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Will the Blood Moon Come Too Soon?

Posted on 26th July 2018 by Sam George

Serpents, dragons, jaguars, bats and wolves are all associated with the eclipse, according the Smithsonian Magazine’s What Folklore Tells us About the Eclipse.  You have probably heard of the myth of the wolf who swallows the sun or moon causing an eclipse or … Continue reading →

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What Happens to a Werewolf in the Harvest Moon?

Posted on 13th September 2019 by Sam George

The condition of  shapeshifting into a wolf in the full moon is, of course, known as lycanthropy. September brings us the full moon closest to the Autumn equinox.  The Harvest Moon will appear bigger and brighter tonight and will inspire … Continue reading →

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The Cinematic History of Fake Blood

Posted on 11th November 2015 by firekrank

Claret, the red stuff, gore, ichor, life fluid, strawberry jam, protesters free-bleeding at the gates of parliament. It seems like blood is everywhere. Pertinent given the conversations that I have been having with Sam regarding the Books of Blood project on … Continue reading →

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Bad Moon Rising: A Song for Lycanthropes

Posted on 4th October 2014 by Sam George

In response to Kaja’s posting of the ‘Devil went Down to Georgia’ in Some Interesting YA and the Gothic Texts and in celebration of William the Bloody’s post on the publication of the first online edition  of the Penny Dreadful … Continue reading →

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OGOM People

Posted on 11th March 2024 by William the Bloody

OGOM Core Team Dr Sam George is Associate Professor in Research at the University of Hertfordshire and Co-Convenor of the Open Graves Open Minds project alongside Dr Bill Hughes. Following OGOM’s international conference on vampires in 2010, Sam developed the … Continue reading →

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In the Company of Wolves: Werewolves, Wolves and Wild Children – out in paperback August 2023

Posted on 1st August 2023 by Sam George

We are delighted to announce that the OGOM publication In the Company of Wolves is out in paperback from MUP this month priced at £20.00. The book connects together innovative research from a variety of perspectives on the cultural significance … Continue reading →

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Haunted Landscapes Conference: Sam George Keynote ‘This Spectred Isle: Werewolves and the English Eerie in Contemporary UK Myth’, 6 July 2023

Posted on 28th June 2023 by Sam George

Delighted to reveal that I have been invited to give a keynote at Haunted Landscapes: Nature, Super-Nature, and Global Environments Conference: Falmouth University, 4-6 July 2023. The event is produced in Association with Falmouth University’s Dark Economies Research Group. I … Continue reading →

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Werewolves and the Gothic: In Search of the Spectre Wolf (22nd October 2022 – London Month of the Dead)

Posted on 30th August 2022 by Sam George

London Month of the Dead is an annual festival of death and the arts supporting London’s magnificent seven cemeteries:  Kensal Green (1832); West Norwood (1837); Highgate (1839); Abney Park (1840); Nunhead (1840); Brompton (1840); Tower Hamlets (1841). The programme this … Continue reading →

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Nosferatu 100: Flash Fiction

Posted on 2nd June 2022 by William the Bloody

Here are the entries for the Nosferatu at 100 Vampire Flash Fiction competition. We are pleased to announce that the winning entry is no. 5, by Becca Gransbury – congratulations, Becca!! 1 You’d been bitten in adolescence, in secret. It … Continue reading →

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Vampire Timeline

Posted on 5th May 2022 by William the Bloody

Timeline This timeline shows key texts (literary, cinematic, and TV) and events in the evolution of cultural representations of the vampire. We can’t include everything (adaptations of Dracula alone are countless), but we have chosen items that are the most … Continue reading →

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