April 22, 2008 (Adelaide Now / Gavin Lower) -- An Adelaide man accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl he met on a website called vampirefreaks.com told the girl she was his slave, a court has heard. Warwick Harold Acott, 39, of Seaton, is on trial over an incident at the 16-year-old's Parkside unit in June, 2006, when it is alleged he forced his way in and made her perform a sex act.

March 22, 2008 (Orlando Sentinel / Adrian G. Uribarri) -- Vampire-cult leader Rod Ferrell claimed he would live forever. But as the convicted murderer serves a life sentence in prison, it's the story of his gruesome Lake County killings that just won't die.

June 12, 2008 (pink news / Sophie Picheta) -- An online group called Angry Lesbians has said it is outraged at a film that they say is derogatory to lesbians and women is being made. The film, Lesbian Vampire Killers, a "bloodthirsty romp featuring buckets of gore and plenty of bare breasts" is currently in production.

Set my mentor, Egyptian God of evil and darkness,
Has given me the dark gift,
A prisoner of the night am I,
A rich Dacian merchant in ancient Rome,
It was there that I met my fair Olivia.

In the early hours of twilight she emerged from the Coliseum,
More beautiful than a Carpathian rose that blooms in the early Spring,
Her essence, naive, sweet and pure,
I looked into her eyes,
Suddenly I was aware,
That it was only for her that my heart did beat!

For centuries the joy of love had evaded me!

An Alp may be a creature originating from German folklore. It is sometimes related to a vampire, but it's behavior is more like that of the incubus. It's victims are often female, and it usually attacks during the nighttime, controlling dreams and creating horrible nightmares.