Jonathon "The Impaler" Sharkey threw himself into the race for Minnesota governor on January 13, 2006. His "coming out" to the media as a Hecate Witch, Satanic Dark Priest and Sanguinary Vampire grabbed international attention, and his candidacy marked the beginning of the largest amount of media coverage ever given to an unknown third party candidate running for governor in American history.
Direction
Tray White lets Jonathon hang himself with zero intervention.
Editing
Cuts between Tucker Carlson smirking and vampire rituals = perfect irony.
Production
Captures 2006 political media circus in amber.
Director
W. Tray White
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jonathon Sharkey actually ran for president in 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020 under the Vampyres, Witches, and Pagans Party. He legally changed his name to 'The Impaler' in 2006.
This film captures the exact moment when American political coverage pivoted from policy to personality spectacle—Sharkey was the proto-Trump in vampiric form.
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