Eldorado Posted October 30, 2010 #1 Share Posted October 30, 2010 (edited) A great story of how children reacted to feeling threatened 50 years ago. "Hundreds of children were marauding between the tombstones and the city was gripped with terror. A vampire had been spotted in the cemetery. Some of the brave monster-hunters were armed with makeshift weapons and dogs. Most, though, were armed with nothing more sinister than a fertile imagination, fuelled by the magic of cinema and the wonder of American comics. This might sound like a scene from Twilight or one of the other vampire films that have been sweeping the box office, but it's actually a Gorbals policeman recalling a night in Glasgow's southern Necropolis 47 years ago. Teams of hysterical schoolchildren had staked out the graveyard and crypts in the hunt for a truly terrifying figment of collective hysteria. There was a ghoul in the Gorbals. It had iron teeth. It had taken two boys. And they were out to get it." Full story at source: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/editors-choice/2010/03/27/before-hollywood-went-vampire-crazy-scots-kids-hunted-them-in-graveyard-86908-22142179/ How times have changed. Edited October 30, 2010 by Eldorado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted October 31, 2010 Author #2 Share Posted October 31, 2010 http://potrzebie.blogspot.com/2010/03/ec-comics-gorbals-vampire.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a nice cup of tea Posted October 31, 2010 #3 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Wow I wish I could hear the radio doco, it sounds really interesting. Thanks for posting this. Im going to see if I can find it on the BBC website 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted November 1, 2010 Author #4 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Wow I wish I could hear the radio doco, it sounds really interesting. Thanks for posting this. Im going to see if I can find it on the BBC website Link to the Radio Programme... http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rmt00 Link to pics and video... http://potrzebie.blogspot.com/2010/03/ec-comics-gorbals-vampire.html http://techland.com/2010/03/23/the-gorbals-vampire-the-bible-not-horror-comics-to-blame-for-real-life-vamp-hunt/ http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/2010/03/1954-year-britain-got-horrors-over.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGirl Posted November 13, 2010 #5 Share Posted November 13, 2010 i can't believe i wasted three minutes on this silliness. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted November 13, 2010 Author #6 Share Posted November 13, 2010 i can't believe i wasted three minutes on this silliness. At least it's a true story, unlike most of the tales in this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGirl Posted November 13, 2010 #7 Share Posted November 13, 2010 At least it's a true story, unlike most of the tales in this forum. point taken lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoonmai Posted November 14, 2010 #8 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Metal Fang-Nikolai Dzhumagaliev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sareau Posted December 20, 2010 #9 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Actually, the Slavic vampire is often said to have iron teeth and claws, to dig itself from it's grave. Odd the belief made it's way across the continent... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hound Posted December 20, 2010 #10 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Thanks for sharing. Appreciate you taking the time to do so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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