『The Night Visitors Vampire Research Society』のカバーアート

The Night Visitors Vampire Research Society

The Night Visitors Vampire Research Society

著者: James Cheney
無料で聴く

They come uninvited. This is The Night Visitors, a paranormal podcast with James Cheney.

The Night Visitors explores encounters with vampires, supernatural folklore, and purportedly true stories of the creatures that visit in the night. Each episode presents a single account drawn from firsthand testimony, family histories, and witness reports collected from around the world.

James’s lifelong fascination with vampires and the supernatural led him through decades of research into vampire lore, psychic vampirism, and folkloric traditions spanning continents: the strigoii of Romania, the jiang shi of China, the soucouyant of Trinidad, the duppy spirits of Jamaica, the list goes on. That same fascination turned passion eventually pulled him from New England - a region with its own dark folklore - to Transylvania, where the locals still know what to do when the dead don't stay buried.

Especially drawn to vampires and all things vampiric, James looks to fill in the gap that formed following the death of Dr Stephen Kaplan, who during the 1970s and 80s ran the Vampire Research Center, conducting serious inquiry into vampirism. His work has since fallen into obscurity. Despite today's explosion of interest in the paranormal, nobody is doing what he did - until now. The Night Visitors Vampire Research Society is a space where people can share their experiences and be taken seriously.

Episodes draw on global vampire folklore and true supernatural accounts -Why did a rice farmer in the 1890s Guangdong survive a night trapped in a temple with a jiang shi? What protected a young woman in 1923 Honolulu from a curse sent across the Pacific? How does a guest in a Depression-era Québec boarding house never age and never eat? What do you do when a dishevelled stranger visits your night shift - and sleeps on a stone slab in the cemetery next door?

Firsthand accounts from around the world that examine vampires, ghosts, curses, spiritual attacks, and entities that exist at the edges of belief.

Our Sound

The Night Visitors theme music is "Haunted Haus" by composer Tim Kulig. We're grateful to Tim for allowing us to use his work to set the tone for each episode. https://timkulig.com/

Join the Community

The Night Visitors is part of a worldwide community exploring vampire culture, folklore, and the paranormal. James also publishes a weekly newsletter featuring articles on vampire lore, history, and how genuine folklore shows up in film and literature.

🌙 Website: thenightvisitors.com

🌙 Newsletter: jamesnightvisitors.substack.com

🌙 Facebook Group: bit.ly/night-visitors-fb-group

🌙 Instagram: @nightvisitorsvrs

🌙 YouTube: youtube.com/@VampireResearchSociety

Share Your Story

Have you encountered something you believe was a vampire—psychic, folkloric, or otherwise? Email thenightvisitorsvrs@gmail.com. With your permission, your account may be featured on a future episode. Names and identifying details can be changed to protect your privacy.

James Cheney
社会科学
エピソード
  • A Strange Encounter with the Labor Day Vampire
    2026/09/03

    A strange encounter. An isolated house. A mysterious figure who may not be quite what he seems.

    This episode of The Night Visitors explores an unsettling account from northern Vermont that sits somewhere between ghost story, vampire folklore, and an unexplained encounter. With its eerie atmosphere, strange clues, and lingering questions, it's a story that refuses to offer an easy explanation.

    What was really happening at that house?

    Listen to the full episode and decide for yourself.

    If you enjoy ghost stories, paranormal encounters, vampire folklore, unexplained phenomena, and unsettling tales from the past, subscribe to The Night Visitors for more strange stories from the shadows. Please rate and comment and help us connect with more vampire enthusiasts.

    Our Podcast Theme Music

    Music Title: “Haunted Haus”, Artist: Tim Kulig (timkulig.com) Lic CC 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Other Music in this Episode

    "Frightmare" by Jimena Contreras and "Mysterious Strange Things" by Yung Logos

    Call for Listener’s Stories: Share Your Story

    Have you experienced something unexplainable? I would like to put out a call to all of our listeners to share your story. I want to share them in a special listener’s episode. You can request to remain anonymous, or we’ll share your name if you give us permission. Email me directly at thenightvisitorsvrs@gmail.com.

    There are two ways to share. You can write your story in an email, or tell your story in a simple voice recording from your phone and send it as an attachment via email audio length limit of 3 minutes. Click here to submit!

    You are also welcome to suggestions as to which aspects of vampirism you’d like to see explored in our posts or our YouTube videos, please email us at thenightvisitorsvrs@gmail.com.

    Join the Facebook Group

    The Night Visitors Vampire Research Society is a worldwide community sharing firsthand vampire encounters and exploring the folklore, history, and pop culture of the undead. Join our Facebook group to connect with fellow Night Visitors from around the world.

