Psychic Vampires

The Real World Of Vampires

Monday, November 24, 2008, in a Washington Post article By Monica Hesse (Self-Described Vampires Come Out of the Dark to See ‘Twilight’), Monica Hesse interviewed a self-proclaimed Psychic Vampire named Linda R., also known as Selket. She is in her thirties, lives in central Virginia and radiates warm approachability. If you needed a quarter to get on the bus, she is the stranger you would ask.

If you maintained eye contact for too long, she could quietly sip away at your energy, or prana, leaving you a little fatigued, because that is what empathic and psychic vampires feed on, and that is what Rabinowitz says she is. But she would never actually do that, because “good” vampires — both psychic and blood-consuming sanguinarians — operate under the Black Veil, a strict code of ethics that stipulates feeding only off willing donors or large crowds to reduce the negative effects on their victims.

In addition, Monica Hesse also interviewed a 27-year-old Washingtonian who is a blood drinking parasitic vampire whose condition, she says, is vampirism. She goes by the name “Scarlet” in the vampire community, but she – like many other vampires — does not allow her real name to be printed because she has not come out of the coffin in real life. “I really look at my condition as more of an energy deficiency because don’t always produce enough energy to sustain myself,” Scarlet says. She noticed this deficiency while a child, she says, and “awakened” as a vampire in her teens.

Scarlet explains occasionally she will need to take a little blood energy from her boyfriend. Just a teaspoon of blood, once every week or 10 days, and it is always collected with disposable single-use lancet. “Safety first, safety first’ she said. Feeding is “not as parasitic as people think,” she says. “It’s more of a reciprocal thing.” While she has an energy deficiency, she says, her boyfriend has an energy surplus. “He’d been a little hyperactive, and now he can actually sleep through the night.” It is almost medicinal for the both of us, she claims.

On the other hand, Linda R is just as discriminating when it comes to pyschic feeding. “I stay away from people with medical issues,” she says. “There’s just too much complex emotion there.” Also, no drunks, no druggies, no head cases, and “I try to stay away from people who are evil, basically.” Although she most often feeds from one willing donor (most often, her long-term partner), she can take in ambient energy from crowds, without people even realizing. Places such as Hard Times Cafe and Applebee’s can be good spots, she says, because of the positive energy.

Inside the World of Real Life Vampires

On November 28th 2009, ABC News Anchor John Quiñones (20/20)  aired a special taping where he introduces “Inside the Real Life Vampires” where he interviews people who say they are real vampires and NOT just fiction. (View the 20/20 Tape)

In Quinones interview he reveals it is a worldwide phenomena. There are communities of people in many places around the world who feed on human or animal blood. While they do not possess supernatural powers like Count Dracula and Edward Cullen, these individuals claim that it is a medical condition that requires them to consume blood in order to sustain themselves.