The doppelsauger comes back to prey on his relatives.
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The Doppelsauger (also known as the Dubbelsuger) is a vampire from Hannover, Germany. Doppelsauger means “doublesucker”, which refers to children who are weaned but they still continue to suck his mother’s breasts. This then causes the person to be a vampire after they die. Their lips are the only thing that remains undecayed. While they are in the grave they suck on their own breasts until there’s nothing left, then he feeds upon members of his family since they have a connection. The family members will lose weight at a rapid rate and die.

To prevent a Doppelsauger from occurring you can place a gold cross or gold coin between the corpse’s teeth or separate the head from the chest with a crescent-shaped board placed under the chin. Make sure the burial clothing is away from his mouth before he’s buried. After the funeral and the coffin is exited out the window, cover the window. He won’t be able to come back to the house, according to lore, the Doppelsauger returns to the house the same way that it left. Rebuilding and removing the window will prevent him from returning to the house. This, however, doesn’t stop the vampire from coming out of his grave. It can be stopped by digging him up and stabbing the back of his neck with a spade, it will then let out a very loud scream. After this, the attacks should cease.

The Eretik can be killed by an Aspen stake.
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The Eretik is form Russian lore and is a cannibalistic vampire. The term eretnik took the place of the word upir, which was a very old Russian term for vampire. It is described as a dead person that comes out of the grave to prey on living individuals. It was believed that sorcerers or non-christians would come back as an eretik. When this particular body is dug up it is most often lying on its stomach. The vampire can be stopped by burning the body into ashes or stabbing an aspen stake through its back.

James Brown was a sailor convicted of murder.
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James Brown was the name of a Portuguese sailor who set sail out of Boston with a crew of sailors in 1867. Two of the crew members went missing, the captain of the ship searched the boat and found James Brown sucking blood from one of the dead crew members. He found the second man laying lifeless on the boat with no blood. Brown was convicted of murder and was ordered to be hanged. President Andrew Jackson got involved and gave the man life in prison in Ohio. In 1892 he was transfered to the National Assylum in Washington, D.C.

The buckinghamshire vampire attacked his victims at night.
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Introduction

The Buckinghamshire Vampire case was about an English vampire told orally by William of Newburgh. He was related to Stephen, the archdeacon of Buckinghamshire. The man wasn’t considered a vampire at the time because that term didn’t come into the English language until the 18th century.

The Story

The story started with a man dying in 1192 in Buckinghamshire. The night after he was buried he made a ghostly visit to his sleeping wife. He climbed into bed with her and started to press all of his weight on her, a phenomenon known as Old Hag Syndrome. He almost killed her, and he continued to visit her every night. On the third night his wife invited people over so that he would not harm her. When the vampire came in, it was driven away when everyone shouted at him. Instead of attacking continuing his attack on her, he went to visit his brothers who lived in the same town. They made loud noises and were left alone, so instead he would disturb other sleeping people and even sleeping animals. People were forced to stay up and keep guard, but that didn’t stop him. He was then seen in daylight and was said to possess an evil presence.

Stopping the Vampire

The townspeople turned to the archdeacon Stephen for help. He then wrote a letter to the bishop of Lincoln, St. Hugh, and asked what to do about the spirit.
St. Hugh asked priests and others about the attacks, which they found similar stories in England. They found out that this would end if the corpse was dug up, the organs burned. He didn’t want to do this because it seemed wrong to do, so Hugh wrote an absolution, a document with written forgiveness. He told Stephen to open up the coffin and place this document on the man’s chest and rebury him. When Stephen opened up the tomb, the body was not decayed and the absolution was placed on the corpse’s chest and reburied. The vampire was never seen walking around again.

The Budas comes from Abyssinian lore.
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The Budas come from Abyssinian lore and were potters or iron workers that had the ability to shape-shift into werewolves or hyenas. They had an evil eye and wore earrings or a belt, which gave them the power to transform. The earrings would sometimes be found on the ears of hyenas that were later captured. They were only able to shape-shift one day out of the year. They would use their powers to inflict back luck, sickness, and/or death upon others.

The Blackman, from Mayan lore.
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The Blackman, also known as the H?ki’al is from Mayan lore, from the Chiapas highlands of southern Mexico. It is described as a cannibalistic black demon with wings and a deadly penis reaching six feet long, which he uses for his unsatisfied sex cravings. He kidnaps women at night and takes them to his cave where he rapes or seduces her. She will have a curse upon her, that is if he doesn’t eat her first. She can never return to her village, she will have a very bad smell, and her children will all look like the Blackman. The only way to destroy him is to impale him, burn him, or cook him.

The Bruxsa often takes the form of a bird during the night.
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The Bruxsa is from Portuguese lore and is a female vampire witch. She is described as being a beautiful woman in the day and leaves in the form of a bird at night looking for lost travelers or babies. She is able to have marry and have children and will eat them. She will attack and suck the blood from infants sleeping in their cribs and is hard to kill. Unlike many other witches, her choice to be evil is hers, rather than the cause of an accident or a birth defect. The Bruxsa is said to be immortal and has immense sorcerous powers. She is able to cause miscarriages, storms, droughts and disease. Garlic is a good repellent for the Bruxsa, and she cannot be killed by mortal means.

The boxenwolf was a human who could take the form of a regular wolf.
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The boxenwolf (also known as the buxenwolf) is from Germanic lore, from the Schaumberg region. He was believed to have made a pact with the Devil himself, and can transform into a wolf with the help of a magic girdle. The girdle was said to be a gift from Hell. When it takes the form of a wolf it enjoys tormenting people. Even though he looks like a regular wolf he is still able to think like a human, but gains “wolf powers” as well. His senses are enhanced, such as smell, sight, and he is able to run incredibly fast. The Boxenwolf can have its identity revealed by someone holding a piece of steel or iron over the creature’s head. In the older tales they use iron, in the more modern versions, steel is used. Unlike the classic werewolf it can be killed with any weapon.

