Highgate Vampire
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Sep 2, 2026
Adam SayneGUEST
Yeah, the whole Topa thing is extraordinarily fascinating to me.
Adam SayneGUEST
Have you ever heard of the Highgate vampire case? You ever heard of that?
Steve StocktonHOST
I have, but refresh my memory and that of the listeners.
Adam SayneGUEST
So the Highgate Vampire was the series of events that happened in the late 60s, early 70s in London at this old cemetery called Highgate.
Adam SayneGUEST
And a lot of people, that's where Karl Marx is buried.
Adam SayneGUEST
So there's a lot of famous people that are buried in the cemetery.
Adam SayneGUEST
Yeah.
Adam SayneGUEST
uh it's a pretty fascinating story
Francisco GarciaHOST
It's basically an upscale avenue of death, with rows of six-foot-tall vaults on either side.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
And have you heard of the Highgate Vampire?
speaker_2UNKNOWN
Yeah.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
No? Wow, I've never had such a response from a group.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
[laughs]
speaker_0UNKNOWN
Uh, the rumor of the Highgate Vampire broke in about 19-
Francisco GarciaHOST
The Highgate Vampire.
Francisco GarciaHOST
It's a story I've long been obsessed with, a story of obsession and hysteria wrapped in a captivating, if hokey, surface level mystery.
CoreyHOST
We're going to London, England to a place called Highgate Cemetery.
CoreyHOST
And if you've never heard of the Highgate Vampire before, you're probably thinking this is just going to be another vampire story.
CoreyHOST
And technically, yeah, there is a vampire involved.
CoreyHOST
But the more you get into the story, the weirder it gets.
CoreyHOST
Because this isn't just a story about somebody claiming they saw a vampire.
CoreyHOST
This story involves an old cemetery, ghosts, a vampire hunt, two guys who absolutely could not stand each other, and much more.
CoreyHOST
So join us as we dig into The Highgate Vampire.
MikeHOST
Keep us on cue.
MikeHOST
So that was the one I wanted to revisit.
MikeHOST
And then the second one I wanted to revisit was The Highgate Vampire.
KeithHOST
That is-
MikeHOST
That was such-
KeithHOST
... alleyways
MikeHOST
...
MikeHOST
The Highgate Vampire one.
KeithHOST
Sort of like that.