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How the "Vampire Killer" Became a Bachelor of Arts June 9, 2002 (The Nationwide News Pty Limited) - "Vampire Killer" Tracey Wigginton -- the woman behind one of Australia's most bizarre murders -- has earned a university degree in jail. Wigginton has received a Bachelor of Arts from Deakin University, double-majoring in anthropology and philosophy. 2007-03-25 20:26 |
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The Kingdom of Dracula May 7, 2002 (ABC News) - You can probably imagine how long your wait would be at airport security if your passport read "Kingdom of Dracula." Still, the last known relative of Vlad the Impaler, the medieval Romanian nobleman who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula, says he's fed up with high German taxes, and he's got local support in his hometown outside Berlin to form a vampire paradise. 2007-03-25 18:01 |
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Vampire Bats Attack Five Indians in Chiapas, Kill Cattle April 5, 2002 (San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico / Agencia EFE) - Five Indians were attacked by hundreds of vampire bats in the municipality of Ocosingo, in the southeastern Mexican state of Chiapas, the Health Secretariat reported. 2007-03-25 17:59 |
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"Vampire Rapist" Commits Suicide April 1, 2002 (BOWLING GREEN, Fla. / AP) - A man dubbed "The Vampire Rapist" because he drank the blood of a kidnapped hitchhiker killed himself in his prison cell, officials said Monday. 2007-03-25 17:58 |
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"Bloodlust" Blamed For Stabbing Of Scientist March 5, 2002 (The Telegraph Group Limited) - A teenager accused over the gruesome occult murder of a prominent DNA scientist told police that he is a vampire who was driven into a killing frenzy by the taste of the victim's blood, a court heard. 2007-03-25 17:57 |
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Slain Scientist's Daughter Arrested March 5, 2002 (Leesburg, VA / AP) - 3 months after DNA scientist Robert Schwartz was stabbed to death with a two-foot sword and left with a ritualistic X carved in to the back of his neck, the case has turned out to be less exotic than investigators thought, but chilling nonetheless. 2007-03-25 17:56 |
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Sinister Link to Vampires in Britain February 1, 2002 (The Guardian) - A young married couple who admitted to a ritual Satanic killing were yesterday told they could spend the rest of their lives in a secure psychiatric unit after a trial which has raised the spectre of bizarre underground occult groups in Britain. 2007-03-25 17:25 |
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Romania Revamps Dracula Legend to Earn Tourist Dollars May 28, 2000 - Romania has sunk its fangs into the vampire legend with a horror fest for Dracula devotees in deepest Transylvania. No garlic, crucifixes or other banes of vampires were in sight when 30 Dracula buffs from the United States, Britain, Switzerland, Serbia and Canada joined locals to discuss Romania's most infamous son. Instead, the ideas were more 21st century, as participants talked about Dracula on the Internet, for instance, or listened to the thoughts of an actress famed for playing Countess Dracula in the nude. 2007-03-24 23:06 |
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Vampyre Myths and Origins May be Linked To Rabies November 26, 1998 (The Washington Post) - Blood-sucking vampires may have their history in disease rather than the supernatural, according to a Spanish neurologist. Dr Juan Gomez-Alonso has put forward a novel theory to explain the Dracula legend - vampires were suffering from rabies. The Neurologist hit on the rabid vampire theory after watching a Dracula film. 2007-03-24 23:03 |
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Blade Suit Seeks Slice of the Action for Its Creator August 21, 1998 (The Los Angeles Times) - In a case that could test the issue of authors' rights in the comic book industry, the creator of Blade--the character featured in the $45-million New Line Cinema movie of the same name--has sued the studio, parent Time Warner and comic book publisher Marvel Entertainment Group for at least $35 million. 2007-03-24 23:00 |
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