Vampire Secrets

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name = Vampire Secrets


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director = Diana Zaslaw
producer = Diana Zaslaw
writer = Josh Rosen
Katherine Ramsland
narrator = Corey Burton
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cinematography = Yoram Astrakhan
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released = 2006
runtime = 100 min
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0489867

"Vampire Secrets" is a 2006 docudrama about the mythology and lifestyle of vampires, produced by Indigo Films for the History Channel, and narrated by Corey Burton.

The documentary features the history of vampires from Indian (Hindu goddess Kali), Greek, and Chinese origins, and references to the Bible and ancient Mesopotamia. Other topics include:

* Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, "Dracula"
* James Spalding, a Scotsman (c. 1400)
* Elizabeth Bathory
* Haidamaque, Hungary, 1715
* Blood ritual
* Anne Rice's vampire novels
* "": Rod Ferrell (VTM role-player who thought he was a real vampire), killed two people in Eustis, Florida, USA, and was sentenced to death (but reduced to life imprisonment) [See the 2002 film "Vampire Clan" [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310298/] .]
* Sex appeal: "Nosferatu" (1922 film), 1931 film with Bela Lugosi ("The Master of Horror"), Vampirella, and others; demon lover story (Gaspar)
* Vampire underground and gothic subculture: Susan Walsh (researcher for "The Village Voice") who falls for a purported "living vampire" (Christian) and disappears in January 1996
* Psychic vampire (Rasputin, aura photography, Joe H. Slate [Author of "Investigations into Kirlian Photography: Final Technical Report", United States Army Missile Research and Development Command, 1977.] ), Sanguine, vampire lifestylers

Features commentaries by authors Katherine Ramsland, ["The Science of Vampires"] J. Gordon Melton, parapsychologist Loyd Auerbach, Michelle Belanger [Author of "The Vampire Codex" ("The Black Veil") and a "living vampire".] , and Father Sebastiaan [Publisher of "The Vampyre Almanac" and a "living vampire".] , forensic biologist Mark Benecke, professor Thomas Garza, [ [http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/creees/news/archives/garzahistorychannel/ "Vampire Secrets" with Dr. Garza on the History Channel"] , Director, "Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies" (CREEES), University of Texas at Austin] and others.

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