The story of Rod Ferrell is one straight out of 1990s horror nostalgia. Occultist, cult leader, murderer, goth, and true, real-life vampire, Rod Ferrell
10 Terrifyingly Evil Killer Cults
Cults are a mind-boggling aspect of civilization. The question always arises, how is it possible for people to get caught up in that type of madness? Even scarier is when the cult turns deadly. How could a group of people possibly go through with the murder of another person? Yet, if the right people get together, it does happen and it’s always terrifying.
10The Vampire Clan
Like many teenagers, 16-year-old Rod Ferrell was obsessed with dark subjects, specifically vampires. However, Ferrell took things a bit further by declaring that he actually was a 500-year-old vampire named Vesago. While it’s not unusual for people to role-play, Ferrell’s dark obsessions would have tragic consequences.
“Judgment with Ashleigh Banfield” is scheduled to air at 8 p.m.
The show features original trial footage from 1998 and interviews with people familiar with the case. One of those witnesses will be journalist Frank Stanfield, who has covered the case for decades, including Ferrell’s rehearing, for the Daily Commercial.
Ferrell and a small band of followers from Kentucky came to Florida to pick up cult member Heather Wendorf, 15, and head for New Orleans.
Heather left in a car with two cult members. Ferrell, 16, and Howard Scott Anderson, 16, snuck into the house in the 24000 block of Green Tree Lane in search of the keys to the family’s Ford Explorer.
in 1996, i was heather wendorf s boyfriend. she was kind of an outcast from the rest of the school, mainly because she was different from anyone in the things that she was into. she believed 100% everything that rod told her. even his story of being a centuries old vampire. and that he would take her away and become a family. will the murders always haunt me? yes, of course they will. i came down with the original intent to merely pick her up, take her back to where i was staying. instead, it led to the actual homicides.