Back in 1954, two policemen were called to a disturbance at a Glasgow cemetery. They discovered hundreds of children searching for a vampire with iron teeth.
American comics were blamed for the panic but, according to a documentary on BBC Radio 4, there were other sources for the Gorbals vampire. Pauline McLean reports.
The Gorbals Vampire will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 2300 GMT on Tuesday 30 March, and will be available on BBC iPlayer
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Hey Everlost,
ReplyDeleteJust read the article on The Gorbals Vampire. Wow! Sounds very similar to The Highgate Vampire though it came 20yrs beforehand.
Funny that this was used as an excuse to ban/censor horror comics (which I also read in primary school in the 80s CREEPY etc), but with the Highgate Vampire, which was clearly inspired by Hammer Horror and Dracula, it never eventuated in any censorship, just Farrant going to jail and Manchester becoming a minor (notorious) celebrity.
I have read Manchester's books THE HIGHGATE VAMPIRE, and I found it interesting (I had been to Highgate Cemetery knowing about the legend but before I read the book) and with haunting cemeteries like Highgate and this sprawling Southern Necropolis of Glasgow it's easy to see how such stories can be conceived, Highgate is such a lush cemetery!
Anyways thanks for this: I am going to watch/listen for this broadcast, hopefully it's saved on their site for later viewing if you miss it?
Lastly, what do you think of the whole Highgate Vampire thing, of course you can emial me your thoughts privately if you don't want to discuss it here...