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Sixteen-year-old American killer Roderrick Justin Ferrell founded a teenage cult in Murray, Kentucky known as the “Vampire Clan”. The cult teens believed they were vampires with Roderrick claiming he was a 500-year-old vampire named Vesago, a character he created for himself after becoming obsessed with a role-playing video game. Roderrick along with three other teenage cult members of the “Vampire Clan” traveled from Kentucky to Florida to pick 15-year-old Heather Wendorf, who wanted to run away from home and join the cult. However, things would turn deadly on the night of November 25, 1996, when Roderrick committed the double murders of Heather’s parents, Richard Wendorf and Naoma Ruth Queen. So, was Roderrick a mentally unstable teenager or was he just a sinister mind.
References:
Vampire Cult Murder Trial (FL v. Ferrell 1998) Court TV Archives

The Mind of a Murderer: Rod Ferrell the vampire obsessed teen death row's youngest (monstersandcritics.com)

'Vampire Cult' Killer Faces Hope Of Freedom Again After Resentencing Ends Life Term | HuffPost Latest News

'Vampire Murders' ringleader could go free in possible re-sentencing | Truecrimedaily.com

The 'Vampire' Murders: Tale of Twisted Teen Rod Ferrell - Horror Obsessive

The True Story of Rod Ferrell, The Killer Who Thought He Was A Vampire (ranker.com)

Rod Ferrell & 'The Vampire Clan' Killed Heather Wendorf's Parents | Crime News (oxygen.com)

10 Dark Facts About The Vampire Cult Killer Rod Ferrell - Listverse

’Vampire Killer’ keeps his life sentence (dailycommercial.com)

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In October of 1989, in the city of Brisbane, Australia, City Council worker 47 -year -old Edward Baldock was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack on the bank of a river in a suburb of the city. It was one of the most notorious crimes Brisbane has ever seen — and if not for one tiny clue left by the victim himself, it might have gone unsolved. The culprit was 24-year-old Tracey Wigginton, who believed that she was a vampire that needed to feed off human blood to survive. She led a band of three lesbians in her hunt to pursue a male victim to feast on. So, was this a mind born to be sinister killer or were there other forces at play that turned Tracey Wigginton into Brisbane’s Lesbian Vampire Killer.
References:
A Vampire, a Lesbian Lover and a Tale of Murder - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

Freed ‘Vampire Killer’ Tracey Wigginton who drank murdered grandad’s blood posts chilling ‘now panic because I'm back’ message on Facebook | The Sun

Tracey Wigginton | Deadly Women Wiki | Fandom

Vampire killer Tracey Wigginton ‘felt nothing’ during murder, confession reveals | Herald Sun

Clue that caught Brisbane’s ‘lesbian vampire killer’ Tracey Wigginton | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

Tracey Wigginton: New book reveals satanic lesbian vampire killer’s 6 faces | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

Lesbian vampire killer: Shock revelation in Brisbane’s infamous murder | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

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Friedrich Haarmann known as Fritz, was a notorious serial killer in Hannover, Germany in the early 1920’s. Working as a police informant, Fritz was able to carry out a killing spree right under the noses of the police, committing sexual assault, , mutilation, dismemberment, and murder of at least twenty-four young male vagrants between 1918 and 1924. He would kill these young males by biting through their throats in a kind of sexual frenzy. These horrific acts earned Fritz the name nicknames the “Vampire of Hannover” and the “Butcher of Hannover”. Rumors swirled around that he would peddle meat from his victims’ bodies as black-market pork at a very cheap price. His accomplice and lover, Hans Grans, was said to have sold the clothing of their victims. Fritz claimed that his lover Hans emotionally blackmailed him into killing the young males. So, was Fritz Haarmann a serial killer or had he been manipulated by his lover, Hans to commit murder. 

