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> |