Sean Manchester - Vampire Hunter
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Well, since Ignatius Loyola founded the Jesuits, and Loyola is a Jesuit school, I would say there is a definite connection.
*slaps forehead* I figured...never was a Catholic and there are sooo many saints out there.
Or maybe he plagiarized the Jesuits....
Some one could go to hell for that!
Now that would be an experiment.
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Visions and Vampires (3 version)
When Lord Manchester metamorphosised into the Reverend Manchester of the Holy Grail Church on that memorable day at a Barnet church in 1990, the Holy Spirit was reported to drop in on the ceremony at a north London church. It took the form of a "holy shimmering light" which , at the moment of anointing, fluttered down upon on the new priest’s freshly crimped curls and entered the rear of his head . This " inexplicable golden illumination" was actually witnessed, though by whom the subsequent report does not state , but happily someone was handily at hand with their camera to take photos of this mysterious phenomenon, which , to less excited minds , shows a pale shadow on the wall which looks rather like the sun shining through a window. Not content with this sign of divine favour, the following year , at another church service to fast-track Father Sean from priestdom to Bishopdom, St Francis appeared in a vision at the service of elevation . In a report of this next marvel and wonder, we hear that " a vision of Saint Francis as a fellow disciple and guide seemed to appear on the vestments before him...the vision lasted just a few moments before before the warm glow of the Holy Spirit filled the new bishop’s entire being. Those participating in the laying on of hands also experienced an inexplicable heat." Hmmm. Well, I saw a picture of Jesus in a potato I was peeling the other day ! An even better opportunity to emphasise the Bishop’s high status in the heavenly heirachy, came six years later with the tragic death of Princess Diana. Never one to miss a trick, his reverence leapt upon this bandwagon faster than Henri Paul footed the gas through the Alma Tunnel. As Gothic Press, the Bishops shop front, had not yet quite got to grips with the Internet ,photocopied snail mails from the London box number he operated from were soon creeping round the globe describing how the Princess of Wales, in a dream, came floating across a lake in her diaphanous nightie on the fatal night of the crash to the slumbering bishop, and, as their eyes shyly locked, she held out a brimming chalice to him . He woke up sobbing to hear the dreadful news on his radio and noted , to his great amazement , that the moment of the princess’s death coincided exactly with his dream! This absurd story beggars belief. Even in the world of spirit, it is hard to see why someone who has just "passed over " could appear to someone unknown to them in life! If the princess was going to make a final farewell to anyone then she would have obviously gone to her sons, not to some obscure vampire hunting bishop of whose existence she was completely unaware ! Worse was to come ! Inspired by the beatific vision, the bishop was transported to vertiginous heights of minstrelsy and composed a "musical tribute," entitled " Death and Transfiguration ", starring himself of course on his world famous blowings on his trusty sax. The result was an ear splitting excruciating ninety minute fugue of clanks, screams, tears, tantrums and a babel of maudlin warblings from the stricken masses, and oscar winning crocodile tears from the tone deaf bishop himself. . A discordant hideous cacophony of sound as ever assaulted the ear of mankind with lyrics , if anything,in even worse taste than the noise--it can hardly be called it music ! "Diana, thou precious princess, Queen of all our hearts....our lady of the lake, we love you, hear our cry, sweet English Rose, touching the lepers with thy spotless hands, we shall love thee till the day we die.......".and so on and so forth. However, according to his press office, reports were soon flooding in claiming that those whose shell likes had not been permanently damaged by this horrible racket, were also having visions of the princess ! Amazing ! The strange thing was that before Diana’s untimely death the Bishop had little time for her, comparing her to her notorious ancestor, Lady Caroline Lamb, considering them both attention seeking feckless floosies who could never tell the truth about anything. He thundered against the sins of the flesh from his box number,( and later the Internet ), but Diana’s death was too useful in the promotion of his own image to let her (and his) tacky past get in the way . Mercifully he stopped short of transforming her into a vampire legend once she was in her tomb, though for a while this seemed a distinct possibility. The Earl would probably have objected ! Notably also, the bishop had no visions of Princess Margaret and the Queen Mum in their nighties paying him a visitation when they passed away a few years later, and neither did he make such a fuss when one of his close friends died in 2004 !Is the Bishop genuinely deluded or is he suffering from Munchausen’s syndrome, making up a fantasy world for himself ? Could any of his tales actually be true ? As well as the above situations, he has claimed to hunt vampires and werewolves and done battle with a giant spider,matters which have already been discussed in other articles. Though no particular fan of Princess Diana, I feel sorry that she has been used in the Bishop’s self-styled, one- man- band, ego -boosting campaign ! He’ll be calling himself " her Rock " next ! Look out Paul Burrell!
