Traditional Legends

During the 1800s, vampire panics gripped communities. West Virginia, too, has its own lesser-known tales of vampires.

Hidden in the shadows of literary history is Uriah Derick D’Arcy’s The Black Vampyre: A Legend of St. Domingo.

Long before winter was a brightly lit jolly wonderland it was eternally cold and dark. A time in which people hid behind firmly closed doors and prayed they had enough food and heat to see them through to spring. Howls of hungry wolves cut through the chill air only to be outdone by howling frigid winds.

Romanian Vampires have a long and varied history. The earliest known reference to a vampire in Romania dates back to the 11th century,...

Who was Jacques St Germaine?

When vampires began

Do vampires really exist? Are there vampires among us? In today’s modern world it is hard to believe that anything fantastical could possibly be real. But vampires have existed in cultures around the world throughout history. The term vampire is relatively new, yet stories of creatures with similar characteristics go back to at least 1500 BCE.