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In the late 1960's and early 1970's in London a series of sightings and encounters in and around Highgate Cemetery lead a number of people to believe that a vampire was stalking the local area. As investigators began to document eye-witness reports the speculation soon reached the national media and it wasn't long before a local frenzy ensued. Drawing from independent sources, as well as from the accounts relayed by the central figures themselves, this episode of UK Paranormal Files recounts the story of the Hunt For The Highgate Vampire.
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@chrisk7082 2 месяца назад

This is a great account of the story of the Highgate Vampire and its protagonists. Well researched and very thorough. Well done!!! Really enjoyed it. .. as teenagers we used to go to the cemetery the day before or after Halloween to avoid the usual crowds and the large police presence. We never saw anything and respected the graves. We just wandered around to get spooked. A couple of years ago I was driving towards the Gatehouse Pub late at night, I saw a figure crouched in the middle of the road, thinking it was a drunk or someone with mental health problems I slowed down and was going to ask if they were ok, I stopped by the crouched figure and got a better look. It was a lightly dressed person with very long hair that completely covered their face. I couldn’t tell if they were male or female, I did however feel very uneasy and was spooked as the figure was completely still. I drove off feeling that I didn’t want to talk to the figure as there was something telling me to leave well alone. I’m not saying it was anything paranormal, but I felt a strong sense that I needed to get away. I posted this story as a comment in another RU-vid video relating to the vampire legend. I got a reply from David Farrant’s widow who said she had heard a very similar story about a very similar figure sitting in the road near the Gatehouse pub.

@ukparanormalfiles Месяц назад

Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed it!

@captainbluegill3357 3 года назад

This was outstanding coverage of the Highgate phenomena. thanks for all your efforts to research the subject in depth

@ukparanormalfiles 3 года назад

Thanks very much, Captain!

@p.j4545 Год назад

It's the most beautiful graveyard i have ever seen.

@chrisk7082 2 месяца назад

The guided tour of the West cemetery is a real must. The guides are great and give you a history of the cemetery and those buried there. It’s not the done thing to ask about the Vampire story. However on one tour I did mention it to the guide. Surprisingly she showed us a vault that was supposed to be the very vault that the vampire was reputed to have inhabited. Maybe she was joking or just being mischievous? It was very interesting though.

@Grandmastergav86 2 года назад

I love this story, the cemetery itself is staggeringly beautiful in an unconventional sense of course. As for Vampirism, who knows? London has long been a hotbed for occult worship and SRA I'm inclined to think it's more a case of bored rich people relishing power they exert over plebians leading to the debauched behaviour rather than any literal "demonology". There's a ton of masonic graves in the cemetery itself...

@ukparanormalfiles 2 года назад

Thanks very much for watching and taking the time to comment

@LeniWLenihan79 2 месяца назад

Im glad youve covered this graveyard with the vampire. Its been locked off for a long time . Thought was to investigate this graveyard but its just stories.

@billwalsh2770 Месяц назад

Well done !

@spiritualdestiny2457 Месяц назад

Thankyou for sharing. 🧛‍♂👻👍

@Radnacs 4 года назад

Hey man your videos are really good, thanks for everything!

@ukparanormalfiles 4 года назад

Thanks very much, I really appreciate it!!

@grahamdalrymple8483 13 дней назад

Wow!!! Just discovered this channel, absolutely fantastic. Well researched and presented. What happened tho? No new content??? Your stuff is too good to stop!!!❤

@harrison6082 4 года назад

1:28:08 That is a very smart insight. I would have not thought of that. Well done!

@ukparanormalfiles 4 года назад

Thanks very much!

@askwhy2030 2 года назад

You did GREAT WORK on this. Thank You!!

@ukparanormalfiles 2 года назад

Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed it and I appreciate you commenting too!

@suziq1963 4 года назад

I honestly don't know what to think about the existence of vampires.. I had never heard of this story before, but found it enthralling.. I couldn't stop listening, I was hooked from the get go.. I absolutely enjoyed your telling of this.. Thank you for the time and effort you put toward the story as a whole.. What a commendable effort.. Well done you.!! Cheers UKPF.!! ☺️👌..

@ukparanormalfiles 4 года назад

Thanks very much Suzi, glad you enjoyed this one and I really appreciate the very positive feedback!!

@michaelturnage3395 3 года назад

The logic is simple. If demons can possess and torment the living there's a good chance that corpses aren't exempt from demonic manifestation either. If you put aside your biases and dig deep into the historical facts and archaeological data that most people gloss over you'll find that what happened in Highgate Cemetery has been happening all over the world even from the most primitive beginnings of mankind.

