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Vampire Myths and Vampire Lore

Posted on 23rd September 2018 by Sam George

Coffin Boffin: Vampires

Posted in MA Reading the Vampire module news, OGOM Research | Tagged history of vampires, OGOM Project, vampire books, vampire burials, vampire courses, vampire lore | Leave a comment
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    The full programme for this year's Fear 2000 is now live! Link below. 🔥It's alive! We're really excited to launch the programme for Fear 2000: Horror Undying, taking place online from 1-3 July this year. Registration will open tomorrow (so watch this space!). For now, though, cast your eyes over the horrors we have in store: blogs.shu.ac.uk/fear2000/programme2022/ ... See MoreSee Less

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    ONLINE ZOOM TALK, Sunday at 8:30 pm UK/Irish time / 12:30 pm PACIFIC STANDARD TIME.Everything you ever wanted to know on Ireland's most haunted house; Loftus Hall. I'll be offering this talk again and thought it could be of interest to the members here. Happy to provide free tickets to members of OGOM, just pm me.Join me by candlelight and discover its untold story, far darker and more haunting than the popular tale of the devil and the card game. Ask all you never dared ask before and learn some of its secrets. We had a great evening last time, check out the reviews:[www.facebook.com/HelenaBScott/reviews](www.facebook.com/HelenaBScott/reviews?__cft__[0]=AZWXQOxNNlkvP-ldm4yQ-ydebDjcDfP4Wh6lNMDzi8cc13myV4TF1zheyD5RMcX3nHgJ2yJamhctNsD6b7Y6vE6IQaDKoGBNjLkqV8EiCO769Z9NqeplCi5Qa1Hat5Q3sMg-Gl6dt7KvaDSRc-nWgpTj&__tn__=-UK-R)Discounted tickets on Eventbrite and more info below! ... See MoreSee Less

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    The WORLD GOTH DAY edition of DJ cypher’s Dark Nation Radio can now be streamed on my Mixcloud page and streamed or downloaded from my Hearthis.at page (info at bottom). What I did was to shift back and forth between new and class goth tracks, so you can visit with some old friends (The Cure, Siouxsie, Bauhaus, Sisters of Mercy, etc.) and then discover new bands. The playlist is below for your reference—I hope you enjoy it!www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive/the-dark-nation-radio-world-goth-day-broadcast-may-2022/And the fun continues this Sunday (May 29th) with the annual Dark Nation radio GOTHIC BEACH PARTY! I’ll again be expanding the show to three hours to bring you a frisky mix of goth, new wave, punk, psychobilly, and electronica—so get ready for bands like The Cramps, The Creepshow, The B52s, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Pig, The Young Werewolves, Deadbolt, and a lot more! The fun starts at 9 PM EDT on Spirit of Resistance Radio sorradio.org.DJ cypher’s Dark Nation Radio PlaylistWORLD GOTH DAY BROADCAST22 May 2022The Sisters of Mercy, “1969”Black Angel, “Alchemy”Siouxsie & the Banshees, “Arabian Nights”Kill Shelter ft. Agent Side Grinder, “The Necklace”London After Midnight, “Kiss”Rosegarden Funeral Party, “Ghost of You’Specimen, “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”Dead Cells, “Idols of Charlatans”Faith & the Muse, “The Silver Circle”Then Comes Silence, “Strangers”Alien Sex Fiend, “I Walk the Line”Ritual Howls, “Alone Together”The Birthday Party, “Release the Bats”Autumn-US, “The Maiden’s Child”The Mission UK, “Wasteland”Azar Swan, “We Hunger”Bauhaus, “In the Flat Field”A Place to Bury Strangers, “I Know I’ll See You”New Model Army, “Vagabonds”Ötzi, “Hounds”The Cure, “Jumping Someone Else’s Train”Orcus Nullify, “Night Dance”The Cult, “Spiritwalker”Dead Souls Rising, “Isadora”The Bolshoi, “Books on the Bonfire”VAZUM, “Embers”Cocteau Twins, “Wax and Wane”Love the Ghost, “Disintegrate”The Chameleons UK, “Don’t Fall”Galanos, “Loneliest of Men”Fields of the Nephilim, “Power”The Neurofarm, “Midnight Massacre”Clan of Xymox, “Jasmine and Rose”WitchHands, “Nuremberg (Dying of the Light)”Tones on Tail, “Christian Says”Cathedral in Flames, “Twilight of the Goths”Virgin Prunes, “Baby Turns Blue”Psycho Mutants, “No Hero”Children on Stun, “Whisky A Go-Go”Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, “Red Right Hand”Silas J. Dirge, “Ghost Town”Peter Murphy, “I’ll Fall With Your Knife”Voltaire, “Raised by Bats”DJ CYPHER’S DARK NATION RADIO—22 years strong!**Live Broadcasts Sundays @ 9 PM Eastern US on Spirit of Resistance Radio sorradio.org**Recorded broadcasts @ www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive**Downloadable broadcasts @ www.hearthis.at/cypheractive**Questions and material for airplay consideration to darknationradio@gmail.com**Facebook @ www.facebook.com/groups/darknationradio ... See MoreSee Less

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    Our call for proposals is live! Get in touch with Alice, Tom and I if you have an idea you'd like to discuss.Here it is: the full call for proposals for 21st Century Horror, our new book series with Edinburgh University Press! Get in touch with series editors Alice Haylett Bryan, Craig Ian Mann and Thomas Joseph Watson to discuss projects or submit proposals. You can also find this information on the EUP website: edinburghuniversitypress.com/series-21st-century-horror ... See MoreSee Less

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    Calling all creatures of the night! In celebration of WORLD GOTH DAY, DJ cypher's Dark Nation Radio will present an expanded program this Sunday, May 22nd, mixing new and classic goth and deathrock. Descend into the catacombs with bands including Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Cure, Bauhaus, The Sisters of Mercy, Alien Sex Fiend, Specimen, New Model Army, Christian Death, The Mission U.K, and Fields of the Nephilim. Then unearth new dark bands such as Black Angel, Kill Shelter, Dead Cells, Then Comes Silence, WitchHands, Ötzi, and Ritual Howls. Something in particular you are dying to hear? Requests are welcome during the show! Absinthe and clove cigarettes optional, black mandatory! The summoning of darkness will begin at 9 PM EDT Sunday May 22nd "live" on sorradio.org. ... See MoreSee Less

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