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Were there really bulletproof indians running around massachusetts. The film is based on the chapter the bridge to body island in robert damon schnecks nonfiction book the presidents vampire reissued last year as the bye bye man, complete with the obligatory cover teaser now a terrifying motion picture. His research has appeared in many publications including fate and fortean times. Our guest this week is robert damon schneck author of the president s vampire. May have soft reading marks and name of the previous owner. From aliens and mummies to phantoms and even vampires. The presidents vampire strange buttrue tales of the. Schneck also wrote the bram stoker awardnominated mrs. Jan 19, 2017 published in november 2005, robert damon schnecks the presidents vampire. Jun 22, 2012 robert damon schneck is the author of the presidents vampire, where he does some investigating into incidents like the brown vampire attack. The authentically terrifying, truelife story inspired the film which stars douglas smith, lucien laviscount, cressida bonas, and doug jones, with carrieanne moss and. Monsters are a part of history dating back to herodotus in his histories, and pliny the elder doesnt leave them out of his exhaustive natural history. Twentyfive movies based on books have already been released in the u.
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