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#94 / Charles Christian on Werewolves, Vampires and the Wold Newton Triangle

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The Highgate Vampire Vigil in Leeds

The idea was that on St. Mark's Eve between around 11 and 1 in the morning for like either side of the midnight hour you would see the ghosts or shades I suppose there'd be doppelgangers of everyone who was going to be buried in the churchyard over the coming 12 months. Well it was exactly yeah. Funny enough, Leeds, Leeds University is part of the buildings are surrounding a graveyard and there's one hall of residence which is on cantilevers so it's sitting on the graveyard wall and overhangs it both sides. That's a particularly spooky place but interestingly  the Beatles used to sing about he had a circus. For the benefit of Mr K

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