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Tony, great minds think alike in this regard,yes? Ya took the words right out of my mouth,... good lad. Are there any other commercial projects goin' on presently in the UK takin' advantage of all of thus harem-scare'em.

Swedes are a bit slow to get on the band wagon. Eventually somebody will crank out a gothic thriller in a cemetery setting here.

Is there any more Highgate Vampire profiteering going on?

Why, of course there is!

A certain someone has been using this very forum to promote the second volume of his autobiography. You know, the guy who doesn't like being associated with vampires? The one who says I keep bringing them up all the time?

Well, his book's called...In the Shadow of the Highgate Vampire.

He's the same bloke who's been promoting the idea that the vampire is "still active". The last time he did that, was back in '05 when the Highgate Vampire Society reformed.

And now, the vampire's back...and he's got this book coming out, too. Ain't that a funny coincidence?

Yo Tony, does this very vigorous vampire have a local reputation to mach this guy?, is he as profligate as this dude?...
http://buzzinn.net/polygamy-in-america/

Are there a host of spook-lets haunting all over the UK now, instead of just Highgate?

Does this happen to Chav's and ladettes into the vampire scene 'thang'?..
http://www.funfani.com/love-and-dating/ ... 459.0.html

Are any of the story lines behind any of these fliks based on Highgate or the usual culprits floggin' it for what its worth these daze?...
http://www.moviecentar.com/list-top-10-movies-vampires/

None of the films off that list, but I can reveal that Highgate was used as a filming location for Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970), one of Christopher Lee's efforts.

According to IMDb, it was released in the UK on May 7, 1970, which is roughly contemporaneous to the Highgate hijinks.

Dracula, funnily enough, is summoned by an occultist...

I also suspect that certain aspects of the Highgate Case where inspired by a 1968 flick (also starring Christopher Lee), called The Devil Rides Out.

There's also a low budget flick called Highgate Vampire, but it bares little to no resemblance to the stories told by Farrant and co.

But, both those folks have talked about making their own flicks, too, so the money machine keeps on crankin'.

Are there any attributable comic hi-jinks associated with Hi-gate besides Andrew findin' some road kill pig's head? I joked with Andrew that folk deep down south would make a veritable feast out of a hog's head. I also mentioned to him it'd be a suitable present for our forum gourmet Thomas D to serve up as his gourmet road-kill treat of the day at his eatery somewhere in the London area.

Well, back in the 70s, the Cemetery was an epicentre of graveyard vandalism and desecration.

Here's an example of one of the hijinks that took place there:

Ya know what Tony, this quote from the link ya gave...

...*In David Farrant best selling book on the subject, Beyond the Highgate Vampire, David claims that ley lines, may be an important factor that has been left completely out of the Highgate equation. These lines, he says, can actually transmit psychic energy along their course and enable the vampire to materialise when the right conditions prevail. One such ley line, he points out, apparently begins in the middle of Highgate Cemetery at a large circle of tombs called the Circle of Lebanon, crosses through the Flask and Ye Olds Gatehouse pubs (both ancient pubs only yards from Highgate Cemetery); traverses a large block of council flats known as Hillcrest (themselves built upon the site of an ancient nunnery) and passes through an old Roman Settlement a quarter of a mile or so away in Highgate Woods which is marked by an old beech tree.

For without exception, all the locations on the Highgate ley line, were reportedly haunted by a 'tall black figure' which, even when it was not actually seen, it caused dramatic drops in temperature, clocks to simultaneously stop, objects to fly from shelves or mysteriously shatter, and which also had a dramatic effect upon animals in it's immediate vicinity.'...

If Dave can conjur up this mystery MIB, he could win James Randi's million dollar challenge. I wonder why Dave hasn't already done it?

Funny that you say that, jabbs...

You're probably aware that David participated on the JREF forum some time ago. He was repeatedly asked for proof of his claims, but, surprise, surprise, had none.

