The following is not a comprehensive list of real-vampire websites, but includes only (1) the more informative sites and (2) the oldest sites, listed for historical value. Views expressed on the following sites are not necessarily endorsed by me. For definitions of the types of vampirism by which most of the sites are classified, see my "Tentative conclusions" article. (Note that the types are not mutually exclusive; they overlap heavily.)

1. General real vampirism pages, without a specific focus:

• Nocturnal Visions, a very comprehensive site run by Dark Mistress and Immaculate Deception.
• Real Vampires Home Page, maintained by Inanna Arthen, a.k.a. Vyrdolak. One of the most influential realvamp sites, founded summer 1997, now being revised. (See also her article Real Vampires, in Fireheart No. 2.)
• so you want to be a vampyre? by ryssa. See also So you want to be a Vampyre?, on the home page of Cynthia, Damned! Ye who enter here. One of the oldest online articles.
• Vampirism Research Institute, run by Liriel McMahon, who tends to assume psychosomatic explanations. One of the older sites.

2. Sanguinarians and other blood-drinkers:

• Sanguinarius: The Vampire Support Page, one of the best-known sites in the Internet vampiric community, founded in 1997. The first site to feature practical tips for blood vamps, as far as I'm aware.
• A Theory on Real Vampirism by Sasha, who has been active on Internet vampire message boards since April 1997. She set up her website that summer, independently of Vyrdolak's and Sangi's which were set up within 3 months of each other.
• Bela Lugosi's Dead: A Dissertation on the Modern Vampire by Suzi, at Blood Dance. Written in 1996.
• Vampires at Holly's Haven
• Aluka's House
• See also my separate listing of blood fetishism sites on my Blood-Drinker's Resource Page.

3. Psychic vampires and other energy hungerers:

• Lolandrea's Psi-Vampires Site, for which here is a mirror site.
• A new Psychic Vampires site, which looks like it's going to become very informative.
• The incomplete remains of a pioneering Psychic Vampires site, which was very influential in the online vampiric community in early 1998.
• The Blue, which has recently been dismantled, as explained here. Needless to say, the majority of online psivamps would not agree with Waste67's present views, although many have struggled with their condition.
• Vampirism page at Psyvampyr's site.
• Ad for the book Vampires: Emotional Predators by Daniel Rhodes & Kathleen Rhodes, published by Prometheus Books. (A psychiatric view of psychic vampirism. Note that self-described psychic vampires do not necessarily manifest the obnoxious behaviors described in this book, which are more likely to be characteristic of unconscious/latent or "unevolved" psivamps. And even unconscious psivamps may attract attention and/or energy in more benevolent ways.)

4. Sites which advocate or assume the idea that blood vamps and psivamps are essentially the same:

• SonjaBlue's Vampire Information Pages at La Page de L'Ange Noire. Lots of info, especially on psychic matters.
• Born Again Vampires. maintained by Darkcrw. One of the more down-to-earth of the sites that existed in 1997, skeptical of then-prevalent claims of greatly extended lifespan, etc. One of the first sites to state that quite a few vamps are subject to certain mundane diseases.
• Darkness of the Light, maintained by Atsirhc Leasre
• AngelBitMe's Vampire Information & Education Website (V.I.E.W.). Played a key role in building the Internet vampiric community in early 1998 and was then temporarily dismantled.
• Vampires at Fevered Dreams and Fitful Sleep

5. History and personal accounts of the online vampiric community:

• Truth is stranger than fiction on Sarrah/Sabrina/Aerisephira's site In Dreams of Darkness. A personal account of what the Internet "real vampire" scene was like in 1997, when it was dominated by tellers of tall tales, before the emergence of today's more down-to-earth Internet vampiric community in winter 1997/98. Originally written in February 1998; revised subsequently.
• alt.culture.vampires FAQ
• The Vampire Community on Sasha's site A Theory on Real Vampirism. Apparently written summer 1998?
• My own About the Internet vampiric community page, of which the first section, dealing with the community's early history, was added in mid-October 1998.
• "The Beginning to the Present Time" on Sangi's articles page, on Sanguinarius: The Vampire Support Page. Written late October 1998.
• About Your Hosts by Dark Mistress and Immaculate Deception, on Nocturnal Visions. Written late September 1998.

6. Sites or articles featuring hard-to-believe claims such as extreme longevity. (I have not included most of the many such sites, but only those that have had a significant impact on the online vampiric community or are otherwise especially interesting.)

• Brian Chabot's Grim Reaper's Vampire Page, including an account of how he was "turned" by a woman claiming to be an immortal vampire, plus an essay So What is it Like to be a Vampire?. See also Vampires: The Real Thing by Brian Chabot, with a forward by Emrys, at the net.Vampyric
• Vampiric Studies Home Page, maintained by Catherene, who formerly hosted a Manhattan cable TV show, Vampyres, then left New York in early 1998. Her claims were an object of much controversy in alt.vampyres in the fall of 1997. As far as I can tell, Catherene's site is the origin of the categorization system ("Classical," "Inheritor," etc.) also found on some other sites.
• Vampires at Garden of Darkness, a collection including a much fought-about article The Truth by Devilrhyms.
• Home Page of Psion425, including both a more up-to-date version of The Truth ("Theory #1") by Devilrhyms and another much fought-about article, "Theory #2", on vampire "symbionts" by Shadowlkr1. Note: The electical device described in Shadowlkr1's article is very dangerous and more likely to result in electrocution than a "cure."

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