Think vampires are just spooky fun from movies and books? Wait until you hear about the real-life people who took their bloodthirsty obsession way too far.

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IN THIS EPISODE: If you’re a fan of U.S. History, you might already know that camels once roamed the American Southwest – brought to Texas by the military because they’d be perfect for the desert climate. But once it was all over a legend remained… a terrifying one. (The Red Ghost of Arizona) *** Just because an official government report is released about a UFO sighting or incident doesn’t mean that Ufologists and researches are going to accept those findings – or the story the government tells. Thus is the case with a UFO incident in 1952 outside of Tokyo at the Haneda Air Force Base. (The Heneda Incident) *** When it comes to horror and fantasy, you’d be hard-pressed to find something more dangerous or terrifying than the vampire. Skulking around at night, feeding off the blood of the living, shapeshifting into a wolf or bat, hypnotic powers… it’s creepy stuff. Good thing it’s just fiction. But when you discover criminals in our actual world who think they are vampires – that horror and danger becomes all too real. (Real Life Vampiric Villains)

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00 .000 = Disclaimer and Cold Open
00:01:47 .329 = Show Intro
00:04:22 .387 = The Heneda Incident
00:15:01 .986 = Real Life Vampiric Villains (Title Story)
00:37:54 .084 = Red Ghost of Arizona
00:46:31 .436 = Show Close

SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“The Heneda Incident” by Marcus Lowth for UFOInsight.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4xfsnzxp
BOOK: Unexplained Mysteries of the 20th Century by Janet and Colin Bord: https://amzn.to/2UbRK6p
“Real Life Vampiric Villains” by Amy Robleski for Ranker’s Unspeakable Times: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/wamwxb35
“The Red Ghost of Arizona” by Rachel Souerby for Ranker’s Weird History: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/ftcv6td
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Originally aired: January 02, 2019
SOURCES PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/VampireMurderers
TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/d87n2mru