written by barbara, copyright barbara, no naughty pinching my copyright---haha only joking--feel free
When Lord Manchester metamorphosised into the Reverend Manchester of the Holy Grail Church on that memorable day at a Barnet church in 1990, the Holy Spirit was reported to drop in on the ceremony at a north London church. It took the form of a "holy shimmering light" which , at the moment of anointing, fluttered down upon on the new priest’s freshly crimped curls and entered the rear of his head . This " inexplicable golden illumination" was actually witnessed, though by whom the subsequent report does not state , but happily someone was handily at hand with their camera to take photos of this mysterious phenomenon, which , to less excited minds , shows a pale shadow on the wall which looks rather like the sun shining through a window. Not content with this sign of divine favour, the following year , at another church service to fast-track Father Sean from priestdom to Bishopdom, St Francis appeared in a vision at the service of elevation . In a report of this next marvel and wonder, we hear that " a vision of Saint Francis as a fellow disciple and guide seemed to appear on the vestments before him...the vision lasted just a few moments before before the warm glow of the Holy Spirit filled the new bishop’s entire being. Those participating in the laying on of hands also experienced an inexplicable heat." Hmmm. Well, I saw a picture of Jesus in a potato I was peeling the other day ! An even better opportunity to emphasise the Bishop’s high status in the heavenly heirachy, came six years later with the tragic death of Princess Diana. Never one to miss a trick, his reverence leapt upon this bandwagon faster than Henri Paul footed the gas through the Alma Tunnel. As Gothic Press, the Bishops shop front, had not yet quite got to grips with the Internet ,photocopied snail mails from the London box number he operated from were soon creeping round the globe describing how the Princess of Wales, in a dream, came floating across a lake in her diaphanous nightie on the fatal night of the crash to the slumbering bishop, and, as their eyes shyly locked, she held out a brimming chalice to him . He woke up sobbing to hear the dreadful news on his radio and noted , to his great amazement , that the moment of the princess’s death coincided exactly with his dream! This absurd story beggars belief. Even in the world of spirit, it is hard to see why someone who has just "passed over " could appear to someone unknown to them in life! If the princess was going to make a final farewell to anyone then she would have obviously gone to her sons, not to some obscure vampire hunting bishop of whose existence she was completely unaware ! Worse was to come ! Inspired by the beatific vision, the bishop was transported to vertiginous heights of minstrelsy and composed a "musical tribute," entitled " Death and Transfiguration ", starring himself of course on his world famous blowings on his trusty sax. The result was an ear splitting excruciating ninety minute fugue of clanks, screams, tears, tantrums and a babel of maudlin warblings from the stricken masses, and oscar winning crocodile tears from the tone deaf bishop himself. . A discordant hideous cacophony of sound as ever assaulted the ear of mankind with lyrics , if anything,in even worse taste than the noise--it can hardly be called it music ! "Diana, thou precious princess, Queen of all our hearts....our lady of the lake, we love you, hear our cry, sweet English Rose, touching the lepers with thy spotless hands, we shall love thee till the day we die.......".and so on and so forth. However, according to his press office, reports were soon flooding in claiming that those whose shell likes had not been permanently damaged by this horrible racket, were also having visions of the princess ! Amazing ! The strange thing was that before Diana’s untimely death the Bishop had little time for her, comparing her to her notorious ancestor, Lady Caroline Lamb, considering them both attention seeking feckless floosies who could never tell the truth about anything. He thundered against the sins of the flesh from his box number,( and later the Internet ), but Diana’s death was too useful in the promotion of his own image to let her (and his) tacky past get in the way . Mercifully he stopped short of transforming her into a vampire legend once she was in her tomb, though for a while this seemed a distinct possibility. The Earl would probably have objected ! Notably also, the bishop had no visions of Princess Margaret and the Queen Mum in their nighties paying him a visitation when they passed away a few years later, and neither did he make such a fuss when one of his close friends died in 2004 !Is the Bishop genuinely deluded or is he suffering from Munchausen’s syndrome, making up a fantasy world for himself ? Could any of his tales actually be true ? As well as the above situations, he has claimed to hunt vampires and werewolves and done battle with a giant spider,matters which have already been discussed in other articles. Though no particular fan of Princess Diana, I feel sorry that she has been used in the Bishop’s self-styled, one- man- band, ego -boosting campaign ! He’ll be calling himself " her Rock " next ! Look out Paul Burrell!