@suziq1963 3 года назад

@@michaelturnage3395 Lol.. Amazing that you can pick out the 'bias' from my comment.. If anything, I was expressing skepticism, but hey, take from my comment what you will.. The only 'bias' around here seems to be coming from your 'bias' take of my comment.. Cheers.. 😆👍🏻..

@michaelturnage3395 3 года назад

@@suziq1963 We all have biases. I wasn't trying to knock your comment, what I was trying to say is don't let yourself be hindered by social norms and post modernist ideals that go out of their way to diss anything supernatural. Everyone in this day and age-including myself-has been brought up and indoctrinated into this sick twisted and degenerate post-modern philosophy. It has infiltrated everything, including the media, the school systems, the internet. No one is exempt, Satan has blinded the whole world. This world is the matrix and the blue pill is the truth of the Gospel.

@suziq1963 3 года назад

@@michaelturnage3395 Sure, of course we do.. I just find it amazing that you found bias in a comment that harboured skepticism.. 🤔👍🏻..

@allisgrace1313 3 года назад

I love the mention of the power of sacramentals on evil such as a vampire! Nice job on this story. I've been interested for some time and I think this is the most detail I've heard yet! Thank you!

@ukparanormalfiles 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for taking the time to comment, that's appreciated! 👍

@michaelturnage3395 3 года назад

It's the symbolism.

@michaelturnage3395 3 года назад

The sacraments themselves do not determine one's salvation, that is works based teaching, but because they symbolize parts of Christ's ministry and resurrection vampires have an aversion to them not because of any power they hold in of themselves but rather demons hate that which they represent. Catholicism is still false.

@allisgrace1313 3 года назад

@@michaelturnage3395 Imagine believing the One Church founded by Jesus Christ himself to be false....God bless you and may you find Truth.

@michaelturnage3395 3 года назад

@@allisgrace1313 You mean the One Church that didn't even exist until over 5 centuries after the book of Acts took place. Even the Eastern Orthodoxy founded in the 3rd century predates Roman Catholicism. Please get your historical facts straight.

@Bhenderson0001 3 года назад

Very good relating of the facts. I was hooked even though I have heard this story before. You have a new subscriber!

@Bhenderson0001 3 года назад

It seems I was already subscriibed lol.............. I obviously was impressed by your work before this one.

@ukparanormalfiles 3 года назад

Thanks very much for the positive comment Brian, and welcome to the channel!

@martinajb423 2 года назад

That was very informative. Thank you for doing this.

@ukparanormalfiles 2 года назад

My pleasure!

@laura2372 3 года назад

watching this during Covid19. very interesting to hear details of an established paranormal legend. Happy Halloween from Canada! thanks for this. very fascinating.

@ukparanormalfiles 3 года назад

You're very welcome, Happy Halloween 🎃👍

@rickykilby4672 2 года назад

Brilliant piece a very in depth investigation just subscribed

@ukparanormalfiles 2 года назад

Thanks!

@rickykilby4672 2 года назад

@@ukparanormalfiles you're very welcome

@MrJasonsean 19 дней назад

I paid a visit to Highgate cemetery today, its a fascinating place.

@Melvaius 3 года назад

A very nicely done video, exceedingly well put together. This case has fascinated me for a long time and I have to say this is probably the most in depth exploration of the subject I've come across. As for my theories in regards to whether this entity was a vampire or not. Well I'm not sure, due to the amount of occult activity. It could be that it something else entirely. In some occult practices, the construction of a servitor is called for. Could be that this was the purpose of this entity, perhaps as a spiritual guard dog, to keep folk out of the cemetery. Perhaps something more sinister. That's just one theory I've been juggling. Vampire cases always interest me when they crop up. My home town in Staffordshire has one, The Villas Vampire, which you may find interesting. Really enjoyed the video, keep up the good work.

@ukparanormalfiles 3 года назад

Thanks very much for the nice comment, I'll have to check out the villas vampire, as I haven't heard about that before.

@michaelturnage3395 3 года назад

@@ukparanormalfiles I tried posting it on Facebook and I was given a copyright strike by a music company called UMG for 38 seconds of video supposedly belonging to them. Would you happen to know anything about this?

@ukparanormalfiles 2 года назад

Firstly, thanks very much for sharing, or at least for trying, that's very appreciated! Secondly, the voice is all mine and the backing sound is royalty and attribution free - I can't think of anything that would provoke a copyright strike. Did they give the time within the video for the 38 seconds in question? I've never had a copyright issue here on YT, and I do try to ensure I don't hit any issues by avoiding copyrighted music

@michaelturnage3395 2 года назад

@@ukparanormalfiles Nope. I think it was a false claim.

