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ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN 2009 UNEARTHED A SKELETON

THAT HAD A BRICK THRUST INTO THE MOUTH.

AND PROBABLY EVIDENCE OF A VERY REAL VAMPIRE REMEDY.

THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A LOCAL TRADITION

TO STOP HER VAMPIRIC ATTACKS.

VAMPIRISM FLOURISHES THROUGHOUT HISTORY AND CONTINUES TODAY.

THERE HAVE BEEN THOSE

WHO PSYCHOLOGICALLY FEEL THE NEED TO DRINK BLOOD.

PEOPLE DO BELIEVE IN REAL VAMPIRES TODAY.

THERE ARE CREATURES SCIENCE REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE.

BUT NEW TECHNOLOGY MAKES US QUESTION WHAT IS REAL.

BACK AWAY FROM THE GIRL!

ENTER A REALM WHERE FACT MEETS FICTION...

IT'S REAL! I SAW IT!

...SCIENCE MEETS LEGEND.

SHOOT IT!

AAH!

AUTHORITIES ARE NOW INVESTIGATING

WHAT APPEARS TO BE YET ANOTHER INCIDENT

RELATED TO THE RASH OF MYSTERIOUS MURDERS

AND DISAPPEARANCES THAT HAVE PLAGUED THE AREA.

THE ASSAULT HAPPENED AT ABOUT 2:00 A.M.

OUTSIDE THIS LOCAL CONVENIENCE STORE.

SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE SHOWS A CUSTOMER EXIT THE STORE

AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY GET ATTACKED

BY AN UNKNOWN ASSAILANT.

WE WARN YOU-- WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE IS DISTURBING.

AT THIS TIME, POLICE ARE CONTINUING THEIR SEARCH

FOR BOTH VICTIM AND ASSAILANT.

THE IDENTITY OF THE ATTACKER REMAINS UNKNOWN.

IS THAT THE "BEFORE" SHOT?

YEAH, COME ON IN. YEAH, COME ON AROUND.

I WANT TO SEE YOU GUYS WALKING IN THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR, OKAY?

THIS IS IT--

THE REDDING FAMILY ENTERING INTO THEIR NEW LIVES.

GO AHEAD, BUDDY.

THIS DOOR WON'T OPEN!

JUST-- JUST REALLY, REALLY PUT YOUR SHOULDER INTO IT.

YOU CAN DO IT.

THIS HOUSE DOESN'T WORK! NO, IT'S OKAY.

IT'S FINE. JUST REALLY GIVE IT EVERYTHING YOU GOT.

IT'S-- IT'S VERY TRICKY.

I THINK THE KID WAS DOING BETTER.

WHY DON'T YOU PUT HIM IN THERE?

YOU WANT TO TRY IT?

"I'LL JUST PUT IT ON THE LIST." YEAH, THE LIST.

HOW MANY THINGS DO WE HAVE ON THAT LIST NOW?

I STOPPED COUNTING AT 462, ALL RIGHT?

AFTER LOSING HIS JOB TO ECONOMIC DOWNSIZING,

DENNIS REDDING MOVED HIS WIFE, SARAH,

AND THEIR 9-YEAR-OLD SON, EDDIE, INTO THIS ADMITTED FIXER-UPPER.

HE DOCUMENTED THE RENOVATIONS, HIS FOOTAGE REFLECTING

THEIR DETERMINATION TO MAKE THE BEST OF THE SITUATION.

THEIR BIGGEST FEAR AT THE TIME WAS EDDIE ADJUSTING

AFTER SOME POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS BOUTS WITH SLEEPWALKING.

BUT THIS FAMILY WOULD SOON DISCOVER

THERE WAS MUCH MORE TO FEAR INSIDE THIS OLD HOUSE.

THIS PLACE IS HORRIBLE, RUGGLES.

Ruggles... what's that?

HEY, I THOUGHT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE FIXING UP THIS ROOM.

I HATE THIS PLACE.

WELL, MAYBE IF YOU WOULD UNPACK SOME OF THESE BOXES

AND PUT SOME STUFF OUT, IT'D START LOOKING LIKE HOME.

IT'S CREEPY. I'M HEARING WEIRD NOISES.

HEY. WHY'D YOU PUT THAT THERE?

WELL, REMEMBER HOW YOU USED TO SLEEPWALK?

JUST-- IT'S A NEW PLACE,

AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE SAFE, YOU KNOW?

I WANT TO BE ABLE TO KEEP AN EYE ON YOU.

