Lord Ruthven: The First Vampire with a Monocle and a Motive
Posted onBefore Dracula, before Carmilla, there was Lord Ruthven—the smooth-talking, soul-sucking aristocrat at the heart of The Vampyre, a short story written in 1819 by John Polidori. It’s often considered the first English-language vampire tale, and Ruthven set the mold for nearly every dark, brooding bloodsucker who followed. The story begins in high society London, where […]
