The St. Augustine Vampire

In 1933 intense terror shrouded over St. Augustine, Florida. On the morning of October 5th a man visiting his brother discovered the bodies of his brother, his wife and their three children. All of the dead had open wounds in their throats where something had fed and sucked the blood from the victims. The Turner family all appeared have been dead for two to three days at the time they were discovered. Every mirror in the house had been broken and several crosses and other religious artifacts the family owned had been thrown out of a back window into the yard. The family cat had been savagely killed and it’s headless body was tossed on the hall floor. The head was never found. Blood was smeared on walls throughout the house…it was clear that someone had taken a lot of time in doing so. 


Neighbors said that they heard nothing but another man a few doors down said that he saw a very dark man dressed all in black leave the house just before daylight a day or two before. He said the man walked past him and he clearly heard the man make a hissing sound at him as he walked by.


Police at the time conducted extensive searches…bloodhounds were even brought in but no trace of whoever or whatever committed the horrible crime was ever found. The local newspapers both placed the same headline across the front “Vampire Stalks St. Augustine.” In time, the murders faded from memory…it’s still part of public record though the case remains unsolved. Source

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