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Both the tabletop and the live-action versions of Vampire have attracted considerable controversy for their anti-Christian themes and possible destructive influence.  Of particular concern is the possibility that the game will serve as a "gateway drug" leading to interest in vampire-like cults.  Bobbi Jo O'Neal, a registered nurse with experience dealing with modern deviant behaviors such as pseudo-vampirism, comments on this, noting that "Contemporary interest in vampire-like cults began out of several role-playing games such as "Masquerade" and "Dungeons & Dragons.""<ref>http://www.forensicnursemag.com/articles/351lifedeath.html</ref>   

Both the tabletop and the live-action versions of Vampire have attracted considerable controversy for their anti-Christian themes and possible destructive influence.  Of particular concern is the possibility that the game will serve as a "gateway drug" leading to interest in vampire-like cults.  Bobbi Jo O'Neal, a registered nurse with experience dealing with modern deviant behaviors such as pseudo-vampirism, comments on this, noting that "Contemporary interest in vampire-like cults began out of several role-playing games such as "Masquerade" and "Dungeons & Dragons.""<ref>http://www.forensicnursemag.com/articles/351lifedeath.html</ref>   

In at least one case, the live-action version of the game has been linked to murder.  On Thanksgiving Day in 1996, Roderick Ferrell, a 16-year-old from Kentucky, attacked and murdered Richard and Naoma Ruth Wendorf with the aid of members of his cult, which he called "The Vampire Clan"--a group which had started out playing ''Vampire: the Masquerade'' and progressed into full cult status and behavior, including communion with demons and human blood-drinking rituals. <ref>http://www.angelfire.com/oh/yodaspage4/newsstories1.txt</ref>  Among the cult members was the Wendorfs' own daughter Heather.  Ferrell's mother Sondra was also apparently led into criminal activity through a fascination with vampires; she was charged with writing sexually explicit letters to a 14-year-old in which she revealed her desire to become a vampire. <ref>http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/weird/vampires/8.html</ref>

In at least one case, the live-action version of the game has been linked to murder.  On Thanksgiving Day in 1996, Roderick Ferrell, a 16-year-old from Kentucky, attacked and murdered Richard and Naoma Ruth Wendorf with the aid of members of his cult, which he called "The Vampire Clan"—a group which had started out playing ''Vampire: the Masquerade'' and progressed into full cult status and behavior, including communion with demons and human blood-drinking rituals.<ref>http://www.angelfire.com/oh/yodaspage4/newsstories1.txt</ref>  Among the cult members was the Wendorfs' own daughter Heather.  Ferrell's mother Sondra was also apparently led into criminal activity through a fascination with vampires; she was charged with writing sexually explicit letters to a 14-year-old in which she revealed her desire to become a vampire.<ref>http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/weird/vampires/8.html</ref>

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