COLD BLOODED: A True Crime Story of a Murderous Teenage Vampire Cult

by Frank Stanfield

Investigators and Central Florida residents were horrified when 16-year-old vampire cult leader Rod Ferrell was arrested and charged with bludgeoning a cult member's parents. When they realized the slain couple's 15-year-old daughter was missing, they feared she was a victim, too. Detectives and journalists swarming over three states soon uncovered a web of blood-drinking occult rituals, illicit sex, wildly dysfunctional families and spiritual warfare. Then, when police officers captured the teens, they discovered that the murdered couple's daughter was among them. But was she a victim or a participant? Ferrell faced the death penalty, sparking Constitutional battles over the ultimate punishment, juveniles in the court system, free press versus a defendant's right to a fair trial, and psychologists who worked to save him and prosecutors who wanted him dead. More than 20 years later, the battles continue with new court rulings. Is he a changed man deserving freedom? Or is he still gaming the system, as prosecutors and his victims' family members believe? Decide for yourself after reading COLD BLOODED by veteran newspaper reporter Frank Stanfield, who has covered the case from the beginning in November 1996, and sheds new light on one of the darkest killers in modern history.

“Frank Stanfield is one of my favorite writers. His combination of wit and investigative chops combined with an in-depth understanding of Florida lore makes him a potent creative force.” - Art Ayris, CEO Kingstone Studios

440 pages, Paperback

Published May 23, 2021

About the author

Frank Stanfield has been a newspaper editor and reporter for 40 years, including the Orlando Sentinel, Ocala Star-Banner, and the Daily Commercial.

In that time, he has covered some of the most heinous and bizarre "Florida man" stories imaginable. Take the case of the murderous teen vampire cult, a Jane Doe so brutalized some initially thought she had been attacked by a bear, or cattle rustlers who dumped bodies in a "bottomless pit." Florida itself is a star, with its hurricanes, twisters, gators and sharks. See
https://wildbluepress.com/vampires-ga..., twisters, gators and sharks.

Or, a book on the vampires alone.
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Reviews

[Lexi Sølvhammer · Rating 1 out of 5]

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