Transylvanian Society of Dracula
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The Transylvanian Society of Dracula (TSD)
Headquarters: Bucharest, Romania, E-mail: company@mysteriousjourneys.com
Transylvania Tours: mysteriousjourneys.com
Our world president and founder of TSD, Nicolae Paduraru, died in May 2009. Daniela and Mark conducted an interview as a kind of obiary here.
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Clinical and Historic Vampirism
TSD Consul in the Rhine Parts (TSD Konsul der Rheinlande) & German TSD Chapter President (since 2001)
Dr. Mark Benecke, Postfach 250411, 50520 Köln (= Cologne), Germany
Phone +49-173-287-3136, Fax +49-221-660-2644, E-mail: tsd@benecke.com
http://www.benecke.com/
Latest Book: Vampires Among Us, including an interview with a female vampyre.
Phantastic Vampirism and Vampyres in Literature and the Arts
Northern America TSD Chapters (basically Elisabeth Miller, Canada): http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~emiller/
Vampire & Vampyre Tours & Travel in Romania
The TSD President, Nicolae Paduraru (died in May 2009)
Active TSD Chapters
Romania: n.n., http://mysteriousjourneys.com/
Germany: Mark Benecke: http://benecke.com/, Interview about vampires here
Russia: Ekaterina Bulay: http://www.transilvania71.narod.ru/ Трансильванское Общество Дракулы RUSSIAN TEXT
Northern Americas: http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~emiller/ ENGLISH TEXT
Photographs & more from Congresses
Forensic Vampyrism
- Vampires and Decomposition (Bizarre Magazine) ENGLISH TEXT
- Natürliche Leichenerscheinungen als Ursprung des Vampirglaubens (Dt. Ges. f. Rechtsmedizin, 2004)
- A Forensic View on Impaling (TSD Congress 2001) ENGLISH TEXT
- În jurul lumii, investigând morţi suspecte. Dr. Mark Benecke, despre craniul lui Hitler şi vampirism în Transilvania (România liberă/Romulus Cristea) ROMANIAN
- Augustin Calmet (Vorwort zu Neuausgabe 2006: "Über Geistererscheinungen und Vampire")
Vampires & Vampyres
- Vampire haben meine Sympathie (taz)
- Hey, Benecke, you believe in vampires or what?
- Bisse, so süß wie die Liebe (Lexikon in der Prisma)
- Journalist Questions about Vampires ENGLISH TEXT
- Vampyres Among Us (TSD Booklet, 2006) ENGLISH TEXT
- On Vampyre Youth Subcultures (TSD Congress 2000) ENGLISH TEXT
- Vampire unter uns: Jugendliche Vampir-Subkulturen (Poetische Wiedergänger, Francke, Tübingen, 2004, S. 285-302)
- Buch von Britta xxxxx: Moderne Vamypre (2005)
- Photographs of the 5th Birthday Meeting of the Aeterni (Oct 2006)
- Photographs of the Final Salon Meeting of the German Sanktuarium (Vampirischer Salon, May 2004)
- Photographs of the Amphi Festival in Cologne Tanzbrunnen (July 2006)
- Article about the Final Salon Meeting of the German Sanktuarium (Bite Me Magazine) ENGLISH TEXT
- Photos vom Gothic Meeting/Schwarzes Treffen, Domplatte Köln (Cologne, Germany) (May 30, 2004/30. Mai 2004 = Pfingsten -- nicht vampirisch, aber lecker schwarz -- black meeting in Cologne at the cathedral 2004) PHOTOS
- Vampyre Code of Ethics: Black Veil
- Vampyre Meeting conc. release of book "Moderne Vampyre"
- Draculas Erben sind unter uns (Stuttgarter Nachrichten/Markus Brauer)
- Vampire und Kannibalen sind oft einsam (Lausitzer 20cent)
Vampire Congresses
- Report about Meeting of the TSD Elders (Vampyre Chronicles, 2008)
- Photos of TSD Congress May 2008 in Bucuresti, Inst. Etnografia PHOTOS
- Photos of TSD Congress May 2007 in Sighisoara, Transylvania PHOTOS
- English Article about year 2000 TSD congress (The Guardian) ENGLISH TEXT
- Many abstracts of the speeches given at the TSD congress 2000 (TSD Swiss Chapter -- .pdf file) ENGLISH TEXT
- German Article about year 2001 TSD congress (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
- German Dracula Society Congress 2003: photos (click), and two articles: dpa & Frankfurter Rundschau)
- Spanish text about German Congress 2003 (Deutsche Welle) ESPAÑIOL
- Dracula Society Congress 2005 PHOTOS
- Märchentage Berlin Vampire Congress (Oct. 2006) PHOTOS
Vampyre Documentaries, Press Reports, Vlad Tepes & Transylvania
- From Keleti to Transylvania (Photos, Winter 2008: Sighişoara etc.) PHOTOS
- National Geographic Vampire Documentary from Transylvania (Nov. 2002; hosted by forensic biologist & German TSD chapter president Mark Benecke) ENGLISH TEXT
- Romanian Newspaper article on NG documentary (May 2002, National) ENGLISH TEXT
- Live aus Transylvanien: Interview mit Mark Benecke zum Kongress der TSD 2003 (WDR 5 Radio/Klicker/Lilipuz)
- History Channel 2-hr vampire documentary including some top vampyres and experts (shooting was in Oct 2005) ENGLISH TEXT PHOTOS
- Facetten der Unsterblichkeit: Interview mit Mark Benecke über Vampire (Amaranon Magazin)
- Draculas Erben sind unter uns. (Stuttgarter Nachrichten/Markus Brauer)
- Observator Cultural: Romania dupa revolutie – o antologie (Kristina Werndl (Hg.): Rumänien nach der Revolution. Eine kulturelle Gegewartsbestimmung)
- Tanz der Vampirforscherinnen (Aurora/Mark Benecke)
- Out for the Count (Bizarre Magazin)
- Vlad Tepes and his life
Some Vampire Clans, Covens & Organizations
- Canadian TSD ENGLISH TEXT
- Our English friends at www.revamped.co.uk ENGLISH TEXT
- ...the German organizations Sanktuarium & Dracula Society sadly rest in peace since 2005/2006. Please contact TSD Germany if you -- as a former member of either of both societies -- wish to be part of a vampire or vampyre organization.
- I am a journalist and want to get in touch with subculture vampyres ENGLISH TEXT
Bonus Tracks
- Alleged "Nazi Vampires" (reply to article in The Guardian) ENGLISH TEXT
- Photos of the "Bone Church" Kutná Hora (Kostnice (Church of Bones), Sedlec Ossuary, close to Prague, Czech Republic) PHOTOS
- Are Emo Goth kids in danger / a danger? (German)
- Renfield Magazine about Renfield (German)
[National Geographic Vampire Documentation] [Impaling] [Meet the German TSD Chapter President]
Mark Benecke, Ph.D., Certified & Sworn In Forensic Biologist, International Forensic Research & Consulting, Postfach 250411, 50520 Cologne, Germany; E-Mail: forensic@benecke.com, www.benecke.com, Text / SMS only +49-173-287-3136.