Well, we had to do something for Halloween because, well, that’s what podcasts do. So, in our style, we decided to talk about Vampires from a few news articles we found in the last couple months. Where does the legend come from? What did historic cultures do to suspected vampires? We learn all about it on this episode.
Links
Archaeologists unearth 17th Century ‘vampire child’ burial in Poland
https://archaeologymag.com/2023/08/archaeologists-unearth-vampire-child-burial-in-poland/400-Year-Old ‘Vampire Child’ Was Buried with Their Foot Padlocked so They Wouldn’t Rise from the Grave https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/400-year-old-vampire-child-was-buried-with-their-foot-padlocked-so-they-wouldnt-rise-from-the-grave/
Remains of a “female vampire” have been unearthed in Poland
https://archaeologymag.com/2022/09/remains-of-a-female-vampire-pinned-to-the-ground-have-been-unearthed-in-poland/Mystery of 'Vampire' Burials Solved
https://www.livescience.com/48924-mystery-of-vampire-burials-solved.html
Buried with sickles: early modern interments from Drawsko, Poland https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/buried-with-sickles-early-modern-interments-from-drawsko-poland/791AADE59597383DA4D5EA0221034AF9
Governing from the Grave: Vampire Burials and Social Order in Post-medieval Poland (Cambridge): https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/5B289269B5042D982F9A534664BB2D72/S0959774314000754a.pdf/governing-from-the-grave-vampire-burials-and-social-order-in-post-medieval-poland.pdf
The Horrors of History: Vampires (Ashland Community and Technical College): https://ashland.kctcs.edu/blog/posts/untitled.aspx#:~:text=The concept of the vampire,not widespread or well-known.
A Natural History of Vampires
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/primate-diaries/a-natural-history-of-vampires/
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