References:
Friedrich Haarmann | Photos | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

Fritz Haarmann: The Vampire of Hanover (the-line-up.com)

The Making of a Killer — Fritz Haarmann: The Butcher of Hannover — Crime Library

Fritz Haarmann: The Butcher of Hannover — The First Finds — Crime Library

The Victims of Fritz Haarmann Memorial – Hanover, Germany - Atlas Obscura

How These Notorious Serial Killers Were Really Caught (grunge.com)

Fritz Haarmann And The Grisly Story Behind The 'Vampire Of Hanover' (allthatsinteresting.com)

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 According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the most prolific female serial killer in the history of the world, is the Hungarian Countess, Elizabeth Bathory. In late 16th and early 17th centuries she tortured and killed anywhere between 50 to 650 young women for pure pleasure, and reportedly bathed in their blood to keep herself young and vibrant. These acts earning her the nickname “The Blood Countess” was allegedly one of the inspirations for Bram Stoker’s character Count Dracula. It took 35 years of her reigning terror over the citizens of Hungary before King Matthias II took any action against her. Even then, the punishment the bloody countess faced was nowhere near as cruel as what she did to her young female virgin victims. So, was this sinister countess created from her times or was she simply born to be a bloody terror. 

References:
Elizabeth Bathory: The Countess Who Bathed in Blood – StMU Research Scholars (stmuscholars.org)

The Crazy Real-Life Story Of History's Most Prolific Female Murderer (grunge.com)

Scary Facts About Elizabeth Bathory, History's Most Murderous Woman (ranker.com)

Elizabeth Bathory Biography – The ‘Blood Countess’ - Biographies by Biographics

Hungarian countesses’ torturous escapades are exposed (history.com)

The Blood Countess: 10 Facts About Elizabeth Báthory | History Hit

The bloody legend of Hungary’s serial killer countess (nationalgeographic.com)

Elizabeth Bathory - Death, Children & Facts (biography.com)

The True Story of Elizabeth Báthory “The Blood Countess” – Sons of Cain: A History of Serial Killers (wordpress.com) 

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Most people today are familiar with the writer Bram Stoker’s Dracula published in 1897. The story is that of a vampire named Count Dracula who feeds on human blood, hunting his victims and killing them in the dead of night. The book was that of Stoker’s own creation, but he in fact drew inspiration for the bloodthirsty vampire from a real-life man with an even more gruesome taste for blood: Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, or better known throughout history as Vlad the Impaler. The true history of Vlad the Impaler is far more sinister than anything written in Bram Stoker’s Dracula. He earned his formidable nickname for impaling more than 20,000 people and killing as many as 60,000 others during his bloody reign. So, was Vlad the Impaler a bloodthirsty killer or a ruthless defender of his throne.
References:
Vlad the Impaler | Biography, Dracula, Death, & Facts | Britannica

16 Horrifying Facts About Vlad The Impaler (ranker.com)

Vlad the Impaler: The real Dracula was absolutely vicious (nbcnews.com)

What was Vlad the Impaler’s childhood like? | Britannica

Vlad The Impaler, The Real Dracula With A Thirst For Blood (allthatsinteresting.com)

Vlad The Impaler: Dracula Namesake Cried Tears of Blood, Study Suggests : ScienceAlert

Vlad the Impaler may have cried tears of blood, chemical analysis of his letters finds | Live Science

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York is a walled medieval city in North Yorkshire, England, that was founded by the ancient romans in 71 AD. The city rich with history has quite a bloody one, suffering through the Black Death to the heads of enemies being displayed on spikes at the city’s entrance to being bombed in World War II. Yet, York is embedded with even more sinister secrets and purportedly laced with the most ghost hauntings in all of Europe. Such a ghost haunting is that of the children who were murdered at the York Industrial Ragged School in the mid- 19th century by the Schoolmaster George Primm. So, are these ghosts hauntings by the child victims of George Primm real or fictious.
References:
 Ghost Children of Bedern - Ghost Theory 

The Ghostly cries of the orphans can still be heard | Dr. Donald Ryles Paranormal & Unusual Blog---#1 Google Ranked (wordpress.com) 

Teaching the Poor: History of York 

Ragged school | Victorian Era, Poor Children, Charitable Institutions | Britannica 

