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The Vampire of Croglin Grange

Flaming eyes at the window.

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Illustration: The Vampire of Croglin Grange
The legend
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The Vampire of Croglin Grange

Lock the shutters.

Stand where it happened

What's there
Remote hamlet below the Pennines
Legend from
Carlisle
Tone
Terrifying
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Before you go

Pin is Croglin hamlet; the house has never been firmly identified. Check before you go.

  • Croglin
  • Near B6413
  • The pin is approximate.

Scratch, scratch at the glass.

Augustus Hare's Story of My Life tells of a woman at Croglin Grange who saw a brown creature with flaming eyes scratch at her window and break in to bite her. Montague Summers later called it folklore, and Charles Harper found no evidence that Croglin Grange existed.

Sources

  1. Croglin Grange, Wikipedia —
  2. The Vampire of Croglin Grange, Augustus Hare (Project Gutenberg Australia) —

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