A new Netflix documentary sets out to uncover the truth about one of America’s “largest vampire covens” and its alleged ties to the heartbreaking disappearance of a man who vanished near “their headquarters.”
In 1994, 26-year-old George Phillip Gall, known as Phil to his loved ones, got off a bus in Dayton, Ohio, and disappeared into the night.
The father of one was last seen walking towards a nightclub called Asylum, and what happened to him remains a mystery to this day.
With no evidence or witnesses, his case stalled for more than a decade, until a retired police lieutenant who spent years studying “the occult and gangs” made a shocking claim in 2008.
The former law enforcement officer said he visited Asylum while working “undercover” around the time Phil disappeared and detailed why he believed the bar was a secret hangout for people who identified as vampires.
A new Netflix documentary is set to uncover the truth about one of the “largest vampire covens” and its links to the disappearance of a man who vanished in 1994 (file image)
In 1994, 26-year-old George Phillip Gall (pictured), known as Phil to his loved ones, disappeared in Dayton, Ohio, after being spotted near a “vampire hot spot”.
The police officer said a waiter told him Phil had been involved in a horrific “ritual” in which he was “decapitated” and his body dumped into the sewers.
The terrifying story will now be investigated in an upcoming Netflix documentary called Vampires of Gem City.
‘For the past 30 years, Dayton, Ohio has been home to the largest vampire coven outside of New Orleans,’ one description reads, according to What’s on Netflix?.
‘When a man disappears from the goth nightclub they use as their headquarters, the case goes cold until a police officer comes forward in 2008 with a story.’
The film will be directed by Joshua Rofé and will be released later this year.
On October 13, 1994, Phil, who worked as a roofer, left the home he shared with his wife and young daughter at around 11 p.m. and boarded a local bus.
The driver told police he got off at a stop near Asylum and began heading toward the nightclub.
“He had no personal problems at the time of his disappearance and it is not usual for him to leave without warning,” he said. report saying.
The terrifying story will now be investigated in an upcoming Netflix documentary called Vampires of Gem City, to be directed by Joshua Rofé (file image)
A 2015 survey by the Atlanta Vampire Alliance found that 5,000 people in the US practice vampirism. Pictured: A still from the 1931 film Dracula
‘Gall’s loved ones decided he was probably dead and held a memorial service for him about nine months after he disappeared. His disappearance remains unsolved.’
In 2008, David Williams, a retired Dayton police lieutenant who is “a nationally recognized expert on the occult and gangs,” said Dayton Daily News who ‘entered the club incognito in 1994’.
“The story was that Gall had supposedly been involved in an occult ritual on the upper floors of the bar and was then decapitated, and that head was sold as a relic to the occultist involved,” he said.
‘(A waiter) said he saw the head, carried in the bar, for sale.’
The former police officer said Phil’s body was “placed in the storm sewer tunnels, through an opening, accessible inside the club.”
According to the outlet, Asylum was known for “attracting a large, goth, vampire-like crowd.”
Recently, a woman who identifies as a vampire revealed her unusual lifestyle. USA today.
Hellen Schweizer, 29, of Wooster, Ohio, wears fangs, heavy makeup and a cape every day.
Recently, 29-year-old Hellen Schweizer of Wooster, Ohio, who identifies as a vampire, revealed her unusual lifestyle.
Self-proclaimed “vampire expert” Joseph Laycock told BU that vampires who drink blood typically take “a few drops at a time” through a “syringe.”
“Not all vampires are bad. I follow a higher path,” she told the publication.
Hellen explained that she does not drink blood, but some people who practice vampirism do, usually from voluntary donors.
He said that “the sun makes him nauseous,” but denied the old rumor that garlic can kill a vampire.
“I love garlic. That’s just a legend,” he said.
Hellen has shared numerous videos about being a vampire on TikTok, where she has amassed over 28,000 followers.
In a clip, he explained what makes vampires different from regular people, saying it all comes down to “needing more energy.”
“I feed on energy. Energy is everywhere and in every living being and there is environmental energy,” he shared.
“Why do we need energy? In a spiritual sense, I don’t have enough energy on my own, so I need a little help from my friends.
“And I’m not alone. There’s a community of people like me all over the world.”
A 2015 survey by the Atlanta Vampire Alliance found that 5,000 people in the U.S. practice vampirism.
An author and self-proclaimed “vampire expert” named Joseph Laycock, who studied and wrote a book on the lifestyle, previously recounted BU that there are two different types of vampires: lifestyle vampires and real vampires.
“Lifestyle vampires admire aesthetics. They might like vampire movies or the writer Anne Rice, and they might have a pair of prosthetic fangs or wear Victorian outfits to nightclubs,” he said.
‘But at the end of the day, they know they’re no different from anyone else because they don’t eat.
‘Real vampires, on the other hand, believe that their physical, mental and emotional health will deteriorate if they do not feed, whether on blood or energy.’
He said vampires who drink blood usually take “a few drops at a time” through a “syringe.”