Energy vampires existed long before “What We Do in the Shadows” introduced Colin Robinson. Healthline posted a 2018 manual on how to spot and avoid them. Dr. Christiane Northrup wrote a book about them before tumbling down a conspiracy theory tunnel and becoming one. Dig into this site’s ancient scrolls and you’ll find casual references to the concept along with a feature defining the subtypes of these day-walkers dating back to the year 2000.
But it cannot be a coincidence that in the months after Mark Proksch first brought Colin to our screens in 2019, Oprah Winfrey and a slew of wellness magazines offered explanations and explorations of what it means to be one.