@michaelturnage3395 2 года назад

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@crendotips7120 4 года назад

amazing =D

@ConspiracyPundit 2 года назад

Great video

@ukparanormalfiles 2 года назад

Thanks!

@philnewberry8072 2 года назад

1:01:09 what kind of professional vampire hunter goes to the vampires resting place AT NIGHT and is surprised when the coffins are EMPTY? You stake 'em in the DAYTIME! (And be warned, they often fart when you do this.) BTW, I think both Manchester and Farrant were 100% sincere...and yes, their rivalry distracts us from the case itself.

@ukparanormalfiles 2 года назад

Thanks for watching and commenting

@jasonisringhouse3486 Год назад

Awesome stream

@ukparanormalfiles Год назад

Thanks very much!

@michaelturnage3395 3 года назад

The Highgate vampire wasn't the typical pop culture type. It was described as a putrid and stinking corpse inhabited by a demonic entity which made it appear as though alive through puppetry, not the least bit glamorous. According to century old descriptions, the vampire torments and spiritually oppresses it's victims, draining them of both blood and energy. Causing as much paranoia and sickness as possible, the vampire's goal is to further pain and terror, whether it be man, woman, child, newborn, pet, and even livestock. No one is spared. It does not require blood to survive nor can it be killed because it's already dead, instead it must be exorcised. If such a thing were to exist there would be no question to whether or not it is truly demonic. The vampire on occasion is even said to sexually assault and mutilate it's victims in a horrific way, it is also said to spread horrible plagues, bad weather, and rat infestations. Wherever it lurks the air turns rigid cold and plants mysteriously die. When it returns to it's grave near daybreak alledged eyewitness accounts report that the earth around the grave opened up to swallow the corpse, patching itself together but leaving a pattern of identical finger-width holes down to the coffin lid. At around noon the vampire transfigures into a spectral form of mist and exits through the holes, once it feeds it regains physical form again. In Greek, Balkan, and Serbian lore, Saturday was held to be the proper day for exorcising vampires, for it was the only time during the week that vampires were confined to their graves or tombs. It was also said that those destined to be vampire hunters were likewise born on Saturdays. No explanation is given why, but probably because Saturday is the 7th day of creation on which God ceased his work. Even though the Church tried to change it to Sunday in honor of pagan traditions the original Jewish weekly Shabbat appears to still have power over the vampire. Since the sabbath day is holy the vampire dares not to venture out at this time. These details have caused many to speculate that the creature's very power is somehow tethered to it's grave.

@ukparanormalfiles 3 года назад

Thanks very much for watching and the detailed comment, which contains much interesting information. I agree, real vampires are, or were, nothing like the romanticised versions we get in modern TV and Movies, they are evil, ugly, despicable creatures! I hope never to encounter one, and thankfully there doesn't 'seem' to be any credible reports from recent years (that I am aware of)

@thatsjustlikeyouropinionma3025 2 года назад

I spent many evenings in Highgate cemetery in my youth, whether with my mates my girlfriend Sara or on my own and i never seen anything weird. My best bud Hugh actually slept in the cemetery for 2 nights after running away from home and never experienced anything weird. Look its obviously a creepy place and I can understand peoples imagination getting carried away but this story to me is more a study of the psychological effects of "shared hysteria"

@michaelturnage3395 2 года назад

@@thatsjustlikeyouropinionma3025 So basically your whole argument can be summed up as "I never saw it so it doesn't exist." You just commited an Anecdotal Fallacy, which is a factual claim relying only on personal observation, collected in a casual or non-systematic manner. This isn't just a Highgate phenomenon, it's global. The spiritual exists, the biblical texts are accurate and reliable, the Gospel is objective self-evident Truth and all the evidence supports it. Necromancy and demons inhabiting corpses is just a small part of the bigger picture of the occult. It's not histeria, it's a war and YHWH the Most High will win. Praise Zion. Selah!

@thatsjustlikeyouropinionma3025 2 года назад

@@michaelturnage3395 No it doesn't exist because it's a scientific impossibility, there is no proof of anything like that existing. So we know they don't exist though scientific fact, so what's going on? That's the question, the answer can be found in psychology and sociology not in superstition. I was simply giving my personal experience to say I wasn't looking for anything so I didn't find anything, if you go into a situation with a question you will search for an answer, a rustling tree becomes a demon, a shadow on a wall becomes a ghoul and a trick of the mind becomes a vampire. To assert it is real is ridiculous.

