4.3- The Highgate Vampire

Beyond the crumbling gates of Highgate Cemetery dwells a fiend with burning eyes and a taste for blood.

Or does it? the Highgate Vampire is one of those tricky urban legends where it is difficult to tell hard fact from fantastical fiction. So many people have added to the tale since the stories were first told in the late 60’s that it is difficult to know exactly where the idea of a vampire in Highgate Cemetery originated.

What’s more, there seem to have been attempts by the original investigators- Sean Manchester and David Farrant- to sensationalise (or even fabricate) eye witness accounts.

Listen to the full episode to get the low down on this intriguing urban legend.