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APPENDIX A: Known Victims

Note: Modern place names are used for all locations.

If no relatives are listed as surviving the victims, relatives are either unknown or the victim had none.

19 Apr 1880. Timothy Harwood. Male. 37. London, England. Barrister.

The first known victim of William the Bloody, Harwood was found with a railroad spike through his cranium. (This method of killing being, of course, what gave William the Bloody his self-assumed moniker of 'Spike'.) Harwood may have been known William the Bloody in life; vampire's first kills, or first several kills, are often former acquaintances or family members of his living self. This hypothesis, however, has failed as a lead in discovering William the Bloody's identity in life. This kill left a wife and son.

19 Apr 1880. Gerard Whitebridge. Male. 32. London, England. Barrister.

A workmate of Mr. Harwood, and therefore possibly also known to William the Bloody's human self. Also killed with a railroad spike. This kill left a wife and two daughters.

19 Apr 1880. John Edson. Male. 28. London, England. Clerk.

Also killed with a railroad spike, which argues that William the Bloody considered him to be in some way associated with the first two. This kill left a wife.

24 July 1880. Edna Pritchard. Female. 63. London, England. Schoolmistress.

Also found with a railroad spike through her head, and therefore, possibly, associated with the previous killings. Research on these four killings, though they are obviously and tantalizingly connected in their method, has failed to yield further information on William the Bloody's life identity. Perhaps the connection is something else entirely, and the four were not known to him before his death. Unlike the other killings, this one did not go unnoticed. William the Bloody's actions began to draw attention to his clan. This kill left no relatives.

29 Aug 1880. Victoria Tidwell. Female. 5. London, England. Child.

This child wandered out of her house when her parents were occupied, hoping to return to the countryside from where they'd just gone on holiday. Her father ran after her, in time to see her ask William the Bloody to take her home (as she was lost), and then saw William the Bloody kill his daughter, as he ran towards the duo. This blatant kill would ultimately result in William the Bloody's clan fleeing London.

7 Mar 1881. Richard Baker. Male. 33. Liverpool, England. Coal supplier for local rail station.

Verification of William the Bloody's involvement in the Baker family deaths was obtained from a scribbled drawing (with a few words on it), left in a coal bin. Baker was foolish enough to approach a traveling stranger, who took him by the throat. This kill left behind a wife and one daughter.

7 Mar 1881. Josephine Baker. Female. 24. Liverpool, England. Seamstress.

Mrs. Baker was forced to invite William the Bloody into her home to save the life of her husband; this was a deal quickly broken by William the Bloody. Upon witnessing her husband's death, Mrs. Baker attempted to fight off her assailant with various implements around the house. (Specifics cannot be given as there was a clutter left by the fight, separate from dropped weapons.) This kill left behind one daughter.

7 Mar 1881. Ruth Baker. Female. 9. Liverpool, England. Pre-pubescent.

It would appear that Mrs. Baker gave her daughter a slate and some chalk (to keep her quiet with), and told her to hide in a coal chute. Ruth had seen the vampire forcing his way into her home, and her childish sketch, with a few symbols surrounding it (one of which was determined to be a stake or spike; a child living near a railroad would be familiar with either one), was enough for the Council to identify the killer. Although her hiding spot was discovered, the slate she left in the coal dust would give the Council its first record of William the Bloody's activity outside of London. This kill left no survivors.

4 Jan 1889. Marta Grunwald. Female. 48. Baden-Baden, Germany. Innkeeper.

A short reign of terror occurred in this vacation town when a quartet of vampires descended upon it. Reports of survivors indicated that the man who killed Grunwald was with an insane woman, and that both their faces were deformed. This was considered adequate proof to label it as a William the Bloody kill. It is unknown when the so-called 'Scourge of Europe' left the British Isles and made their way onto the continent (between Ruth Baker and this kill). This kill left behind a husband.

10 Sept 1889. Josef Hamm. Male. 41. Munich, Germany. Police officer.

William the Bloody engaged a police officer in combat, in an open street, and killed him without drinking from him. He was overheard daring the man to yell for fellow officers to come and assist him. The number of witnesses (mostly people leaving a nearby opera house) led to the flight of the 'Scourge' from Bavaria. This kill left behind a wife, three sons, and a daughter.