The Ghostly Children of Bedern, York - Paranormal Daily News 

BBC - North Yorkshire - History - Haunted York 

York Ragged and Industrial Schools, Marygate, York, East Riding of Yorkshire (childrenshomes.org.uk) 

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In recent years many well-known nursery rhymes have been tied to suspected dark historical origins. Such a nursery rhyme is the English one, Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary that is often song by children who are playing. The nursey rhyme’s origins and actual meaning are disputed with many believing it has ties to a religious theme. But others argue that the children’s song is about governorship or even fertility. The name Mary has been used in several humorous nursery rhymes, but in the case of Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, some historians believe the person behind the little ditty is anything but humorous. This Mary might actually refer to the murderous queen: Queen Mary I of England or also known as Bloody Mary, the Catholic monarch who had over three-hundred Protestants burned at the stake for turning away from the Catholic faith. So, was Queen Mary I, a religious fanatic that turned into a mass killer or was she a religious crusader.
References:
The Real Meaning of the Nursery Rhyme "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" (americansongwriter.com)

Crazy King Henry: Did Anglicanism begin with lust and divorce? | Gerald McDermott (patheos.com)

The Mysterious and Dark Origins of 10 Classic Nursery Rhymes - Ripley's Believe It or Not! (ripleys.com)

The Dark and Mysterious Origins of 10 Classic Nursery Rhymes (mentalfloss.com)

The Dark Origins Of 13 Classic Nursery Rhymes | TheRichest

Mary I (history.com)

Mary Tudor - Death, Facts & Husband (biography.com)

Lady Jane Grey | Biography, Facts, & Execution | Britannica

8 Things You Might Not Know about Mary I | HISTORY

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Most fairytales have darker realities or cautionary themes lying underneath their cheerful exteriors. Some of the most famous fairytales are those written by the Grimm brothers, who’s stories are dark and filled with murder, mayhem, premarital sex, child abuse, incest, and wicked mothers. One of their most horrific tales is that of “Hansel and Gretel”, a story which nightmares are made of. The fairytale features famine, child abandonment, attempted cannibalism, enslavement, and murder. The origins of the story are equally — if not more — horrifying.
References-
Twisting Fairy Tales: The Dark Origin & Evolution of Hansel and Gretel — Caitlin Berve Author

The dark history behind Hansel and Gretel | SYFY WIRE

The Dark Side of the Grimm Fairy Tales | HISTORY

The Grim History Behind the Story of Hansel and Gretel - Bugged Space

The True Story Of 'Hansel And Gretel' That Will Haunt Your Dreams (allthatsinteresting.com)

Is Gretel and Hansel a True Story? Is the Film Based on Real Life Events? (thecinemaholic.com)

The Grim History Behind the Story of Hansel and Gretel - Bugged Space 

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Children’s literature has always been vital to society, helping young minds understand complex issues. Many literary experts believe that nursery rhymes often contain hidden meanings, references to historical events or were critical of the political and social climate of the day. Most people are familiar with the nursey rhyme: Do You Know the Muffin Man with its lyrics: Do you know the muffin man /The muffin man, the muffin man? /Do you know the muffin man/Who lives on Drury Lane?  There are different variations of the nursery rhyme, but they don’t deviate much from the original with its origins unclear. Different theories have emerged over the years of who the muffin man was. Many claim that the true story of the Muffin Man is a sinister one about a serial killer in 16th-century London. In this version of the story, The Muffin Man was a pastry chef who killed several of his rivals and more than a dozen children on a street in London called Drury Lane. So does this nursey rhyme have a sinister and dark origin or is it a simple cautionary song.
References:
The Surprising Origin Story of “Do You Know the Muffin Man” Nursery Rhyme - The Cognition Sentinel (supsalv.org)

The Dark History of the Nursery Rhyme “Do You Know the Muffin Man” | by Cindy Parmiter | Medium

The Muffin Man story — The song's origin discussed - OkayBliss

Is The "Muffin Man" Nursery Rhyme Actually About A Serial Killer? (allthatsinteresting.com)

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