Lust for Blood: The Consuming Story of Vampires

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Summary: Appealing to the Guilty Occultist Within
Review: Not necessarily a cerebral read, but very interesting stories of those past and present with blood fetishes. Like a good ghost story, but true (as far as we know). Good history of sickos & murderers.

Rating:
Summary: Appealing to the Guilty Occultist Within
Review: Not necessarily a cerebral read, but very interesting stories of those past and present with blood fetishes. Like a good ghost story, but true (as far as we know). Good history of sickos & murderers.

Rating:
Summary: Real "vampires" in the real world
Review: This book is really not so much about the vampires of legend, lore and popular fiction as it is about the history of human beings who have had a "Lust for Blood." In other words, Olga G. Hoyt is concerned with blood fetishes. Like similar books which try to deal clincially with "vampires," this book makes a good case but most of us will not find it as fascinating as we do the stuff Bram Stoker, Anne Rice, Laurell K. Hamilton and Joss Whedon have been coming up with. However, if you are interested in medical/psychological approaches to vampirism, this book is as good a place to start as any.

Rating:
Summary: Real "vampires" in the real world
Review: This book is really not so much about the vampires of legend, lore and popular fiction as it is about the history of human beings who have had a "Lust for Blood." In other words, Olga G. Hoyt is concerned with blood fetishes. Like similar books which try to deal clincially with "vampires," this book makes a good case but most of us will not find it as fascinating as we do the stuff Bram Stoker, Anne Rice, Laurell K. Hamilton and Joss Whedon have been coming up with. However, if you are interested in medical/psychological approaches to vampirism, this book is as good a place to start as any.