As much as he wants to make himself look like skeptic extraordinaire, by repeatedly saying he doesn't believe in vampires...his other supernatural claims are just as contestable.

Of course, those who did query him further were met with (wait for it) attacks on their intelligence! That's right, they were the stupid ones!

He even wound up using the blog to spruik one of his vanity press publications (sounding familiar?), which was done in collaboration with another one of the forum's members, "CLD".

You can read through the thread (if you dare!) so you can see history replaying itself, by clicking here.

My contributions (as "The Overseer") started here. Take note of the same old, same old tactics David uses against me (and other users) as he does here.

Hi Anthony,



How dare you question David - you must be a drongo!

Uh, pardon my lack of bein' current on the Chav lingo scene, but wot's a drongo? Is it somebody who plays a bongo with his butt?

Jenny,

I could say the same about you for siding with him!

(and yes, I know you're takin' the piss...I hope!)

jabbs,

A drongo is Aussie parlance for an idiot! So she's at least hip to the lingo

Now ain't this sumfin else. We have 2 Oz-ians doin' their 'thang' way down under, a rather appropriate way of talkin' 'boot an under earthly realm of spooks, yes? and yer hejimicatin' me on the latest Oz slang, man this is way too much for Hollyweird, hehehe.

Hey Tony, ya better start writin' up a story line quick before all this stuff gets grabbed and ye'll see it come back on a Oz sit-com, hehehe. Will those of us in the upper hinterlands here get an under-texted version, 'cuz ya see Swedes are taught anglo...UK'y style in school.

Oz slang can be a bit misleadin' as in the example I gave. Like, ya know, I was really wingin' it on thta one, as dey say on da block, in da 'hood. As Ya can see I wasn't even close.

Ya see the Germans have a similar concept called an arschgeiger... a guy who plays a fiddle with his arse. As ya can readily tell it ain't got nuthin' to do with lack of musical talent or playin' a fiddle, but more to do with bein' an inept bullshitter.

jabbs,



We might be Down Under, but we're not that far down!

Quite nice seeing the Aussie lingo put into effect...even if it's been used (on pretty much all counts) to attack me with! We've had multiple references to billabongs, courtesy of that smelly old Limey, Dave, I think Jen said she'd rather put her head in a dunny (outback toilet) than read more of my posts, and now she's called me a drongo, too.

Strewth! A fair dinkum bloke can't catch a break 'round here!



Another cash-in? Where does it stop? There's already been a "sitcom" of sorts. Ya see, when Dave was getting riled up by my questions to him on JREF, he took the mature approach to handling the situation...he teamed up with one of the "skeptics" (fans) there, CLD, to produce an online comic parodying the Highgate Feud.

Dave was portrayed by his lapdog as a spell-castin' ladies man, and I was depicted as a pig (Hogg? Get it? So funny!) and you-know-who supporter. Because, you know, if you question Dave about his claims, you must be...one of them!

Shame he wasn't drawn with a tinfoil hat.



Oooh, learn something new everyday. An arse fiddler! What a novel concept! Well, it'd explain why when certain people post on here, their responses just plain stink!

Tony, is that so-called parody still around? It'd be interestin' to see what sort of sartorial talent Dave has, yes? Anybody else postin' to any of the vamp topics here do a cameo appearance in that parody?

Ya see this is a whole new bag for folk up here in the hinterlands not seeped in arcana of any pagan-heathen tradition. I have seen a couple of Lugosi+ Christopher Lee splat-vamp fliks, but I always thought they were just lo-key, laid -back comedies... come dah-link ay vanna drink yer blood-- hehehe ...if ya catch that sinister chuckle bit.

We have folks into similar stuff on notable hi-jinx pagan festival nites like Valpurgis nite, Mid-summer, etc where really drunken debauched sods skin cats, then burn them. Most woodsy oriented tree-huggin' heathen-pagans here also get their kicks humpin' them as well.

