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.
Gordon Campbell
Editor
Colin Macrae
Director
Luis Maurizzio
Producer
Gordon Campbell
Director of Photography
Michele Pinto
Additional Camera
Luca Michelli
Additional Sound Re-Recordist
Jack Harris
Sound Engineer
Mel Bestel
Researcher