2 Feb 1889. Maria Pannella. Female. 23. Naples, Italy. Prostitute.

Pannella and a fellow sex worker, Nina Morandi, were seen leaving a tavern with figures later identified as William the Bloody and Angelus. Pannella was found dead in a refuse wagon the next morning. Morandi would turn up a week later with signs of extreme and prolonged torture. Studies of the respective feeding habits suggests Pannella was killed by William the Bloody and Morandi by Angelus. In a side note, Pannella would later be identified as a carrier of both typhoid and tuberculosis. Unlike most vampiric kills, this one saved potentially hundreds or thousands of lives. This method of disease control is not recommended. This kill left behind no known relatives.

6 Feb 1889. Lucia Coscione. Female. 17. Naples, Italy. Student.

The death of this girl, a daughter of a local politician, began to put the 'Scourge' in danger once again, as local officials began to hunt for her murderer. Four days after the murder, William the Bloody would find the press (that the story was getting) irresistible and would seek out the spotlight. This kill left behind a father, mother, and two sisters.

10 Feb 1889. Marco Coscione. Male. 51. Naples, Italy. Politician.

After walking up to the man's house, William the Bloody said that he had been the one to kill the Coscione girl and asked if the man wanted to duel. Servants would later tell tales of a man who took a sword through the heart and stood back up, only to break the neck of their master. This lead to the 'Scourge' being forced to leave a city yet again, thanks to the highly public actions of William the Bloody. This kill left behind a wife and two daughters.

9 Dec 1893. Gertrude Kirschenbaum. Female. 32. Salzburg, Austria. Waitress.

A Field Watcher saw William the Bloody lure off this waitress, at a restaurant he was dining at. William the Bloody's image was now known to the Council from composite engravings, and the first-hand encounter of this Mr. Terrance Firth would allow for even more accurate imagery to be made.

14 Dec 1893. Terrance Firth. Male. 56. Salzburg, Austria. Watcher.

Mr. Firth decided, according to his journal, that it would be beneficial to strike down this vampire before he had the chance to grow any stronger. That course of action , while honourable, proved foolhardy.

2 May 1896. Josipa Grizogono. Female. 25. Zagreb, Croatia. Singer.

This local starlet befriended William the Bloody, who apparently attended her shows on a regular basis. She did not realize he was waiting for her to turn in a bad performance even while enjoying the music; when she had one bad night, he was waiting backstage. A stagehand reported the murder to the police.

17 Jan 1898. Alexandru Stirbei. Male. 28. Brasov, Romania. Barkeep.

William the Bloody engaged Stirbei in open combat, encouraging him to call in friends. Bets were placed on whether the slight Englishman could possibly win against several burly locals, including one by William the Bloody himself. Not only did he collect his money after cracking their heads open, but word quickly spread, allowing for confirmation of this kill.

17 Jan 1898. Victor Nastase. Male. 26. Brasov, Romania. Laborer.

See above.

17 Jan 1898. Adrian Coposu. Male. 31. Brasov, Romania. Laborer.

See above.

22 July. 1900. Chen Ma. Female. 17. Beijing, China. Slayer.

Although there were no witnesses , it has been generally accepted as fact that this Slayer met her death from William the Bloody. This is also the first confirmed victim after what would later be known (among the Council) as Angelus' curse, and was therefore the start of a new dynamic among the 'Scourge'. This kill left behind a grandfather, mother, and younger male sibling.

24 July 1900. Chen Tzu. Male. 15. Beijing, China. Adolescent.

Dockworkers reported the appearance of a young man screaming for vengeance against the murderer of his sister. He was looking for a 'white-skinned devil', and it is doubtful the witnesses were aware of the accuracy of this comment. Mild burns were suffered by William the Bloody from his torch, but Tzu ultimately was skewered on a broken mast. This kill left behind a grandfather and mother.

25 Dec 1918. Henri Saurrat. Male. 71. Paris, France. Priest.

The gap between this confirmed victim and the previous one reflects the difficulty in accurately tracking William the Bloody's movements upon the creation of the new dynamic upon Angelus' departure. He was thought to attack smaller towns with more laborers, rather than the large cities (with their wealthy elite and lush surroundings) favored by Angelus and Darla. As such, there were fewer witnesses who either happened to stumble upon a killing, or who were educated enough to recognize William the Bloody for what he was, rather than local superstition.

