Blood, Desire & Darkness: Why We’re Still Obsessed with Vampires with Rose Sinister

Vampires weren’t always seductive, beautiful creatures lurking in candlelit mansions. Long before Anne Rice, True Blood, or Twilight, the vampire was something far more unsettling—a corpse blamed for disease, death, and unexplained suffering. So how did we get from that… to the vampire we know and obsess over today? This week on Big Crystal Energy, I’m joined by professional vampire nerd, author, and New Orleans vampire tour guide Rose Sinister for a deep dive into the history, folklore, sexu...