, or unacceptable.

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Vampire Miss quits school

March 25, 2007 (people.co.uk) - A woman teacher has quit a month after she was exposed as the creator of a saucy vampire website.

Samantha Goldtone, 36, resigned from 900-pupil church school, St Christopher's High in Accrington, Lancs, following a probe into her "erotic" writings.

Head Alasdair Coates said: "An amicable parting is in the best interest of all. She will be missed."

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