written by barbara, copyright barbara, no naughty pinching my copyright---haha only joking--feel free
Boy o boy.... Vamp spiders turning into girls, or girls turning into vamps turning into spiders (or however it was)... Well this seems perfectly plausible right? Someone needs to get their BS-O-Meter installed (by a licensed BS-O-Meter installer of coarse) 
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Hiya,
Just to say a quick hello and to thank Lisa for sorting the email situation out for us. Am looking forward to joining in some other discussions also.
Best wishes
Catherine (first half of CatherineandBarbara)
Just to say a quick hello and to thank Lisa for sorting the email situation out for us. Am looking forward to joining in some other discussions also.
Best wishes
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block o' text the goggles - they do nothing!sorry, couldn't resist (I'm jacked up on caffeine and getting slaphappy here at work)
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Hello Everybody
Hello Everyone,
I thought I should join here as I have noticed that my name keeps 'coming to the fore' in connection with the infamous Highgate 'vampire' case. Maybe this is not so surprising (in view of the fact I was central to that case back in 1969-1974), but I just feel a little 'uneasy' joining a highly sceptical Board that is not entirely sympathetic to matters of psychic research and the like.
But if it is of any consolation (and this certainly persuaded me to join), I certainly do not accept the existence of 'blood-sucking vampires' - at least, certainly not the type that are portrayed in Hammer Horror movies.
But I do leave an open mind to the possible existence of certain unexplained phenomena; but then, I suppose that is just a part of the obligations of being a psychic investigator!
Anyway, just wanted to introduce myself in person as opposed to asking Catherine to leave the odd message here in regard to a subject under discussion.
I gather that there has been some interest in the 'giant spider' - or the beautiful young 'vampire' who was said to have changed into a giant spider just prior to being 'staked', then changed back into her human form afterwards.
I might say a little more about this alleged incident as it has been placed irrevocably on public record; not least, by being referred to in books, radio and television. So maybe that particular incident (or alleged incident) might warrant a little further clarification.
But for the moment, just wanted to say 'hello'.
David Farrant, President, British Psychic and Occult Society/The Highgate Vampire Society.
Hello Everyone,
I thought I should join here as I have noticed that my name keeps 'coming to the fore' in connection with the infamous Highgate 'vampire' case. Maybe this is not so surprising (in view of the fact I was central to that case back in 1969-1974), but I just feel a little 'uneasy' joining a highly sceptical Board that is not entirely sympathetic to matters of psychic research and the like.
But if it is of any consolation (and this certainly persuaded me to join), I certainly do not accept the existence of 'blood-sucking vampires' - at least, certainly not the type that are portrayed in Hammer Horror movies.
But I do leave an open mind to the possible existence of certain unexplained phenomena; but then, I suppose that is just a part of the obligations of being a psychic investigator!
Anyway, just wanted to introduce myself in person as opposed to asking Catherine to leave the odd message here in regard to a subject under discussion.
I gather that there has been some interest in the 'giant spider' - or the beautiful young 'vampire' who was said to have changed into a giant spider just prior to being 'staked', then changed back into her human form afterwards.
I might say a little more about this alleged incident as it has been placed irrevocably on public record; not least, by being referred to in books, radio and television. So maybe that particular incident (or alleged incident) might warrant a little further clarification.
But for the moment, just wanted to say 'hello'.
