When Nerds Attack: The Vampire Killers of Brisbane

In the original Bram Stoker novel, vampire Count Dracula uses mysterious mind-control powers to feed his insatiable need for blood. He doesn’t always hunt alone—he prefers to use hapless humans as tools to get what he wants. For such an old story, it sure does match up with the kind of manipulation we tend to see in the real-life cases we cover. And in Brisbane, Australia in 1989, life would imitate art in an almost literal way, as an obsessed young woman drew three others into her murderous web. <br /><br />Sources:<br />Daily Telegraph: <a href="https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/crime-week-dark-secrets-of-australias-lesbian-vampire-murderer/news-story/83ed596770511fa459c4a7feab36ce1c" rel="noopener">https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/crime-week-dark-secrets-of-australias-lesbian-vampire-murderer/news-story/83ed596770511fa459c4a7feab36ce1c</a><br />Moving Targets: Women, Murder and Representation, 1993, chapter "Biting the Hand That Breeds: The Trials of Tracey Wigginton" by Deb Verhoeven<br />Murderpedia, various articles: <a href="https://murderpedia.org/female.W/w/wigginton-tracey.htm" rel="noopener">https://murderpedia.org/female.W/w/wigginton-tracey.htm</a><br />BBC's "Great Crimes and Trials," episode "The Lesbian Vampire Killers"<br /><br />Follow us, campers!<br />Patreon (join to get all episodes ad-free, at least a day early, an extra episode a month, and a free sticker!): <a href="https://patreon.com/TrueCrimeCampfire" rel="noopener">https://patreon.com/TrueCrimeCampfire</a><br />Facebook: True Crime Campfire<br />Instagram: <a href="https://gramha.net/profile/truecrimecampfire/19093397079" rel="noopener">https://gramha.net/profile/truecrimecampfire/19093397079</a><br />Twitter: @TCCampfire <a href="https://twitter.com/TCCampfire" rel="noopener">https://twitter.com/TCCampfire</a><br />Email: <a href="mailto:truecrimecampfirepod@gmail.com">truecrimecampfirepod@gmail.com</a><br />MERCH! <a href="https://true-crime-campfire.myspreadshop.com/" rel="noopener">https://true-crime-campfire.m