A Gorbal's Story

On a crisp autumn evening in 1954, hundreds of Glasgow kids descended on a graveyard to fight an imaginary vampire.

10 mins
In September 1954 in Gorbals, Glasgow, rumours had spread among the school children of a terrible, 7 foot tall vampire with iron teeth. Rumour had it that this vampire had kidnapped and murdered two young boys and feasted on their corpses. Despite the adults and the police trying to calm the hysteria, the children decided that action had to be taken to bring this terrible ‘Gorbals Vampire’ to justice.

Colin Macrae

Director

Craig Andrew Robertson

Graphic Designer

Gordon Campbell

Director of Photography

Ana Songel

Production Assistant

Michele Pinto

Additional Camera

Luca Michelli

Additional Sound Re-Recordist

Jack Harris

Sound Engineer

Mel Bestel

Researcher

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