David Farrant, President, British Psychic and Occult Society/The Highgate Vampire Society.
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Welcome, Mr. Farrant. I realize that it took guts for you to join a Skeptic's Forum and I give you credit for that. I'm sure I'm not alone in hoping that you and Mr. Manchester do not start to bash each other here. But as the Highgate Vampire topic is discussed, I think clarification of certain points will be welcome.
Your membership agreement prohibits the disclosure of personal information about other members; whether or not Myth Buster is Mr. Manchester (and I have no way of knowing that), I ask that you refrain from such activities going forward.
Your membership agreement prohibits the disclosure of personal information about other members; whether or not Myth Buster is Mr. Manchester (and I have no way of knowing that), I ask that you refrain from such activities going forward.
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Welcome
) . and unless you are offended by us questioning your experiences and findings you will generally be treated as you treat other here.
Mind you, this is the Internet, and there are rude jerks on every site.
Most of us here support "psychic research", it's just that we believe that it should be conducted like every other type of research- with findings backed by evidence. Conjecture and special pleading just won't cut it.
I hope you do stick around and discuss your past experiences, it should prove interesting, even (or perhaps especially) when we disagree.
We're not that scary (Ok most of us aren't that scary
) . and unless you are offended by us questioning your experiences and findings you will generally be treated as you treat other here.Mind you, this is the Internet, and there are rude jerks on every site.
Most of us here support "psychic research", it's just that we believe that it should be conducted like every other type of research- with findings backed by evidence. Conjecture and special pleading just won't cut it.
that depends on how you define an "open mind". Once you believe that you have found evidence of a phenomena- thats where the interesting discussions (and investigations) start.
I hope you do stick around and discuss your past experiences, it should prove interesting, even (or perhaps especially) when we disagree.
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I'd like to echo brodski, "I hope you do stick around and discuss your past experiences, it should prove interesting, even (or perhaps especially) when we disagree."
I've a feeling that your contributions should be quite discussion provoking.
I've a feeling that your contributions should be quite discussion provoking.
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Now how can we be a 'bishop basher' when the person in question isn't a real bishop.
With regards to evidence for the 'giant spider vampire' then there isn't any. Simply because the so-called giant spider changed into a beautiful young girl who promptly died and if this is correct then Manchester buried her in an unmarked grave in North London. Several people from what we have gathered over the years tried to find this grave which I would have thought impossible anyway considering it was unmarked. You only have to read his Highgate Vampire book to read about this ridiculous tale.
Catherine
Now how can we be a 'bishop basher' when the person in question isn't a real bishop.
With regards to evidence for the 'giant spider vampire' then there isn't any. Simply because the so-called giant spider changed into a beautiful young girl who promptly died and if this is correct then Manchester buried her in an unmarked grave in North London. Several people from what we have gathered over the years tried to find this grave which I would have thought impossible anyway considering it was unmarked. You only have to read his Highgate Vampire book to read about this ridiculous tale.
Catherine
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Don't worry. We don't bite.
(inciting) Can you prove Manchester isn't a bishop of some sort? Can you prove that vampires don't exist? (playing both ends against the middle) How do we know David Farrant isn't lying? How dare you invoke images of the Queen Mother's nighties! Manchester never claimed the girl was a spider. And how about that day in 1967 when...oh, forget it...I just can't get interested in this silly feud.
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(inciting) Can you prove Manchester isn't a bishop of some sort? Can you prove that vampires don't exist? (playing both ends against the middle) How do we know David Farrant isn't lying? How dare you invoke images of the Queen Mother's nighties! Manchester never claimed the girl was a spider. And how about that day in 1967 when...oh, forget it...I just can't get interested in this silly feud.
It beats the hell out of TAPS, Ghost Hunters, EVP and people seeing the faces of dead relatives in knotholes. I must confess that was getting boring.
Edit: I mean look at the really mundane woo we've encountered: para-research parties; that sad ghost hunter auctioning himself off on Ebay; the Beans and their orbs. This is so different. We have a media hound/vampire hunter/ exorcist encountering babes shape-shifting into spiders and back. Once he dressed as a fop, now he wears a frock. You just don't see this kind of thing every day.
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