I came across the legend of the Highgate Vampire recently. According to the stories the 'vampire' was first discovered to be haunting the cemetery in the 1970's after a series of sightings of tall ghostly specters in and around it and one woman claiming she was attacked by a tall man with a deathly white face. The reports were so overwhelming that two men, Sean Manchester and David Farrent, lead a mass vampire hunt. They claimed to have destroyed the vampire but there are still being claims up to this day of strange goings on in and around the cemetery, many believing that there could still be a vampire in there somewhere. During the hight of the vampire hunt a the charred and headless remains of a woman were found not far from the catacombs that they Manchester and Farrent believed the vampire to be residing in.
There are lots of articles on the internet concerning the mystery of the Highgate Vampire, as well as other ghostly goings on around the cemetery. Some of the most interesting can be found at the links below.
http://www.holygrail-church.fsnet.co.uk/Vampire%20Research%20Society.htm
There are many videos on YouTube that feature Sean Manchester and David Farrent talking about the Highgate Vampire.
There are many videos on YouTube that feature Sean Manchester and David Farrent talking about the Highgate Vampire.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqJjlKjFdVg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Aw_7JUts9g
There is also a horror film called Highgate Vampire that is based around the legend. Trailers are available but there is no release date as yet. More information can be found at the below links.
http://www.highgatevampire.com/
http://www.facebook.com/#!/highgatevampire?ref=ts
Hi Daniella,
ReplyDeleteJust curious... did any of the online articles or clips you've posted detail the irreparable damage inflicted on the cemetery courtesy of those two egomaniacs and their cronies as they attempted to hunt something that never existed in the first place? Or how much disrespect was shown to the dead as the dead's vaults were broken into and the coffins damaged and opened up by them and their associates?
Didn't think so.
You obviously came on a guided tour of the West and I would've hoped you might've noticed the positive results of the cemetery's extensive restoration drive undertaken a couple of years ago. The Trust is still trying to repair the years’ worth of damage resulting from those clowns breaking in and smashing the place up – they’re certainly not heroes and the cemetery was a perfectly peaceful place before they arrived on the scene.
Sam Perrin