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==Controversy==

==Controversy==

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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