New England Oddities

Vampire Lore

Throughout the ages, vampires have lurked in the dark corners of the world and our imaginations, waiting for helpless victims to prey upon in the night. While these creatures are no doubt restricted to exist in the darker realms of our dark imaginations, cultures across the globe have documented many a varied lore about vampires.

Different regions of the earth supply their own descriptions of appearance, habits and ways to kill a vampire, however, one trait remains constant: the need for vampires to feed on another creature to sustain themselves. Some eat flesh (dead or living), some drink blood while others feed from a human being‘s aura energy.

The sustenance that vampires in New England folklore preferred was “life force” or aura energy and often the night time intruder was a recently deceased family member. Accounts from different states in New England during the early times of our countries beginnings and right up until the early part of the 20th century there exists disturbing tales of the undead, returning in the night to feed from their living relatives and neighbors.

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