This date is the infamous (among the Council) Christmas Day Massacre. The faithful, coming from a cathedral for evening mass, met with William the Bloody and his consort, who wantonly killed more than three dozen men and women, feeding from none. Due to tensions from the war, the officials were hesitant to allow the spread of tales of a pair of monsters feeding on good, faithful citizens, and most deaths were tied (in one way or another) to the war, (even if the explanations made little sense, people were willing to accept them rather than consider additional horror added to that of men). Because of this cover-up, albeit a somewhat unskilled one, only the identity of the priest (watching his adherents leave) can be verified.

Speculation about this entry abounds. Popular theory holds that it was a way for William the Bloody to make his mark as a separate entity, not in Angelus' shadow, in the continent where he was held under the elder vampire's thumb.

14 Apr 1920. Abdel Higazi. Male. 18. Gaza, Egypt. Ferry worker.

A worker unfortunate enough to be on a ferry that held a fight between William the Bloody and the Slayer of the time, Laila Naeini. William the Bloody did not have the good fortune (as it were) he found in his encounter with Chen Ma, and was forced to dive overboard. This also serves as the first recorded proof that William the Bloody, unlike some of his contemporaries from 1880, knows how to swim.

3 Aug 1922. Eliza Kibaki. Female. 43. Kisumu, Kenya. Missionary.

Notable only for her fortunate choice of a cross upon William the Bloody's initial attack on her outpost, when she fumbled for a weapon. However, William the Bloody was infuriated by his failure and returned two nights later, on the date listed above, to kill her in her sleep. This kill left behind a husband and son.

12 Feb 1923. Okotie Igbaroola. Male. 14. Lagos, Nigeria. Dockworker.

A young dockworker who attempted to prevent William the Bloody and Drusilla from stowing away on a cargo ship to New York City. Descriptions of witnesses would confirm sights of a slight man with very pale skin, curly dark blonde hair, and a deformed face similar to the one of a black-haired woman, with similarly pale skin. This relatively rapid flight across central Africa by William the Bloody and Drusilla suggests that, while they did not require the level of creature comforts demanded by Angelus and Darla, they did prefer to be in areas of more traditional Western civilization.

30 Sept 1928. Lily Roberts. Female. 17. New York City, United States. Prostitute.

William the Bloody would later boast to other vampires that he won an impromptu tournament with other strong vampires in the street to win the (apparently beautiful) prostitute one of them had caught in an alley. His story matches a known vampire victim seen by a Field Watcher, and it is also assumed that his mention of Roberts being shared between himself and Drusilla over the course of a week, is true as well.

9 Dec 1928. Harriet Harper. 15. New York City, United States. Prostitute.

With the success of the first 'tournament', it became a bit of a competition among the vampires in the city to find beautiful prizes. William the Bloody typically won the competitions.

14 Mar 1929. Barbara Tyler. 22. New York City, United States. Prostitute.

Another 'prize'.

3 July 1929. Bridget Finch. 20. New York City, United States. Prostitute.

Another 'prize'. Rumors had spread throughout the city by this point, among the city's sex workers, and precautions made the tournaments too difficult for a group of vampires (with little patience) to manage. McDaniels was the last to be fought over in such a competition. (Not to say that prostitutes were no longer killed; they were simply targeted as any other normal victim, where the goal was to kill, not capture without harming.)

5 June 1934. Harvey Brown. 54. Shreveport, United States. Musician.

William the Bloody's presence is again spotty around this era, as he was thought to have spent nearly two decades in the semi-rural southern United States. (It has been theorized that he liked the music.) The prevalence of local superstition in many of the locations prevented solid confirmation of many of his kills; most of the ones in this time had to be made on the assumption that there were no vampires matching the description of him and Drusilla.

9 Oct 1939. Fiona Simms. 29. Biloxi, United States. Waitress.

A server at one of the jazz clubs William the Bloody was thought to frequent. Few of the kills at this time were investigated by the local authorities, due to racial prejudice prevalent during the era. This kill left behind four sons.

