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The Significance of the Vampire in Gothic Fiction
Gothic fiction is that which provokes fear - fear of the unseen or unknown, fear of the taboo or forbidden, fear of "the Other", fear of what lies outside of 'normality' to name a few. There are many kinds of fear that are connected with the vampire in Gothic fiction.
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What is this thing I'm feeling?
A flash of light burning through my veins.
Or is it just my soul they're stealing away.
Don't know how I started,
But I never want to stop.
Just want to keep on flying away.


Lights that flash
Burn my brain
Twisting colours
Break the frame
Another plane I want to go
Am I insane?
I just don't know.


Where is it I'm running?
Like a theif breaking through the night.
It doesn't really matter anyway.


Slicing through the darkness

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Visually Identifying the Vampire
When we see a picture of a vampire, how do we know that it is a vampire? Fangs and blood-smeared lips are not always present, yet a child can tell a vampire from any number of other strange and devilish-looking Halloween monsters. So what is a vampire’s identifying traits?
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The Monster of Dusseldorf
A necrophile, rapist, and killer, Peter Kürten targeted almost any vulnerable person. His mild manner charmed women and children alike, and in his confession, he claimed that he got his start when a neighbor taught him how to torture animals. He learned to stab them to death while he was raping them.


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November 26, 2007 (The Independent / Phil Davison) -- Ottomar Berbig, baker and antiques dealer: born Berlin 10 October 1940; adopted 1990 as Ottomar Rodolphe Vlad Dracula, Prince Kretzulesco of Transylvania and Wallachia; married (one son); died Schenkendorf, Germany 19 November 2007.


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