S806: The Real Vampires Revisited

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Javier Leiva

True Crime, Society & Culture, Technology

4.7 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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John Browning investigates real blood-sucking vampires—people who need human blood to survive. In today's episode, we will talk about real people who claim to be real vampires. Self-harm You know, we bantered about tapping into veins and arteries from the vantage point of vampires feasting on blood. But if you remove the word vampire from our conversation, it starts sounding like a much more familiar crisis...self-harm. It's not uncommon for some of us with depression or anxiety to inflict pain on ourselves. The physical wounds hurt, but it's nowhere near as painful as the emotions inside our heads and hearts. So if you're listening to this, there are different places you can seek help. First, talk to a pro. You can use online counselors like BetterHelp, a real-life therapist, or even reach out to a friend. There are also crisis lines where you can text and talk to an actual human for free. Text HOME to 741741, Again text HOME to 741741. I'll have a list of numbers you can text for my international friends in the show notes. https://www.crisistextline.org/ Get Help US: Text 741741 CA: Text 741741 UK: Text 85258 Ireland: 50808 Sophrpsyne Music featured in this episode is from Sophrosyne. Check out their music on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.7	business to the next level today. It's that spooky time of year again and I want to play you one of
0:39.2	my favorite pretend episodes for Halloween. It's called Real Vampires. Yes, it's about real people
0:45.6	who think they are vampires. And just a heads up, I am working on the new season. I'm wrapping it
0:52.5	up right now. It is insane. All right, without further ado, here's the episode. Happy Halloween.
1:00.2	John Browning is used to getting random calls from strangers. This happens at least once a weekend.
1:05.2	They say to me that they have supernatural powers that they are vampire. They want to meet other
1:10.7	vampires that want me to lead them to them and that they live quite a long time. I'm just like,
1:16.4	I don't even respond to those emails. Yeah, yeah. I mean, how can you tell the difference? How can
1:20.7	you tell if someone's for real or trying to pull your leg? With her, it was very sincere.
1:30.0	John Browning is talking about a woman we're going to call Christy. She wasn't looking to be found,
1:35.6	not even her partner knew what she was. Christy confessed to John Browning that she has an
1:43.4	uncontrollable urge, an urge that starts with a hunger that no food can satisfy, a thirst that
1:51.8	only one thing can quench. Christy claims that she is a real vampire, but her secret could never get
2:00.6	out. She was in the middle of a court battle with her ex-husband for custody of their child,
2:07.2	and she knew she had to keep her need for for energy on the download because if her husband
2:12.9	had wind of it, that he would use that in court against her, and she would probably not get to
2:18.6	see her child or at least not without court supervision. But why John Browning? Why would someone
2:24.8	like Christy turn to a random stranger for help? You see, John Browning has become a kind of
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