Wurzburg vampire.

Wurzburg vampire.

Author: M.Stigneeva
"Secrets of the Twentieth Century"
№ November 2008

Are the stories are real vampires? In the 30-ies of the XIX century in the Bavarian city of Würzburg, there was the following story. Dr. Henry Spatz shortly before the Napoleonic wars, from the University of Prague and entered the Austrian army military doctor. In 1818 he settled in the Eastern Cape with his young wife.

The doctor was a wealthy man, led an active social life, and soon became one of the most fashionable physicians in the city. He was engaged in charity work in a hospital for the poor, has written several well-known works on military surgery and treatment of certain infectious diseases. However, in 1831 Henry Spatz suddenly sold his property and moved to the Czech Republic at the invitation of the University of Prague. A month after he left the police Würzburg asked two young physician, former assistant to Dr. Spatz, who claimed that the couple were ... Spatz vampires!

This could be considered a stupid joke, but the young people referred to the disappearance of certain Joachim Faber. Retired soldier, one-armed cripple, Faber served as a gatekeeper in the hospital for the poor, where he worked for Dr. Spatz. He did disappear for a year before the events. The police raided the former mansion of the doctor, and found in the basement of the remains of at least 18 people! In the same skeleton was found without arms with traces of a surgical amputation. These bones forensic physicians identified as the remains of the missing Joachim Faber. Identify other skeletons could not - they were buried naked. Then, many remembered that Dr. Spatz often took hold the fate of their poor patients, as a rule, the poor beggars. Remembered and other oddities of life of doctors: despite the fact that the mansion Spatz was very big, but is all the servants were coming. None of the servants did not stay in the house for the night ...

Authorities sent to Prague request for Dr. Spatz and got the answer: in the University of Prague itself did not appear and no invitation to him no one sent. Along the way, it became clear that the Austrian army had not been listed surgeon named Henry Spatz. The investigation has stalled.

And six months later committed suicide one donositeley. Shortly before his death, he left the house, leaving his wife and son, took a small apartment in a poor suburb of Nuremberg, severed all ties with family and friends. He was afraid of sunlight, and spent whole days in a room with closed shutters. He turned pale, terribly thin and ate only raw pig's blood, which is purchased from the butcher. The result of this diet he began to suffer from terrible stomach pains, but treated and refused to take normal food, and after a short time to hang on the ceiling beam.

Second donositel only survived the first six months: he killed his young nephew and tried to drink his blood. I saw him nurse the baby, which is able to affect several times hit bloodsucker fireplace poker. Child's father was worth a lot of money to cover up this wild story.

Scientists have long argued about the identity of Henry Spatz. Some consider him a vampire, the other - a member of Satanic sect that practices human sacrifice, and others - illegal pathologist: while dissection of corpses was considered a serious crime. And scammers just fanatically believe that their former patron - a vampire, and obsessed with the idea ...

In different states there is a great number of crimes related to vampirism. Modern psychologists distinguish disorder is named after assistant stokerovskogo Dracula Renfield's syndrome, or clinical vampirism. In this disease the patient is obsessed with lust for drinking blood of humans or animals. History of criminology knows several murderers who carried out over their victims vampire rituals. Serial killers, murderers Peter Kurt, who was called by the German Jack the Ripper, and Richard Trenton Chase in the tabloid press as a vampire, as it was known that they did drink the blood of their victims. That is typical - most detainees vampires, there was no blood disorders.