December 3, 1996 -  One of the five teen-agers accused of murder as part of an alleged blood-sucking vampire cult waived her right to an extradition hearing on Monday. Now the only adult member of The Vampire Clan will leave Louisiana, where she's being held, and be returned to Florida. Nineteen-year-old Dana Cooper will face murder charges in the beating death of a Florida couple.

Misleading eyes of innocents
Eyes of elusive care
Lay me down gentle in your bed of despair

Into which I sink dream like
Head lost within sin
Neck exposed for fang bite
Blood to lips brim
Two beating hearts fight
Lovemaking was never meant to be so grim

Michael
February 24, 2002

These knees have been scarred by the faith
Flowing through the veins of a fragile man
Fingers purple, interlaced and woven
Head bowed and broken by repentance
Wounds healed with grace and love
Ripped open again by ignorant sin
Wishing only brings about another torment
Luck exists only through logic
Enlightenment comes through the touch of a hand
Believe, ask, know it shall be
One breath brings in chaos
Another allows this silent peace

Proximo
June 4, 2001

A case in Canada that acquired the moniker, "the vampire murder" during the trial seems to have less to do with vampires than with the public's fascination with vampire-related crimes.

September 6, 2002 (ananova.com) - A three-year-old boy in Brazil shot his sleeping father because he was scared of vampires. The boy's mother has blamed a new soap opera called "The Kiss of the Vampire" for the incident. In the programme, broadcasted by Rede Globo TV station, vampires terrorise a small town.