Brian Righi has been interested in psychic phenomena since he was a child and first began to chronicle the folklore of vampires while hiking through Eastern Europe. A member of the Dallas/Fort Worth Ghost Hunters, he gives lectures and investigates claims of the supernatural throughout the country.  His other books include Ghosts, Apparitions and Poltergeists (Llewellyn), Ghosts of Fort Worth: Investigating Cowtown’s Most Haunted Locations, and Supernatural Texas: A Field Guide (Schiffer Publ). The author lives in Abilene, Texas.