Highgate Vampire

Erin Chapman returns to England a year after her previous visit in search of vampires. She meets a Highgate Vampire blogger and digs for articles through the British Library's microfilm collection. What did she find? [read more]

In this long-awaited sequel to "Cemetery Logistics: How I Tracked The Highgate Vampire" (April 4, 2015), Erin Chapman reveals how she uncovered holes in Sean Manchester's claim to hunting a vampire at Highgate Cemetery. [read more]

In this long-awaited sequel to "5 Reasons Why a Wampyr Didn't Walk in Highgate" (Feb. 27, 2015), Erin Chapman casts another critical eye over Sean Manchester's claim that a vampire stalked Highgate Cemetery in 1970. [read more]

Erin Chapman's "5 Reasons a Wampyr Didn't Walk in Highgate" took three months to write---Vamped's most ambitious article to date. Here's the "Making Of"; a behind-the-scenes discussion about the article's origins. [read more]

Forty five years ago today, Sean Manchester, President of the British Occult Society, publicly proclaimed that Highgate Cemetery was haunted by a vampire. A mass vampire hunt soon followed. Erin Chapman investigates. [read more]