26 Sept 1948. Norma Franklin. 24. New Orleans, United States. Maid.

Little is known about this woman. The owner of the hotel would later give a description of the couple that had rented out the room, where her body was found.

5 Mar 1952. Lupe San Angelo. 12. Hidalgo, Mexico. Child.

One of many recorded deaths during William the Bloody and Drusilla's path through Mexico that took up a large part of the 1950s, but the only definitely identified victim.

11 Jan 1963. Jerry Carmichael. 60. Boston, United States. Police officer.

One can only guess how many victims lie in Mexico, and in the areas between the border and the vampire duo's later home in the Northeastern United States. Upon returning to this area, William the Bloody engaged in previously witnessed behavior, that of purposefully challenging local law enforcement (and now military personnel, in addition). In this era, however, he did not flee when greater attention was earned. Rather, he stayed and faced each foe as they came. It would later be recognized as training, in preparation for his plans to kill his second Slayer. This kill left behind three sons and two daughters.

14 Jan 1963. Samuel Drake. 46. Boston, United States. Police officer.

See above. This kill left behind a wife and son.

14 Jan 1963. Charles O'Brien. 43. Boston, United States. Police officer.

See above.

6 Apr 1966. Abraham Smith. 21. Annapolis, United States. Soldier.

See above. This kill left behind a wife.

18 Sept 1967. Daniel Baker. 29. Atlantic City, United States. Police officer.

See above.

1 June 1969. Margaret Lee. 23. Philadelphia, United States. Nurse.

That William the Bloody sought to improve his skills does not mean that he stepped away from normal vampiric patterns of preying on the weak. It should be noted that the vast majority of kills during his time of training were of the weak and helpless; however, the 'training' kills were typically more visible and therefore, easier to verify specific identities for.

31 Jan 1974. James Black. 28. Baltimore, United States. Police Officer.

See above.

19 Nov 1978. Nikki Wood. Female. 24. New York City, United States. Slayer.

This kill was possibly William the Bloody's most difficult. Wood was at a much higher level of skill than Chen Ma, being older, more experienced, and more physically imposing. As with the death of Chen Ma, much has been left to speculation as to the particulars of the kill, but it is generally accepted that William the Bloody was the figure to end her life. This kill left behind a son.

This kill set William the Bloody apart in the underworld of the vampires. Six other living (or more accurately, 'existing') vampires could claim killing Slayers. However, the majority of these six had seen the kind of good fortune experienced by William the Bloody in his own first kill, and none had undertaken similar training missions in order to seek out other Slayers and defeat them. William the Bloody's name began to spread among his fellow vampires and, with this new reputation, he returned yet again to the land where he'd seen his birth and initial existence as a vampire.

21 May 1982. Ian Chestham. Male. 41. Dover, England. Petty criminal.

William the Bloody now took a short, unexpected turn and began preying on those humans living outside the law. While it can easily be explained by understanding his need to pit himself against the strongest and most dangerous, it did offer a blessed respite to innocent victims in the area.

28 Aug 1983. Harold Smythe. Male. 35. London, England. Petty criminal.

See above.

12 Dec 1983. Charles Sandbourne. Male. 36. London, England. Murderer, car thief.

See above.

19 Sept 1986. Nadine Walters. Female. 14. Folkestone, England. Adolescent.

By this point, Drusilla had grown tired of her consort's efforts at always seeking out strong, older victims in order to improve his skills. The next ten years marked a pattern of seeking out the youngest and weakest victims of his existence, in order to placate her and provide some some sort of thanks for nearly three decades of his 'training'.

27 Oct 1986. Jeanne Beaumarchais. Female. 15. Calais, France. Adolescent.

See above.

3 Mar 1989. Anne-Marie Montand. Female. 13. Maastrict, Belgium. Adolescent.

See above.

19 Nov 1993. Kerstin Schild. Female. 13. Frankfurt, Germany. Adolescent.

See above.

15 May 1996. Maruska Svetsky. Female. 12. Prague, Czech Republic. Child.

The murder of this child would ultimately result in Drusilla being severely injured. William the Bloody's actions during this time are discussed elsewhere in this study.