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Published: Oct. 4, 2021, 6:12 p.m.

You might expect something like Crime Categories to appear in the index of the Encyclopedia of American Crime. Listed underneath that heading are a variety of crimes you\u2019d also expect to see: everything from arson and bank robberies to kidnapping, murder, and rape.\n
\n\nBut there were a couple of crimes I wasn\u2019t expecting, such as Spiritualism, which I discussed in the last episode. But the other shocker was vampires.\n
\n\nOf course, that was an entry I had to check out.\xa0\n
\n\nTurns out it wasn\u2019t referring to the stereotypical bloodsuckers pop culture has conditioned us to expect. It was about vice extortionists.\n
\n\nIf you\u2019re wondering what the heck that is, stick around. We\u2019ll be talking about those kinds of vampires --which are bloodsuckers in their own right-- as well as people who have committed murder under the delusion of being the more traditional vampires --blood-drinking and all-- in this episode of Haunting American True Crimes.
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\nWe examine three cases of killer vampires in particular:
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1. The Vampire of Sacramento Richard Trenton Chase
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2. James P. Riva, the vampire who murdered his own grandma with gold-tipped bullets
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3. Roderick Ferrell and his Kentucky Vampire Clan\xa0
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\n\n\nSources Referenced in This Episode
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\nThe Encyclopedia of American Crime
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\nThe Sacramento Bee, Jan. 30, 1978
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\nThe Sacramento Bee, Jan. 31, 1978
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\nSanta Cruz Sentinel, Oct. 27, 1981
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\nThe Boston Globe, Nov. 29, 1996
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\nThe Boston Globe, Dec. 8, 1996
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\nThe Palm Beach Post, Feb. 6, 1998
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\nThe Orlando Sentinel, Nov. 10, 2000
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\nhttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/51204/8-real-life-vampire-crimes\n\n
\n\nhttps://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/josephine-smith-self-proclaimed-vampire-allegedly-bit-69-year-old-man-outside-hooters-6466691\n
\n\nhttps://www.syfy.com/syfywire/vampire_arrested_in_flori\n
\n\n\nhttps://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-so-called-dracula-killer
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\n\n\n\nhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/face-chomping-vampire-attacks-geriatric-at-hooters/
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