Did Dave, Inc bring in any of that weirdo frivolity into his video?

Can he match these folks?...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vSNVWeU ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zrJoTtc ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l8rLicm ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zrJoTtc ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q3JVFcq ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pTUvB9u ... re=related

The language ya hear is either Lapp or Sami, which are related to Finnish,. They have maintained many ancient customs due to their nomadic lifestyle. They are for the most part pantheists or garden-variety pagan-heathens as the name of the group Hedningar means just that.

This band, Hedningar, are very popular in the Nordic heathen-pagan scene,

When ya listen to Oz aborigine chant ya hear a similar melody pattern, yes? Even the instrumentation sounds similar as well, yet, considerin' how far apart they are it makes ya wonder, who influenced whom here as well, yes?

You can find the published version on Amazon. It's called The Adventures of Bishop Bonky. Dave claims he didn't have much to do with the comic...except he was the same guy who promoted it on the JREF forum and published it under his Society's banner!

So if there's any sartorial (ie fan service) talent in it, that'd be CLD's (Cecil Lamont Dwiggins, no doubt a fake name).

Off the top of my head, the protagonists are Dave's ex, Catherine, Dave's mortal nemesis, myself and his mortal nemesis' wife. Maybe Babbs, too.



It's very Dracula: Dead and Loving It, put it that way!

But there's a coupla interesting flicks from up your way, that have come out in the last few years. I'm talking Låt den rätte komma in and Frostbiten.

We have folks into similar stuff on notable hi-jinx pagan festival nites like Valpurgis nite, Mid-summer, etc where really drunken debauched sods skin cats, then burn them. Most woodsy oriented tree-huggin' heathen-pagans here also get their kicks humpin' them as well.



Not to my knowledge, but he apparently wanted to hold some orgy on Halloween a few years ago. It was covered by The Sun. There's also a sexual element prevalent in his Press coverage, not to mention the nekkid pics of Wiccan initiates he keeps on hand. You can see them in this video clip he did for a French broadcast, on his favourite topic, the Highgate Vampire.



Doubt it!

Tony, I thought the background soundtrack reminded me of whale mating calls, What I didn't expect is Dave comin' across soundin 'like a a lo-key laid-back imitation of Peter Sellers.

BTW, if he can't afford a hair cut I know several folks who cut hair here, they could style it to spiff up his appearance.. In every photo he appears in, he is always disheveled, as if he just woke up from a nightmare.

BTW, is that part of the 'look' to come across haggard from a hard day's nite chasin' spooks?

Hahaha! You'll also note that he's listed as a Luciferian guru, which is quite at odds with his Wiccan background. The funniest part of the video, I found, was having him stare wistfully through the Cemetery gates, as it reminds me of something he mentioned in a 2005 article:



This is from the same guy who claims



Yet, there he is, lurking outside the Cemetery gates. And he's also here promoting his autobiography, In the Shadow of the Highgate Vampire. His blog also mentions that he's got more TV interviews coming up, too.

All up, he has a very schizoid (and hypocritically deceptive) approach to the Business.



Or maybe the "vampirelike" ghost of Highgate?

I don't really care much for David's appearance. I don't think it's at all relevant to the Case. I mean, you could contrast it with his archnemesis' pompous look, but that wouldn't matter in the grand scheme of things, either. I'm more interested in what they actually have to say about the Case. And let's say there's a whole lotta dikkipoggy goin' on!



Sure, or forming magic circles in the rain, engaging in imaginary Halloween orgies, promoting himself, running a vanity press, and so forth. It's a pretty tough gig!

Uh Tony, BTW I assume ya heard of supper theater's with their theater in the round sort of 'thang', does Dave conduct his own version of this macabre theater of the absurd and charge for ring side seats?

I mean, he can charge admission to watch him do his wicca 'thang', yes? in that video with a nekkid gal lyin' on a pentagram, is that an extra-charge gig? Does he serve red-colored beverages to enhances the effect?

