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"The blood is the life, I have drunk the blood, and it shall be mine, for I have seen horror” — This handwritten passage, penned by Allan Menzies, was found among his things when Lothian and Borders Police searched his home.
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Court documents and information from the following news organisations were referenced in this episode: INDEPENDENT, THE GUARDIAN, THE OBSERVER, IRISH INDEPENDENT, SUNDAY WORLD, SUNDAY TRIBUNE, BBC NEWS, DAILY RECORD, THE TIMES, TELEGRAPH, SCOTSMAN, HERALD SCOTLAND, DAILY MAIL and EVENING STANDARD.
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MUSIC:
Liminal by Chelsea McGough
Onward by Chelsea McGough
Enigma by Hill
Stygian by Hill
Headwind by Wild Wonder
A Future With No Names by Stephen Keech
Nuclear Conception by Alice In Winter
Mystery by Third Age
In Fog by GLASWING
Bio by Lincoln Davis
Lucid Dreaming by Chelsea McGough
Unfolding by Alice In Winter
Dilution Of Distress by Hill
REFERENCES:
COURT DOCUMENTS
https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/search-judgments/judgment?id=b85887a6-8980-69d2-b500-ff0000d74aa7
NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES
The Independent (London, Greater London, England)30 Sep 2003, Tue - Page 19
The Guardian (London, Greater London, England)30 Sep 2003, Tue - Page 7 -
The Independent (London, Greater London, England)09 Oct 2003, Thu - Page 18
The Guardian (London, Greater London, England)09 Oct 2003, Thu - Page 12
The Observer (London, Greater London, England)26 Oct 2003, Sun - Page 10
Irish Independent - Tuesday 30 September 2003 - Page 30
Irish Independent - Thursday 09 October 2003 - Page 30
Sunday World (Dublin) - Sunday 02 November 2003- Page 58
Sunday Tribune - Sunday 28 November 2004 - Page 97
DIGITAL ARTICLES
GUARDIAN
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/sep/30/2
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/oct/09/ukcrime.film
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/oct/26/ukcrime
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/nov/16/ukcrime.kirstyscott
BBC NEWS
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2638385.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3150058.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3155694.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3162300.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3168520.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3172286.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3174214.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4013507.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4778218.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/5057686.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/5133804.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6398137.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6401455.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6459813.stm
DAILY RECORD
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/quiet-sob-end-phone-led-23492898
THE FREE LIBRARY
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/SHALLOW+GRAVE%3B+Murder+hunt+cops+find+ferret+fancier%27s+body-a096639884
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/DRACULA+KILLER%3B+He+butchered+friend+then+drank+his+blood.-a0108300322
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/DRACULA+KILLER%3B+He+butchered+friend+then+drank+his+blood.-a0108300324
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Vampire+killer+%27admired+sick+OAP+murder%27+PENSIONER%27S+HEART+TORN+OUT.-a0108377039
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Vampire+mental+illness+ruled+out.-a0108546876out.Queen+Of+The+Damned+sat+on+my+bed+and+told+me%3A+KILL%3B+INSIDE+THE+MIND...-a0108595044
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Vampire+%60revenge+on+God%27.-a0108644018 You+are+an+evil%2C+violent+and+dangerous+man+who+is+not+fit+to+be+at...
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/SICK+VAMPIRE+BUTCHER+KILLS+HIMSELF+IN+JAIL%3B+Murderer+found+hanged+in...-a0124685146
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/WIFE+SWAPPING+CLUE+TO+MURDER%3B+Victim+may+have+fallen+for+sex+trap.-a061515677
THE INDEPENDENT
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/man-ate-friend-s-head-89133.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/vampire-man-who-killed-best-friend-is-jailed-for-life-90497.html
PRESS READER
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/real-people/20190801/281552292462283
THE TIMES
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/murder-fear-for-man-21-as-bag-of-clothes-found-mlzk7bm7pnc
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-watched-vampire-film-100-times-and-it-made-me-want-to-kill-lq9p8spxm9j
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/killer-who-made-pact-with-vampire-gets-life-8p6sg6tp89q
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/scottish-cannibal-found-dead-in-his-cell-ldtpqxvtqf6
TELEGRAPH
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1443586/Man-gets-life-for-vampire-murder.html
SCOTSMAN
https://www.scotsman.com/news/body-found-shallow-grave-2507615
https://www.scotsman.com/news/murder-suspect-tells-court-vampire-queen-ordered-him-kill-friend-2512504
https://www.scotsman.com/news/vampire-case-man-jailed-18-years-2480367
https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/horror-film-killer-found-dead-jail-2511050
https://www.scotsman.com/news/unsolved-murder-files-stay-open-2508608
HERALD SCOTLAND
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/11905993.body-find-in-woods-sparks-hunt-for-killer-of-missing-ferreter/
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12531042.murder-trial-told-of-violent-films/
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12531446.horror-film-character-told-me-to-kill-says-accused/
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12530340.paranoid-schizophrenic-was-not-insane-at-time-of-vampire-killing-court-told/
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12530330.an-evil-and-dangerous-psychopath-life-for-vampire-murderer-who-drank-his-friends-blood/
https://www.heraldscotland.com/default_content/12404336.vampire-killers-cell-death-could-prevented/
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12191203.detectives-relaunch-murder-inquiry/
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12241305.police-bid-to-jog-murder-memories/
https://www.heraldscotland.com/default_content/12434264.arrest-1995-murder-case/
DAILY MAIL
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-198703/Man-killed-friend-vampire.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-198939/Vampire-guilty-murder.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-198997/Man-convicted-vampire-murder.html
EVENING STANDARD
https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/vampire-case-accused-was-not-mentally-ill-6987096.html
https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/vampire-murder-trial-jury-retires-6983487.html
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