MOM, I HAVEN'T DONE THAT SINCE I WAS 8.

I WANT TO BE TREATED LIKE A BIG KID.

I KNOW, AND YOU ARE.

CAN WE JUST HAVE IT UP FOR ME, JUST SO I CAN SLEEP EASIER?

ALL RIGHT.

HOW ABOUT A TREAT FOR YOU AND RUGGLES?

COME ON.

HEY, HEY. CAREFUL WITH THAT.

THAT WAS A NICE GIFT FROM GRANDMA.

AH.

THE BROADEST DEFINITION OF A VAMPIRE

IS AN ENTITY OR A PERSON, LIVING OR DEAD,

WHO TAKES YOUR LIFE-FORCE.

AMONG THE GREAT CHARACTERISTICS OF VAMPIRISM

IS THE VAMPIRE'S NEED TO FEED ON BLOOD.

AND THIS BLOODLUST

IS JUST THE SINGLE MOST POWERFUL IMAGE OF THE VAMPIRE.

IN THE EASTERN EUROPE VAMPIRE CULT,

THE VAMPIRES LOOKED A LOT LIKE THEY LOOKED IN LIFE.

IN FOLKLORE AROUND THE WORLD,

WE FIND VAMPIRE ENTITIES WHO ARE MORE DEMONIC.

THEY'RE MONSTROUS.

FILM AND FICTION HAS GIVEN US ANOTHER KIND OF VAMPIRE--

LITERALLY, A CORPSE THAT GETS UP AND WALKS.

A SORT OF CREATURE OF THE NIGHT,

LURKING SOMEWHERE,

AND NOT ONLY IN OUR DEEPEST FEARS,

BUT SOMEWHERE ON THE MARGIN BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.

HONEY, HONEY. WHAT'S THE MATTER?

THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE ROOM.

NO, HONEY. THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE ROOM!

IT'S JUST A BAD DREAM, BUDDY.

MONSTER IN THE ROOM!

MONSTER-- OKAY. MONSTER.

THERE'S NO MONSTERS UNDER THE BED.

MONSTERS LOVE THE CLOSET.

THEY DON'T LOVE THIS ONE, THOUGH.

IT'S A BAD CLOSET FOR MONSTERS.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK

THAT THERE'S ANY MONSTERS IN THERE, CHAMP.

I-IS THAT-- IS THAT WHAT YOU HEARD?

IS THAT IT? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS?

THAT'S PROBABLY JUST SOMETHING LIKE RACCOONS OR SOMETHING,

JUST SCURRYING AROUND UP IN THE ATTIC.

CAN I SLEEP IN YOUR ROOM, THEN?

NO, NO, NO. I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.

YOU'RE GETTING A LITTLE OLD FOR IT.

MAYBE JUST TONIGHT HE COULD STAY IN OUR ROOM.

LET'S GO, SWEETIE. MOMMY'S HERE.

NO. YES, DENNIS.

THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT ANIMALS IN NATURE

THAT FEED ON BLOOD--

MOSQUITOS, TICKS, LEECHES.

THE VAMPIRE BAT IS, OF COURSE,

ONE OF THE VERY FEW ANIMALS ON EARTH

THAT ACTUALLY CAN LIVE ON BLOOD

AND DERIVE ITS PRIMARY NUTRITION AND CALORIES FROM BLOOD.

ALTHOUGH WE ASSOCIATE THEM WITH FEEDING ON HUMAN BLOOD,

OF COURSE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY EVOLVED

TO FEED ON THE BLOOD OF HOOFED ANIMALS.

IN THE KIND OF CLASSIC "DRACULA" MOVIES,

YOU SEE LARGE CANINES,

BUT IN SOME OTHER MOVIES, LIKE "NOSFERATU,"

YOU SEE VERY SHARP, LONG INCISORS.

VAMPIRE BATS-- THEY ACTUALLY HAVE BOTH.

THEY HAVE LARGE CANINES AND LONG INCISORS.

THEY WILL TAKE THE LONG, SHEARING CANINES

TO SHEAR THE HAIR OFF THE SURFACE,

AND THEN THEY'LL USE THOSE SHARP INCISORS

TO PUNCTURE THE SKIN.

VAMPIRE BATS WILL DRINK HALF THEIR WEIGHT IN BLOOD

IN A 20-MINUTE FEEDING IF THEY'RE ABLE TO.

RUGGLES.

RUGGLES?

IS THAT YOU?