I heard of a bar drink called 'flat line' based on vodka + grenadine based syrup so that it floats on the vodka to give it that' flat line' effect, as if some body carked in a hospital ER and the EKG monitor went flat line.

I see all sorts of money spin opportunities here, I wonder if Dave will hire me as a consultant?...hehehe

You're almost making him sound like Anton LaVey there, jabbs!

I probably wouldn't go that far. But, maybe the theatrics of the Red Monkey Films hullabaloo and the blessing ceremony of Robin's grave might have a touch of that.

I know he has made acquaintance with those gothy, theatrical types. Think folk like French occultist, Jean-Paul Bourre and John Pope-de-Locksley, who's "head of the junior department of the Highgate Vampire Society" and also refers to himself as



As to your money-spinning ideas, isn't it funny how dollar signs tend to flash up when this Case is dealt with?

Ya know what Tony, if I was into all this wicca stuff I could really rake in some lolly here with a theater of the absurd supper club. Swedes dig all that kinky stuff. They usually go to off beat dives in Copenhagen to see it. Flashin' some flesh always draws a payin' krowd for the jaded types here.

There are a few shock-schlock artists who put on some truly bizzare art shows. In 1 case a goth-lookin' woman took a very risque simulated photo of a reverse fisting, if ya can picture that one. The local rag of a newspaper actually published it. Then we have the gal who did her gay version of 'ecce homo' depicting the baptism of Jesus by John The Baptist. This full frontal was also shown in Swedish papers.

If I can still find that link I will send it on to ya via pm. If yer wonderin' if Sweden is a sick society, I'd definitely say yes to all of Scandinavia.

Well, the Swedes do have a rep for being somewhat liberal, put it that way!

Oh, concerning the Highgate Vampire Society's "head of the junior department", there's two interesting things you should know about him.

1. Thinks he might be the reincarnation of Jack the Ripper. Oh, and believes he's related to Robin Hood. Among other folks.

2. When Dave was arrested for sending threatening voodoo dolls to police (among other charges), it was actually this bloke he was "protecting".

The more you delve into this thing, the whackier it gets.

THE HIGHGATE VAMPIRE and Sir Trusty Sam


Sir Sam , to save a maid, a vampire slew
A pretty tale, and quite a feat, if true
But some say there was no vampire, it is just a yarn
Told by Sir Sam , to folk, to give himself more charm


The vampire, saith Sam, lurked in a Highgate tomb
It came out to feed on blood on the night of the full moon
So Sam quaffed some nourishing broth and packed up his cross and stake
And went to hunt the vampire, where lesser souls might quake


He quickly spotted it, an undead creature on the prowl
It had two long yellow teeth and wore a nasty scowl
And so our valiant vampire hunter gave out a fearsome cry
“Behold the light!” he yelled and raised his stake up high


With frenzied thrusts Sam’s weapon gave it a nasty prod
The creature shouted “Ouch ! that hurt you stupid sod !”
Then fell down all a-dither , but it was still undead--
“Demn me and goodness gracious , it’s a spider !” poor Sam said


It was indeed a spider, of gigantic wopping size
It glared at Sam and Sam glared back, both in great surprise
Then suddenly it hissed horribly and turned into slimy goo
While Sam looked on aghast and said “Who the hell are you ?”


Then the slime changed into the maiden, the one he’d tried to save
Sam said “ ‘Tis I, your trusty knight ! ” but she just gave a little wave
And exploded in a dreadful mess all o’er the ghastly grave
And left poor Sam with naught to show except his broken stave !


Damiana

haha--I edited it a bit David! The storyline's a bit muddled but I am sure you get the idea!

Thought we could do with a change of subject--I await Stan n Oliver's critical ( and amusing) reviews! In fact that is an idea--I could write a poem about them! The owl and the pusseycat went to sea---etc....


barbara