This is a journey into darkness that is not for the faint hearted and these are just some of the grisly crimes that prove vampires walk amongst us every day

•The gruesome case of gigolo vampire, Shane Chartres-Abbott, whose slaughter mid-way through his highly publicised rape trial in 2003 sparked an internal inquiry that rocked the Victoria Police Force. His ‘slayer’ arrived in Melbourne this week to face charges.

•The harrowing case of Australia’s most infamous lesbian vampire killer, Tracey Wigginton, whose chilling account of the blood-thirsty 1989 murder of a Queensland grandfather was only made public this year in the wake of her controversial release from prison.

•The grisly slaying of a bubbly Perth teenager by sadistic lesbian vampire lovers Valerie Parashumti and Jessica Stasinowski – who celebrated their sick love with a bloody kiss over their victims dying body

•Richard Chase the Sacramento Vampire who sated his chilling blood lust with the macabre slaughter of six victims in a single month

•Allan Menzies the Scottish horror movie addict who claimed a character in his favourite film drove him to feast on the flesh and blood of his lifelong friend.

About the Author

Megan Norris is a journalist and author with more than 30 years experience in court reporting and crime writing. She has covered some of Australia’s biggest crime exclusives for women’s magazines including the Port Arthur Shootings, the Bali Bombings, the disappearance of Daniel Morcombe, the infamous Body in the Boot case and the murder of gangland figurehead, Carl Williams. Megan has a special interest in women and children as victims of crime and is a former winner of the EVA (Eliminating Violence Against Women) Awards. True True Blood is her third book.