RUGGLES, ARE YOU DOWN THERE?

RUGGLES?

MAN, THIS PLACE IS WORSE THAN I THOUGHT.

IT'S JUST NEVER-ENDING.

DENNIS, I AM REALLY WORRIED ABOUT EDDIE.

OH, OH. WHAT'S NEW?

DENNIS!

WHAT?

LOOK WHAT HE DID TO RUGGLES.

STUFFED TOYS, ANYWAY. BABE, THIS IS NOT NORMAL.

THIS AND LAST NIGHT-- SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT WITH HIM.

NO, NO. LAST NIGHT WAS JUST A BAD DREAM.

IT'S JUST THAT HE'S IN THIS NEW PLACE, ALL RIGHT?

AND THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON.

IT'S GONNA BE OKAY, ALL RIGHT?

I'M GONNA INCLUDE HIM IN EVERYTHING I DO AROUND HERE.

I REMEMBER FIXING THINGS WITH MY DAD, AND I LOVED IT.

I PROMISE YOU-- WE'RE GONNA BE SO CLOSE AT THE END OF THIS.

OKAY.

HEY, MR. SQUIRREL,

WAS THAT YOU MAKING ALL THAT NOISE LAST NIGHT?

DO YOU KNOW WHERE RUGGLES IS?

HEY, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

RUGGLES, ARE YOU DOWN HERE?

GOD.

OKAY.

LET'S SEE WHAT WE FIND ON THE OLD SNAKE CAM.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE.

OKAY.

WHO ARE YOU?

OH! YOU SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

TRYING TO GET RID OF YOUR VERMIN.

WHAT'S VERMIN?

UM...VERMIN'S LIKE SQUIRRELS OR RACCOONS OR RATS

OR ANY KIND OF ANIMAL THAT COMES AND GETS IN YOUR HOUSE.

AND THING IS, THEY CARRY DISEASES,

AND THEY CAN MAKE YOU SICK,

SO WE WANT TO GET THEM OUT OF HERE BEFORE THEY DO THAT.

THIS IS MY SNARE POLE.

NOW, SEE THIS END HERE?

THIS END GOES AROUND THEIR NECK.

AND WHAT HAPPENS IS I SNEAK UP ON THEM.

AND WHEN I HAVE THIS AROUND THEIR NECK...

SICK.

...I PULL, HUH? HUH?

WHAT WAS THAT?

YOU HEAR THAT? THAT'S THEM.

OH, HEY, LISTEN, GIVE ME SOME SPACE, OKAY?

I'VE GOT TO GET THIS WHILE I HEAR THEM RIGHT THERE.

SO MAYBE GO FIND YOUR MOM OR DAD, OKAY?

THANKS. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, YOU.

LET'S SEE.

OHH.

OKAY, LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT HERE.

WHOA.

WHAT A MESS.

WHAT THE HELL ARE THOSE THINGS?

COME OUT, COME OUT, WHEREVER YOU ARE.

WHAT THE HELL?

UGH!

THE MOST FAMOUS VAMPIRE OF ALL TIME

IS COUNT DRACULA,

WHO FIRST APPEARED IN LITERARY FORM IN 1897.

BUT IS THIS CREATURE OF THE NIGHT PURELY FICTIONAL,

OR IS THERE A REMNANT OF FACT TO THIS NOTORIOUS VILLAIN?

WE DIG UP THE DIRT ON DRACULA WHEN "LOST TAPES" CONTINUES.

AUTHOR BRAM STOKER BASED HIS FICTIONAL DRACULA

ON THE REAL-LIFE ROMANIAN PRINCE VLAD TEPES,

ALSO KNOWN AS "VLAD THE IMPALER."

HE EARNED HIS MONIKER BY KILLING, ENSLAVING,

AND, YES, IMPALING THOUSANDS

DURING HIS VIOLENT REIGN IN THE MID-1400s.

HIS ROMANIAN SURNAME, "DRACULEA,"

MEANS "SON OF THE DRAGON."

THAT'S COOL.

EDDIE, WATCH OUT.

JUST BACK UP A LITTLE BIT, HONEY.

NO, NO, NO, NO. HEY. HEY, EDDIE.

WANT TO GIVE IT A TRY? YEAH!

YEAH, ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. TAKE THAT. NOW, HOLD ON.

JUST BE CAREFUL, BABE.

I WANT TO GET THIS ON THE CAMERA HERE.

ARE YOU READY? YEAH.

1...2...3!

