British Vampires, a Witchy Wednesday article.

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Painting by Antoine Wiertz.

Welcome to another Witchy Wednesday, this week's interesting tales are about British Vampires!

Varney the Vampire! 


Vampyre
Henry L. Stephens, 1851





 

I found this video on YouTube looking into Vampires from the folklore and mythology of England, Wales, and Scotland. These creatures of the night are usually just associated with Slavic folklore, but Britain has many legends of the undead too. The tales covered are:


The Melrose Vampire (Scotland)


The Glamorgan Vampire Chair (Wales)


The Vampire of Croglin Grange (England)


The Highgate Vampire (England)


The Buckinghamshire Vampire (England)


The Alnwick Vampire (England)


The Beobhan Sidh (Scotland)


The South Shields Vampire (England)


The Gorbals Vampire (Scotland)


The Berwick Vampire (England/Scotland)




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Not all vampire legends are old! Here is the scary goings on in Highgate Cemetery!

In the late 1960's and early 1970's in London a series of sightings and encounters in and around Highgate Cemetery lead a number of people to believe that a vampire was stalking the local area. As investigators began to document eye-witness reports the speculation soon reached the national media and it wasn't long before a local frenzy ensued. Drawing from independent sources, as well as from the accounts relayed by the central figures themselves, this episode of UK Paranormal Files recounts the story of the Hunt For The Highgate Vampire.



Links to British Vampire tales. 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/moonmausoleum.com/the-buckinghamshire-vampire-englands-forgotten-blood-drinker


https://www.itinerantbizarrium.com/blog/vampyres-olde-england-brief-sojourn-scotland


https://www.davidcastleton.net/vampire-croglin-grange-cumbria-england/


https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/vampires-count-dracula-bram-stoker-england-byron-whitby


https://discover.hubpages.com/education/Vampires-in-English-Folklore

Please return next week for another Witchy Wednesday article. Kat 😊

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