# The Highgate Vampire - The Monster That Wrote Itself

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Published: 2026-03-23T11:00:04+00:00
Episode link: https://troubledminds.substack.com/p/the-highgate-vampire-the-monster
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## Resource

In 1968, Hammer Studios filmed Taste the Blood of Dracula at Highgate Cemetery in north London. Within months, witnesses reported a tall dark figure with burning eyes. Foxes were found drained of blood. A self-proclaimed bishop announced a King Vampire from Wallachia was buried in the grounds. A mob broke into the cemetery on Friday the 13th carrying homemade stakes. A hundred-year-old corpse was dug up, decapitated, and staked through the heart on Lammas Day. And two rival occultists spent the next fifty years locked in a feud so intense it outlasted the phenomenon itself. The Highgate Vampire is a masterclass in what happens when fiction provides a template and reality fills it in. Tonight we trace the feedback loop from Hammer Horror to genuine anomalous phenomena to the egregore question that sits at the center of the whole affair: can a story become real if enough people believe it hard enough? 🔗 Full article: https://troubledminds.substack.com/p/the-highgate-vampire-the-monster 🎧 Podcast: https://troubledminds.org or https://www.troubledminds.net If you are having a mental health crisis and need immediate help, please go to https://troubledminds.org/help/ and call somebody right now. Reaching out for support is a sign of strength. LIVE ON Digital Radio! https://www.kuapdb.com/ Support The Show! https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/troubled-minds-radio--4953916/support https://ko-fi.com/troubledminds https://patreon.com/troubledminds https://www.buymeacoffee.com/troubledminds https://troubledfans.com Friends of Troubled Minds! - https://troubledminds.org/friends Show Schedule Sun--Tues--Thurs 7-10pst iTunes - https://apple.co/2zZ4hx6 Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2UgyzqM TuneIn - https://bit.ly/2FZOErS Twitter X - https://bit.ly/2CYB71U ----------------------------------…

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