Tracey Wigginton
Bad Gays16 Des 2025

Tracey Wigginton

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The place: Queensland, Australia; a state just recovering from decades of rule by "hillbilly dictator" Joh Bjelke-Petersen, a petty authoritarian with a reputation for brutal homophobia and the even more brutal repression of street protest. The time: the late Eighties, at the height of the AIDS epidemic and public fear about queers and blood. The woman: Tracey Wigginton, a deeply disturbed woman from an abusive background who committed a horrifying crime. The media saw a potential scandal, and created one: it was easier to believe lesbians are vampires than to believe in the endemic nature of family abuse and violence in our society.

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SOURCES:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265940376_Biting_the_hand_that_breeds_the_trials_of_Tracey_Wigginton

https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/paroled-lesbian-vampire-killer-tracey-wigginton-will-get-away-with-lies/news-story/d7f1890bf3cb800c110a63d9afae6573

https://www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-news-vampire-killer-tracey-wigginton-facebook-posts/09282693-2a38-4a28-b774-e4e13ce75528

Wiggington, Tracey. "A perspective on long term imprisonment." Hecate, vol. 28, no. 1, May 2002, pp. 163+. Gale Literature Resource Center, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A90137673/LitRC?u=fub&sid=summon&xid=a75e4729. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/paroled-lesbian-vampire-killer-tracey-wigginton-will-get-away-with-lies/news-story/d7f1890bf3cb800c110a63d9afae6573

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/lesbian-vampire-killer-who-drank-victims-blood/news-story/09102844937bc5d7f8ae57a6ecaa7d23

https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/crime-and-justice/the-dark-secrets-of-queenslands-lesbian-vampire-killer/news-story/f06485d6f4bedf7aff10c6d0cc0493de

https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/data/UQ_266021/UQ266021_OA.pdf?Expires=1754556877&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJKNBJ4MJBJNC6NLQ&Signature=RiTUjU3wloJ5ID8FOocSjpBlGCjqSx3tWOlsGk-yjs6t97RfzrIL12lmEqpNzte66K4qvtNWannQlBkdGFt3fpxYMX6BfAPVooV0jWn9XIbe8mtv7dlNoMlY8qlGP12i3ys2cjGijliWW~FlUbT49K78sSDqF2s07VLL2B-joR7iV5IM2SDPzz~mPK9P1GtWClFsA32y3nD7zDGD01owIidTuQEq5iG4eVdJBsdd0Ttam40sGbLnpxE5KH1chiHdDLUn9L7ysMnsfUuU-iFb7LFOuRRFVIRGEP0xfMR7WMKLw-WAJuzldNop789xaNYyIfoohViG7F2D3LeMxrzdZg__

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/shock-revelation-in-brisbanes-infamous-lesbian-vampire-killing/news-story/ac7ebac0af6c24f5a97d73d200078a38

https://www.news.com.au/national/crime/new-book-reveals-six-personalities-of-vampire-lesbian-killer/news-story/d41b346be98738676f41b52717a3f721

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/crime-week-dark-secrets-of-australias-lesbian-vampire-murderer/news-story/83ed596770511fa459c4a7feab36ce1c

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/lesbian-vampire-killer-who-drank-victims-blood/news-story/09102844937bc5d7f8ae57a6ecaa7d23

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