tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post5453260391221605277..comments2024-03-29T01:33:56.188-07:00Comments on Taliesin meets the vampires: Honourable Mention: Blood and Bone China - The Vampire of the VillasTaliesin_ttlghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105263634442191232noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-40808453384031358582015-09-21T14:49:15.224-07:002015-09-21T14:49:15.224-07:00John, many thanks for stopping by and commenting. ...John, many thanks for stopping by and commenting. Your short is actually on my amazon wish list :)Taliesin_ttlghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10105263634442191232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-4750036404045742452015-09-21T12:34:45.052-07:002015-09-21T12:34:45.052-07:00So interesting to hear this comment from Ken. It a...So interesting to hear this comment from Ken. It all makes for a fascinating story and I should know as I am the police officer who went to the incident and researched the facts for the Coroner's inquest.It's very strange how this story has continued to crop up after all these years and it's wonderful to see Stoke's talented film maker Chris Stone become inspired by something that took place back in 1972 and use it as the basis for his very professionally produced film 'Blood & Bone China', Chris has become a good friend. His revitalising story has further inspire me in my own new career as an author... Along with crime novels I have produced a short kindle story 'The Vampire of The Villas.' best wishes John Pye.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09154763836893920234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-74740780301191818232015-07-08T13:36:45.672-07:002015-07-08T13:36:45.672-07:00Thanks for the comment and for sharing Ken. The ma...Thanks for the comment and for sharing Ken. The man clearly suffered from mental health impairment and, as fascinating as the beliefs that they manifested as are, we should never forget that there was a human being at the heart of this who was truly terrified. Taliesin_ttlghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10105263634442191232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-16542345288316047972015-07-07T12:11:20.143-07:002015-07-07T12:11:20.143-07:00I am probably the only living person who knew Miki...I am probably the only living person who knew Mikicura. I lived at the house with my mother until 1971 when I moved to London. He lived as a lodger at my mums house rent free, on condition that he kept the upstairs clean as my mum had several lodgers most of them Polish ex miners, who had come here after the war and worked in the Pits.The poor man had had a bad time of it during the war which had left him no all there.He was a quiet man and a loner and as he got older he began to develop mental health problems, for example once there was a electrical short in the house which made the water taps give a slight shock on touching them, my mum had this fixed but Mikicura insisted it was the government doing this to stop people using too much water, hence he didn’t trust electricity any more. My mum always regretted. not sorting some medical help for him before it was too late. The only up side to the whole affair was that the room had to be gutted and contents destroyed because he had got it into such a state, and when my mum stated to dismantle the wardrobe she found nearly 1000 pounds taped to the back of it. This paid for the redecoration of the top 3 rooms.<br />Ken RodziewiczAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01643863756540492571noreply@blogger.com