This book explores the modern world of vampirism. Based on interviews, it looks at the many expressions of vampirism, from lifestyle vampires, who adopt the cul

The true story of Susan Walsh, a young reporter who mysteriously disappeared while writing about downtown Manhattan's "vampire" underground furnishes an explora

From Bram Stoker to present day Hollywood, the mythology of vampires has fascinated, horrified, and even titillated us. Shedding light upon the underground worl

Surveys centuries of folklore about vampires and offers a scientific explanation for the origins of the legends.

· Are any vampire myths based on fact? · Bloodsucking villain to guilt-ridden loner—what has inspired the redemption of the vampire in fiction and film? ·