In downtown Dayton. A 26-year-old steps off, walks toward a goth club called Asylum… and vanishes. Tonight we investigate the Phil Gall cold case, the 1990s Dayton goth/industrial scene, and the headline-grabbing claim that the city hosted “one of the largest vampire covens outside New Orleans”—a claim amplified by a Netflix documentary that reportedly never aired.We separate verified facts from rumor: the last credible sighting near Asylum, the years the case went cold, and the later occult-ritual allegation from a retired officer. We dig into the venue’s real history (address, capacity, reunions) to show how gothic aesthetics can be mistaken for criminal ritual. We tackle the big question: Are vampires real? We look at three lanes(1) supernatural revenants and why historical “forensic” reports dissolve under modern taphonomy (2) modern vampyre communities (sanguinarians, psychic vampires, lifestylers) and their consent/safety norms (3) the psychology behind “energy vampires” (emotional contagion, co-rumination, boundary failures) and why some interactions leave you wiped out. Finally, we explore why the documentary about Dayton’s coven hype was reportedly shelved, what’s confirmed vs. speculation, and what evidence would actually move this case forward.
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