Return of the Richmond Vampire

by Jon Rakestraw, Meam Hartshorn (Illustrator)

Return of the Richmond Vampire tells a cryptic tale of the Church Hill Tunnel collapse and the urban legend that it spawned. In October of 1925, one of the most catastrophic railroad disasters in history occurred in Richmond, Virginia. In the aftermath of the tunnel's cave-in upon locomotive and crew, a saw-toothed bloodied beast emerged out of the tunnel's eastern portal. Witnesses claimed they chased the creature from the eastern portal near Chimborazo Park all the way to Hollywood Cemetery. There, it disappeared into the eerie chamber of William Wortham Pool's mausoleum. From then on dubbed the Richmond Vampire, the beast has not been seen since, until now.
Mainly taking place in the Fall of 2025, this illustrated novel of historic prophetic fiction is only for a readership inclined to curiosity of the obscure and esoteric. Can you retain your sanity amidst the inquiry? In this revised edition, new material is introduced bringing into focus impending events which will affect Richmond and the wider world. Find out what, but...
Beware the Thin Places!

308 pages, Hardcover

Published March 27, 2023

About the author

JON RAKESTRAW is a gnostic seeker who enjoys investigating unusual technologies and phenomena. Born in Pakistan to diplomatic parents, he then lived in England for a short spell before coming to America where he plied his trade as a technical trainer and writer on various military and intelligence contracts. Now retired from that world, he has co-written The Mostly True Stories of Trudi Hierholzer and is the author of Billy Fellin’s Great Catch. His debut novel, Return of the Richmond Vampire is available this October. A graduate of Kenyon College he now resides in the South.

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