    YouTube

    To watch the Night Visitor’s Vampire Research Society’s true stories on YouTube, subscribe to the YouTube channel @VampireResearchSociety or subscribe to this Substack and receive new true story epsiodes every Friday. - Vampire Research Society

    続きを読む 一部表示
    17 分
  • When Reason Meets the Supernatural: A Teacher Meets A Vampire
    2026/08/28

    What happens when a devoted rationalist comes face to face with a vampire?

    Sava, a researcher, collected Milena's firsthand account, and the details are genuinely unsettling. Her isolated home sat near a cemetery (because of course it did), and the nocturnal visitations that began there shook her modern communist ideology to its core. A village healer named Biljana advised her to bury a blessed silver box containing protective herbs and garlic on the vampire's grave. Slowly, reluctantly, Milena accepted this deeply unconventional remedy.

    Because some experiences genuinely transcend ideological frameworks. Tune in to hear Milena's haunting story unfold in full.

    Serbian Folklore and Communist Idealism Collide

    The Mysterious Face at the Window

    The Sign of the Cross

    The Healer's Revelation

    Burying the Silver Box

    The Vampire's Grave

    If you enjoy historical vampire lore, forgotten folklore, and true accounts of the supernatural, don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share your thoughts when you join the facebook group or subscribe to substack or my YouTube channel.

    Our Podcast Theme Music

    Music Title: “Haunted Haus”, Artist: Tim Kulig (timkulig.com) Lic CC 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Call for Listener’s Stories: Share Your Story

    Have you experienced something unexplainable? I would like to put out a call to all of our listeners to share your story. I want to share them in a special listener’s episode. You can request to remain anonymous, or we’ll share your name if you give us permission. Email me directly at thenightvisitorsvrs@gmail.com.

    There are two ways to share. You can write your story in an email, or tell your story in a simple voice recording from your phone and send it as an attachment via email audio length limit of 3 minutes. Click here to submit!

    You are also welcome to suggestions as to which aspects of vampirism you’d like to see explored in our posts or our YouTube videos, please email us at thenightvisitorsvrs@gmail.com.

    Join the Facebook Group

    The Night Visitors Vampire Research Society is a worldwide community sharing firsthand vampire encounters and exploring the folklore, history, and pop culture of the undead. Join our Facebook group to connect with fellow Night Visitors from around the world.

    YouTube

    To watch the Night Visitor’s Vampire Research Society’s true stories on YouTube, subscribe to the YouTube channel @VampireResearchSociety or subscribe to this Substack and receive new true story epsiodes every Friday. - Vampire Research Society

    続きを読む 一部表示
    16 分
  • When the Dead Return for Love: The Vampire of Hong Kong
    2026/08/21

    Some loves refuse to end, even after death itself. In 1988 Hong Kong, a wealthy woman named Pearl encounters a tenant whose devotion to a lost love stretches far beyond anything she can rationally explain, and the mystery of Mr. Lee will stay with you long after the story ends.

    What does it mean to love someone across the boundary between life and death?

    The story leaves his true nature beautifully ambiguous, hovering between the supernatural and the inexplicable. It is unsettling and deeply moving at the same time.

    Listen to this episode for a haunting tale about love, loss, and what refuses to stay buried.

    The Vampire of Hong Kong

    Pearl Discovers Lee's Secret at the Temple

    Pearl Discovers Mysterious Blood Jars

    Pearl's Dangerous Suspicions About Mr. Li

    If you enjoy historical vampire lore, forgotten folklore, and true accounts of the supernatural, don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share your thoughts when you join the facebook group or subscribe to substack or my YouTube channel.

    Our Podcast Theme Music

    Music Title: “Haunted Haus”, Artist: Tim Kulig (timkulig.com) Lic CC 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Other Music

    We also used “Dark Toys” by SYBS CC no attribution required

    Call for Listener’s Stories: Share Your Story

    Have you experienced something unexplainable? I would like to put out a call to all of our listeners to share your story. I want to share them in a special listener’s episode. You can request to remain anonymous, or we’ll share your name if you give us permission. Email me directly at thenightvisitorsvrs@gmail.com.

    There are two ways to share. You can write your story in an email, or tell your story in a simple voice recording from your phone and send it as an attachment via email audio length limit of 3 minutes. Click here to submit!

    You are also welcome to suggestions as to which aspects of vampirism you’d like to see explored in our posts or our YouTube videos, please email us at thenightvisitorsvrs@gmail.com.

    Join the Facebook Group

    The Night Visitors Vampire Research Society is a worldwide community sharing firsthand vampire encounters and exploring the folklore, history, and pop culture of the undead. Join our Facebook group to connect with fellow Night Visitors from around the world.

    YouTube

    To watch the Night Visitor’s Vampire Research Society’s true stories on YouTube, subscribe to the YouTube channel @VampireResearchSociety or subscribe to this Substack and receive new true story epsiodes every Friday. - Vampire Research Society

    続きを読む 一部表示
    15 分
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_t1
まだレビューはありません