“Proving the existence of vampires in the age of the triumph of reason and logic may seem a priori impossible... But I, however, wanted to try to do just that, and in the simplest way in the world - by meeting with these creatures, which human disbelief relegates to the realm of ancient prejudices, for now, as I write these lines, vampirism still exists. From the mysterious Venetian Lagoon to the forested mountains of Transylvania, sects of his adherents in terrible desolate places still practice ancient red and black magic. I have seen the sites of these terrible rituals, and my testimony is neither a sensational novel nor a fantastic narrative. They are only the result of a long study of modern demonic spheres...”