Scholars who study the vampire myth attribute its longevity partly to the dual nature of fear and fascination, said Nairne, who teaches a course on the psychology of the supernatural. Of all the ghouls that haunt Halloween and popular culture, vampires are one - at least in notoriety - that never seem to die, and a Purdue University professor has some ideas why.
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