According to lure, vampires can be delt with in a few ways.  They can be destroyed by digging up graves looking for ones that are showing signs of being a vampire.  These signs were indication of comsumtion of blood and lack of decay.

   Once identified as a vampire corpse they'd decapitat the corspe, remove the hearts, stake it, cremate it or any combination of these things.  But the reason this may have gone on was the fact that it was a way to explain unexplainable deaths.

   Many psychologist state that the reason vampires are forbidden.  They have immortality, they have powere over people, and they have sex appeal.  They are appealing in the fact that they are domonate, charming and have innuendo of oral sex.  And other stranger appeals may be blood fetishes(sexual excitment from seeing or tasting blood) , S&M (sadomasochism), and necrophilia (wanting to have sex with the dead).

  

Vampires and Blood

 

   Vampires actually only need a small amount of blood every day, but normaly kill the victim to stay a secret.  They may also go for long periods of time without feeding by entering a state of hibernation.

   If the person isn't killed they'll become a vampire w/in less than a week.  The master helps the new fledgling to survive at first.  And must complete the vampire's baptism of bloo, where they drink their master's blood.  This causes the person to die and become a vampire.  If the master vampire dies the curse on the person is lifted as long as they haven't drank blood yet.

 

Some Vampire Theories:

 

The Hormone Theory

   Vampires are the next evolutionary step in humans.  There is a genetic complex inside our body, but it's usualy inactive and can be activated by a hormone brought in from an outside source.  The hormone transforms the victim's physical form and the vampire is able to inject this into another human.