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Journal of Dracula Studies
DOI
10.70013/74d5e6f7
Abstract
While most of the vampire subculture these days is a benign form of role-playing, there have been cases of people who were inspired by the predatory image to kill. To their minds, the vampire mythos provides a framework that inspires and even licenses certain types of violent behaviors. Although this bloodthirsty impulse reaches back centuries and crosses cultures, I want to examine the mythology’s influence on three cases in recent American culture: Roderick Ferrell, James Riva, and Richard Trenton Chase. I will take one case at a time and then discuss how they attach to the vampire frame.
Recommended Citation
Ramsland, Katherine
(2000)
"Vampire Crime,"
Journal of Dracula Studies: Vol. 2:
No.
1, Article 5.
DOI: 10.70013/74d5e6f7
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https://research.library.kutztown.edu/dracula-studies/vol2/iss1/5
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