It seemed the brothers left early each morning just before daybreak and returned every evening just after dark. The unmistakable suffocating odor of death permeated the apartment. Two more bodies wrapped in blankets were tucked away in yet another room. Once the police and the girl arrived at the home, which was owned by the Carter brothers, they were horrified to find, as the girl had described, four other victims, half-dead, tied to chairs in one of the rooms.Īll victims had their wrists wrapped with bandages, moist and stained with blood. Somewhat skeptical, the police agreed to follow her back to the home on the corner of Royal and St. The girl claimed that she was only able to escape due to her captors’ carelessness in securing her ropes. Her story sounded a bit farfetched: tied up by two brothers, along with several other victims, and held captive so the brothers could drink their blood. A young girl stormed down Royal Street, visibly panicked, her stride broken only by the diligent interception of a police officer. Indeed, the gruesome story of the Carter brothers reveals something about vampires - and maybe about the Crescent City itself. But what form do real vampires come in? Do vampires exist? There is a fascinating and suggestive tale from the history of New Orleans, one of America’s most haunted cities. Vampires come in many fictional forms, some of them serious, some of them silly.
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