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SoulSplat · Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:53 pm Post subject: Vampiric Timeline

I'd love to have a timeline leading from present day as far back as we possibly can. What dates and events do you feel are important to vampire subculture? Know of any historical dates that deal any type of vitality restoration? What are the significant dates of the vampire mythos? Or the Literary Vampire? What about Shamanism or relevant medical milestones? Be as specific as possible.

Updated timeline:

1610: Elizabeth Bathory's castle raided. Countess walled into bedroom. Died 4 years later. Her story was hidden from public til 1800s.

The Gothic Movement (the darker side of human nature)
18XX? Byron. "The Vampire"
1847? Varney the Vampire. by Thomas Prest. Story classified as a "Penny Dreadful".

The Victorian Movement
1872 "Carmilla". Elizabeth Bathory. The blood countess.
1897: Irish author Bram Stoker published DRACULA. Before writing Dracula, Stoker spent eight years researching European ("Victorian") folklore and stories of vampires. Set in Transylvania because Stoker believed it the source of the vampire legend.

1991. Rosemary Ellen Guiley publishes VAMPIRES AMONG US thru Pocket Books/Simon and Schuster Inc.
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Merticus · Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 8:12 pm Post subject:

See also:

http://www.suscitatio.com/projects/vampirehistoryproject.html

SoulSplat · Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:34 am Post subject:

One of the most controversial topics of our subculture. Relevant as a possible keystone between factual and fictional vampires. . .

1897: Bram Stoker published DRACULA. Before writing Dracula, Stoker spent eight years researching European folklore and stories of vampires.
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SoulSplat · Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:59 pm Post subject:

Same article. Two different links.

http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_7676718?source=rss&nclick_check=1

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16970090&ft=1&f=1003

I read this article today. The historical data interested me the most. Could Gypsy lore/ancestry possibly help decipher the origins of the non fictional vampire? At the least, these cultures must've overlapped in Romania.

Thoughts?

Anyway, here's some dates I extracted from it:

Gypsies trace their origins to India more than 1,000 years ago. (999 A.D.)

They migrated to Europe in the 1300s.

Gypsies began arriving in the U.S. from Romania toward the end of the 19th century.
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