COME ON, YOU CAN DO IT. HIT IT!

YEAH!

OH, AWESOME.

YEAH!

SEE? IT'S FUN.

WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH ELECTRICITY, EDDIE,

YOU GOT TO BE REALLY, REALLY CAREFUL BECAUSE IF YOU-- AAAH!

DAD! DAD!

IT'S NOT FUNNY.

HONEY, WHAT IS GOING ON?

NOTHING. WE'RE JUST HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF FUN.

DID THE EXTERMINATOR COME BACK?

BACK? I DIDN'T KNOW HE LEFT. HIS TRUCK'S BEEN HERE ALL DAY.

HUH. WELL, MAYBE YOU SHOULD FIND HIM.

ALL RIGHT.

OKAY, I'LL GO CHECK UP IN THE ATTIC.

WATCH OUT FOR RACCOONS.

OKAY.

EDDIE, GO CHECK THE BASEMENT.

BASEMENT?

YEAH, THE BASEMENT.

THERE MAY BE SOME NATURAL MEDICAL EXPLANATIONS

TO EXPLAIN AT LEAST SOME VAMPIRE CASES,

ESPECIALLY FROM EARLIER TIMES

WHEN PEOPLE'S UNDERSTANDING OF DISEASE AND ILLNESS

WAS VERY LIMITED.

THE PALENESS OF TUBERCULOSIS,

THE COUGHING UP OF BLOOD WERE SYMPTOMS

THAT COULD EASILY BE EQUATED WITH TRADITIONAL VAMPIRISM.

AND SOMETIMES, WHEN THE OUTBREAK REACHED HYSTERICAL PROPORTIONS,

THERE WOULD BE A POPULAR MOVEMENT TO DIG UP A CORPSE.

THEY MIGHT FIND, DUE TO JUST SIMPLE DECOMPOSITION,

BLOOD IN THE MOUTH OF A CORPSE

BECAUSE THE GASES HAD FORCED BLOOD UPWARD.

AND THIS WOULD BE INTERPRETED

AS PROOF THAT THE CORPSE WAS A VAMPIRE.

WE FEAR VAMPIRES BECAUSE WE FEAR THE DARK.

WE FEAR THE UNKNOWN.

WE FEAR THE SUPERSTITIOUS SIDE OF OUR NATURE

AND THE HORROR OF LIVING FOREVER WITHOUT OUR SOUL.

MISTER?

W-WHERE ARE YOU?

UGH! MY CAMERA.

H-HELLO?

MISTER?

M-MISTER?

ARE-- ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

MOM! MOM! MOM!

MOM, HE'S COMING!

HONEY, WHAT IS THE MATTER?

HE'S COMING!

HELP ME!

OH, MY GOD!

DENNIS!

WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN HERE?

JUST GET HIM OUT OF HERE!

GET HIM OUT!

OH, MY GOD! COME ON!

HURRY! HURRY!

THERE'S ANOTHER ONE!

HURRY, MOM! HURRY, HURRY, HURRY!

AAH!

OH, MY!

DENNIS!

HURRY, HURRY, MOM!

HURRY, HURRY! HE'S COMING! HE'S COMING!

IT WON'T OPEN!

SARAH! SARAH!

GET INSIDE!

HURRY, HURRY, HURRY!

LET ME IN, SARAH! SARAH, IT'S ME!

GET IN!

GET OUT OF HERE!

OH, MY GOD!

GET DOWN!

OH, MY GOD!

HOW MANY OF THEM DID YOU SEE?

THREE, DAD! THERE WERE THREE!

OH, MY GOD!

OH, MY GOD!

WE'RE OKAY.

THE REDDING FAMILY

BRAVELY MANAGED TO ESCAPE THEIR ENCOUNTER.

THE BODY OF EXTERMINATOR STAN POLONSKI WAS RECOVERED,

MYSTERIOUSLY DRAINED OF BLOOD.

POLICE CONDUCTED A THOROUGH SEARCH OF THE HOUSE,

AND THOUGH THE MYSTERIOUS NESTS WERE LOCATED,

NO UNKNOWN CREATURES WERE FOUND.

MONTHS LATER, SIMILAR ATTACKS WERE REPORTED

IN A MINING VILLAGE 60 MILES NORTH.

THESE NEW REPORTS PROMPTED A REINVESTIGATION

OF THE REDDING CASE

TO DETERMINE IF THESE EVENTS ARE ISOLATED PHENOMENA

OR IF THEY LIVE AMONG US.

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