@michaelturnage3395 2 года назад

@@thatsjustlikeyouropinionma3025 Clearly you know next to nothing about how science actually works. Here's a citation from U.C. Berkeley's "Understanding Science": 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 Do gods exist? Do supernatural entities intervene in human affairs? These questions may be important, but science won't help you answer them. Questions that deal with supernatural explanations are, by definition, beyond the realm of nature - and hence, also beyond the realm of what can be studied by science. For many, such questions are matters of personal faith and spirituality. Moral judgments, aesthetic judgments, decisions about applications of science, and conclusions about the supernatural are outside the realm of science, but that doesn't mean that these realms are unimportant. In fact, domains such as ethics, aesthetics, and religion fundamentally influence human societies and how those societies interact with science. Neither are such domains unscholarly. In fact, topics like aesthetics, morality, and theology are actively studied by philosophers, historians, and other scholars. However, questions that arise within these domains generally cannot be resolved by science.

@CFaversham2 3 месяца назад

Very wraith-like. However wraiths, revenants and vampires, could all be the same thing, at different times.

@swordofdanu 3 года назад

Enjoyed this but surprised there was no picture of the Vampire (before & after staking) Also after doing my own research years ago, there was no mention of the murder in the Highgate area at the roughly same time(which involved decapitation) but might of remembered this wrong as you mentioned a headless corpse.

@kellyshaw7271 4 года назад

I wondered where you had gone, it had been a time. Lot's of time and effort has gone into this strange case and it must have taken lots of research and effort to glean all the facts so thank you. As for whether i believe it or not is another question. Peter Underwood was a good writer of true accounts, if you have not already read them, then they can be found cheaply on ebay. Thanks.

@ukparanormalfiles 4 года назад

Thanks for the comment Kelly, this episode did take a long time to pull together, I think some of the initial work started back in July or August 2019. Apologies for the delays between episodes, I try to fit in research and prep whenever I can, and it does take a while to get through the editing process (not a pro)... I appreciate the support and the comment!... And yes, I am working my way through a few of Peter Underwood's books now.

@michaelturnage3395 3 года назад

I've read the book and I highly recommend it.

@jeydasalih2098 3 года назад

I have been and it’s amazing

@ParanormalExplorers 4 года назад

Well enjoyed this. New friend here hope your well

@ukparanormalfiles 4 года назад

Thanks very much. I'm well thanks and hope you are too!

@konstantinosbados 2 года назад

Hi ,this was the best effort to bring together all the data about the hunt for the Highgate Vampire.Congratulations!!! Are there any pictures taken of the entity? Has anyone ever attemted to film of take pictures of the famous entity? Please advise!

@ukparanormalfiles 2 года назад

It was a couple of years now since I made this, but if I remember correctly I believe Sean Manchester did include one or some photos in one of his books, although I did not see this/these for myself or purchase it - so I'm not 100% sure if I remember that correctly. Thanks for watching and your comment - it's much appreciated!

@konstantinosbados 2 года назад

@@ukparanormalfiles It was my pleasure!

@konstantinosbados 2 года назад

I have heard that there are still some paranormal phenomena and that the sightings continue.Can you confirm that?

@oldworldorder6449 Год назад

I can assure you that this is still around ! I saw it along with another witness around 2000. Will have to check with the other witnesses when I see her. It was hovering in what I would describe as a gate house on the opposite side of Swains Lane . The house itself was called I think the Hollies which was set well back from the road with the gate house being at the front , adjoining the pavement. It was about 7 foot high hovering behind a wrought iron gate. We got out of their PDQ. I spoke to others about it and it was reported in the Ham and High that the Highgate phantom had returned.

@thatsjustlikeyouropinionma3025 2 года назад

In my youth I spent many a night in highgate cemetery, with my mates my girlfriend Sara and on my own and I never came across anything weird.

@tumslucks9781 2 года назад

You should have gone to Clapham Common.

@danapidd6013 2 года назад

You were lucky.😔

@chitlika 2 года назад

I broke down in an artic just outside one of the gates of highgate cemetary one night back in the late 90's I didnt know about the "vampire "then but it had a very creepy feel and I was ever so glad when the DAF aid mechanic pulled up in his van I never said anything but the mechanic wasnt messing about and soon had me back on the road I think he wanted to get out of there as quck as he could too

@ukparanormalfiles 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing

@whichypoohs 2 года назад

I believe this is demonic. This video is informative; great piece of work. Subscribed.

@ukparanormalfiles 2 года назад

Thanks very much!

@lynnjones4291 2 года назад

Look up cold Christmas 🎄...the temperature dropped so low one Christmas eve all the children died in the night (17th century) ..the village built a Chapel the wrong way around n buried all the children n moved on...its a sad story n very haunted 👻 place ..its on you tube. .