Myths, Memories and Music
On October 2, 1925, the Church Hill section of Richmond, Virginia suffered a great tragedy when a train tunnel caved in at the exact moment a train happened to be in the tunnel. Several people lost their lives. It wasn’t long after the cave-in that a story began circulating describing a blood covered creature with jagged teeth. Huge patches of decomposing skin were hanging off the creature’s legs and arms. The tale went on to explain how at the time of the tragic cave-in the creature made his way towards the James River and then to Hollywood Cemetery where he was last seen entering the crypt that belonged to William Worthan Pool. It only added to the story that Mr. Pool’s burial site did not share a birth date…only the year he died….1913. He never died? Seriously? Somehow the story morphed into a vampire story and the tale of the Richmond Vampire was widely told through the years. Mr. Pool had lived a very ordinary life before passi...
