Category Archives: Fringe Characters

Fringe Characters

Jaden Steven MurphyJaden Murphy

“…initiated Rod into vampirism during a crossing-over ceremony in a Murray (Kentucky) cemetery that involved slashing their arms and sharing each other’s blood, followed by a lengthy period of meditation.  As the senior vampire who initiated Rod, Murphy said he became the younger boy’s sire and was responsible for his behavior.  And although he explained the rules of vampire conduct to Rod, the witness said, his protégé violated those principles when he organized his own band of followers…The Wendorf Murders were not vampiric, Murphy explained, because Rod didn’t bleed the bodies.  ‘There was no bloodletting.  He did not take from them’.”  (Perlmutter)

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“Bloodletting can be a sexual act, vampires are very sensual.  The embrace, whether it be male on male, female on female, is sexual.  It’s the taking of one’s fluid into your body, the joining of souls and spirits that have walked the earth for thousands of years.” – Jaden Murphy (The Embrace)

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Heather Ann Wendorf (AKA:  Xoey Hawk, Heather Wendorf-Kelly)

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Little Ms. Heather wrote letters to anyone with a swinging dick begging to be delivered from ‘hell’, and I’ll get to those later, but I want to post one of my favorite excerpts from a letter that she apparently wrote to Scott Anderson.

“The thing is, I am a gullible and naive girl.  I admit that in full and with that, I can be easily taken advantage of.  The good side is my loyalty can be quite strong when given proper reason.  I hope you understand what I’m saying.  Being naive and being innocent is a beautiful thing.  It gives my eyes a different perspective of my world.  When things happen to break my innocence and relinquish my naive self, my worries increase.  Please consider that to me, being naive isn’t just a part of my characteristics but more of a defense.”

Do you think she was naïve?  WTF Heather?  We are not the fucking stupid.  I mean really.  Literally 5 sentences later she starts discussing a “…wonderful dream” involving the killing of another human being and how excited it makes her.

Joe Barrett (15), a classmate of Heather’s, revealed that Heather “…was a real sweet girl but deep down you could tell she had emotional problems” and “…when she started hanging around with Ferrell she changed.  She started dyeing her hair purple or red and she wore all these long black clothes.  She went around telling her friends she had ‘crossed over’ and become a vampire.”  (Independent 12/5/96)

Heather told Jeremy Hueber that “…you could have the best sex only after a blood drink.”  (Independent 12/5/96)

Affidavit (Lake County Sheriff’s Office Detective/Investigator Ron Patton):  “I’n the days leading to her parent’s murder, Heather Wendorf asked her sister, Jennifer, 17, if she had ever planned to kill their parents.  Then she told Jennifer ‘that she decided that Rod Ferrell would be a person to ask if you want someone killed.'”  (Orlando Sentinel 12/5/96)

“Ferrell claimed during his murder trial…that he asked Heather whether it was OK to kill her parents.  ‘You spoke so much about killing your parents.  You still want me to?’  She said yes, he testified.”  (Orlando Sentinel 4/25/98)

“…Heather had stayed with an aunt, also in Port Orange, but the aunt finally kicked her out for violating house rules, including slipping out night and having her boyfriend over when her aunt was working at night.”  (Orlando Sentinel 11/20/97).

“Though Heather was offered all kinds of money…she turned everything down.”  (The Embrace, 417).  FALSE – she was offered and accepted $1,000.00 for her cooperation with Aprhodite Jones for the true-crime novel The Embrace.

Those familiar with the case, know of Heather’s involvement, or alleged lack thereof.  I was able to track down her MySpace page (94% sure) and as you can see, nothing much has changed over the past 15 years.  Just a few of her noteworthy interests: anarchy, civil disobedience, vampires and what seems like every fringe religion/cult known to man.  Also take note that one of her occupations is popess.  Nothing this woman could ever say or do would surprise me.  http://www.myspace.com/xoeyhawk

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James Joseph Yohe

“In 1995, James Yohe, a self-styled ‘drama enthusiast at Murray State University, formed a group called VAMPS (Victorian Age Masquerade Performance Society).  Yohe, whose brother David is a gamer in Murfreesboro, wanted to use the Masquerade’s loose story lines to hone his acting skills.  For a brief time, VAMPS’ membership included a frail 16-year-old named Rod Ferrell.”  (Tales From the Dark Side)