Gilles Garnier, a hermit accused of being a werewolf.
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The Gilles Garnier werewolf case took place in 1873. Gilles Garnier was described as an old hermit that lived in the forest near Amanges, France with his wife, Apolline. He was described as having a long beard, pale face, walked with a hunch, and had a pale complexion. The town only saw him around, he rarely spoke to any of the townspeople and wasn’t a suspect until later in the werewolf attacks that occurred in the area.

The Attacks

In the fall of 1873, a few reports of missing children and witnesses telling parliament that a werewolf took the children to Dole. The authorities ordered the peasants to hunt the werewolf down. On November 8th a scream was heard from deep in the woods from a girl, which caught the curiosity of the local peasants. When they reached the child they saw her trying to defend herself against the wolf. The wolf was scared off into the woods and a few of the peasants thought that the wolf had the same features of the hermit, Gilles Garnier.

The Confession

On November 14th, a ten-year old boy went mysteriously missing and Gilles was captured and immediately put on trial. He and his wife both confessed that he was a werewolf. He talked about how he also attacked and killed a 12-year old back in September. He took her clothes off, chewed up, and ate the girl’s legs and arms. He enjoyed the taste so much that he brought some meat back for his wife. He also admitted to attacking another young girl and later strangling a ten-year old to death and enjoyed eating his legs, arms, and belly. He also killed a young teen boy, he didn’t get to eat him because he was scared off by some peasants. The men that claimed to have seen him all said that they saw him in human form, not in wolf form. He was then sentenced to death, where he was burned alive.

Fire can hide many crimes.
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Also Known As: Gilles de Rais, Marechal de Retz

Introduction

The Gilles de Laval was a murder case from the 15th century. Gilles de Laval was a French nobleman and the oldest son of Guy de Laval, a noble of Brittany, France. Gilles inherited his father’s estate at the age of 20 and married a wealthy woman named Catharine de Thouars in 1420. His grandmother died in 1432 and his fortune increased. He had a spending problem and most of his money was gone in less than two years. He sold much of his land but spent alot of time in his Castle of Machecoul which had a moat surrounding the castle. The drawbridge would come down and servants would give the poor food and money. Rumors went around the town about children who went to beg were led into the kitchen and never came back out.

The Accusations

In 1440 Gilles was accused of murdering children and performing sacrificial rituals to the devil. The matter reached the Duke of Brittany, but he just ignored it for a little while. But he then finally he agreed to arrest him and have him taken to court. His servants and wife all left except for two, Henriet and Pontou. Henriet was believed to be his mistress. Parents began to testify against him telling the judges that they haven’t seen their children since they went to that castle. They believed their children were murdered then burned.

A Letter

The investigators told the testimonies to the duke of Brittany. The duke didn’t know what to do, that is until he recieved a strange letter in the mail from Gilles himself confessing to the gruesome crimes. He wanted to spend the rest of his life in a Carmelite monastery and all of his money to go to the poor.

His trial was on October in 1440, where he was said to have mental instabilities. He told the court that he would concentrate on God and dressed in all white like a Carmelite. He was charged with murdering over 200 children and burning each and every one in his giant fireplace. After it was said he was guilty he denied everything, saying everything was false.

Unknown to him Henriet and Pontou confessed to helping him with all the crimes. Henriet said she helped remove all of the children’s corpses, which were in the Castle of Chantonce, owned by Gilles, and were taken to Machecoul where they were burned. It was said that the children were killed in a particular room where Henriet and other servants tortured the children and would stab them in the jugular so that the blood would splatter. Gilles would stand underneath and take a blood shower. After they died Gilles would cry and pray in his bed while the ashes were hurled out the window into the moat. Other bodies were severely burned they were stashed in a hayloft at Castle Marchecoul.

The story that she told in the court room was so grotesque and many didn’t believe her. She told them that it was true and he enjoyed chopping the children’s heads off. She said he was inspired by the Roman Empire and took great pleasure in torturing and killing children. The minute after he read about the Romans he started committing murders. She also described in great detail how he would sit on the child’s chest and cut the throat half-way and would take the blood and rub it on his beard and hands. He would order the servants to hang the infants until almost dead, take them down and cut their throats open. She confessed that a little girl was crying on the steps because she recently lost her mother, he brought the little girl in and brutally killed her. Her body was thrown out of the tower, but somehow her body got caught on a nail and anyone could see it. Pontou had to go down on a rope and take the body down.

The Trial

His trial was October 24th, he thought he would be able to retire to a monastery. When he learned what Henriet and Pontou said about him, he was in shock. It got to him and he finally broke down and confessed to everything. He told everyone he cut throats, strangled children, chopped off their heads with cleavers, bashed their skulls with a hammer, and would cut them open to examine their organs. He told the jury he killed about 800 people, about 120 of those were done in a single year. He confessed to being involved with the devil, which they considered witchcraft. His trial lasted a few hours, he tried to bribe them with giving them everything he owned to go to the monastery and was denied.

Gilles gets his wish

On October 26th, the two servants were hanged and burned and their ashes were thrown in the wind. Gilles preached to the public about God and resisting the devil before burning to death. His body was taken down before it was all gone in the fire and was placed in a coffin . It was carried away by six Carmelites and six women in white robes. His dream of going to the monastery was fullfilled, they took his remains to the monastery.