Howdy Paracast Forum. The last several shows that I’ve uploaded here have been pretty serious mysteries. Today we are going to take a U turn into something that does not deal with the UFO question, but does take a (sometimes pretty damn funny) look at the supernatural.
If you were around here about two years ago, you might recall my placing a note here about a Dark Matters show I had just completed with a fellow named David Farrant (UK) on the “Highgate Vampire” case. This is a purported “actual” vampire case that took place in Highgate Cemetery, London, England in 1970. It has become infamous through-out the world because of the feud that developed between the two principals … Sean Manchester and David Farrant. This feud spilled over into the Paracast for a short time until Gene and David banned the “crowd” from the Manchester faction. (Actually, from my experience with Manchester, it may have just been him under the anonymity of a pseudonym. (Manchester has a looooong history of internet stalking and attacks using pseudonyms.) You see, after failed attempts of trying to be the UK’s “Miss Cleo” back in the 60’s and 70’, and then touting himself as a “black magician” and then a British Lord, not to forget being an illegitimate offspring of “Lord Byron”, Manchester decided to be a “man of the cloth” and “Great Britian’s premier Vampire Hunter!”
I pissed this bunch off by trying to conduct an investigation into the claims that a genuine vampire stalked the London landscape back in the late 60’s and early 70’s looking to turn all of us into happy meals! Boy, did they take off after me. First they attacked me as a “war monger” because of my military service in Viet Nam, then they attacked all of America as “Imperialists” warmongers, etc. ad nauseum. Over many years they have managed to scare folks away from asking about this case by threats, internet stalking and various other means. I refused to be intimidated and began to crack the case. I spoke to many folks and learned for example, the “vampire victim” was named Jackie Cooper who Manchester’s first wife named as a co-respondent when she divorced him. Jackie “starred” in most of this hoax. Supposedly Manchester even filmed them having sex in a graveyard when he “filmed” his vampire epic prior to writing his “true” book on the Highgate Vampire.
There are many websites that take a really funny look at the almost 40 feud that still continues to this day. Here is a short list of websites if you care to take a look.
In Australia
Did A Wampyr Walk in Highgate?
Did a Wampyr Walk in Highgate?
In Great Britian
David Farrant’s Blog
The Human Touch
John Baldry’s Cat (Kind of like The Onion-pure satire)
John Baldry's Cat
The U. S.
Net Curtains Lurkers
Net Curtains Lurkers
Pure street theater in my opinion, but hilarious none the less.
I interviewed David Farrant in July, 2007 all about this case and it is fascinating. Of course there WAS no vampire, but when you hear some of the claims made by Manchester, it makes folks think about similar types of people in the UFO arena.
Also with this show is a paper I wrote (saved in PDF format) about my investigation into this case that you can download and read. (There is some funny stuff in there.) And of course the show with David Farrant.
The Highgate show is in 3 parts. There is a Prolog 01, Prolog 02, and then Farrant’s interview.
Document Temporarily Unavailable!
The show begins with part 01
https://www.theparacast.com/darkmatters/HighgateProlog01.mp3
part 02
https://www.theparacast.com/darkmatters/HighgateProlog02.mp3
and the main interview with David Farrant
https://www.theparacast.com/darkmatters/DavidFarrant.mp3
Now, I would really be remiss if I didn’t mention my wife wondered why in hell I put so much time and effort into this. I really don’t know except to say it simply pisses me off when somebody makes such outrageous claims and nobody is supposed to question it! And, when I did question it suddenly I am (in their eyes) Public Enemy Number 1!
Well, like I told John Lear once, “Hey Pal, let me give ya a little advice. NEVER go out of your way to piss off somebody who buys ink by the gallon and spends his free time in front of a microphone!” See what happens?
Decker
If you were around here about two years ago, you might recall my placing a note here about a Dark Matters show I had just completed with a fellow named David Farrant (UK) on the “Highgate Vampire” case. This is a purported “actual” vampire case that took place in Highgate Cemetery, London, England in 1970. It has become infamous through-out the world because of the feud that developed between the two principals … Sean Manchester and David Farrant. This feud spilled over into the Paracast for a short time until Gene and David banned the “crowd” from the Manchester faction. (Actually, from my experience with Manchester, it may have just been him under the anonymity of a pseudonym. (Manchester has a looooong history of internet stalking and attacks using pseudonyms.) You see, after failed attempts of trying to be the UK’s “Miss Cleo” back in the 60’s and 70’, and then touting himself as a “black magician” and then a British Lord, not to forget being an illegitimate offspring of “Lord Byron”, Manchester decided to be a “man of the cloth” and “Great Britian’s premier Vampire Hunter!”
I pissed this bunch off by trying to conduct an investigation into the claims that a genuine vampire stalked the London landscape back in the late 60’s and early 70’s looking to turn all of us into happy meals! Boy, did they take off after me. First they attacked me as a “war monger” because of my military service in Viet Nam, then they attacked all of America as “Imperialists” warmongers, etc. ad nauseum. Over many years they have managed to scare folks away from asking about this case by threats, internet stalking and various other means. I refused to be intimidated and began to crack the case. I spoke to many folks and learned for example, the “vampire victim” was named Jackie Cooper who Manchester’s first wife named as a co-respondent when she divorced him. Jackie “starred” in most of this hoax. Supposedly Manchester even filmed them having sex in a graveyard when he “filmed” his vampire epic prior to writing his “true” book on the Highgate Vampire.
There are many websites that take a really funny look at the almost 40 feud that still continues to this day. Here is a short list of websites if you care to take a look.
In Australia
Did A Wampyr Walk in Highgate?
Did a Wampyr Walk in Highgate?
In Great Britian
David Farrant’s Blog
The Human Touch
John Baldry’s Cat (Kind of like The Onion-pure satire)
John Baldry's Cat
The U. S.
Net Curtains Lurkers
Net Curtains Lurkers
Pure street theater in my opinion, but hilarious none the less.
I interviewed David Farrant in July, 2007 all about this case and it is fascinating. Of course there WAS no vampire, but when you hear some of the claims made by Manchester, it makes folks think about similar types of people in the UFO arena.
Also with this show is a paper I wrote (saved in PDF format) about my investigation into this case that you can download and read. (There is some funny stuff in there.) And of course the show with David Farrant.
The Highgate show is in 3 parts. There is a Prolog 01, Prolog 02, and then Farrant’s interview.
Document Temporarily Unavailable!
The show begins with part 01
https://www.theparacast.com/darkmatters/HighgateProlog01.mp3
part 02
https://www.theparacast.com/darkmatters/HighgateProlog02.mp3
and the main interview with David Farrant
https://www.theparacast.com/darkmatters/DavidFarrant.mp3
Now, I would really be remiss if I didn’t mention my wife wondered why in hell I put so much time and effort into this. I really don’t know except to say it simply pisses me off when somebody makes such outrageous claims and nobody is supposed to question it! And, when I did question it suddenly I am (in their eyes) Public Enemy Number 1!
Well, like I told John Lear once, “Hey Pal, let me give ya a little advice. NEVER go out of your way to piss off somebody who buys ink by the gallon and spends his free time in front of a microphone!” See what happens?
Decker