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‘Real-life vampire’ considered so dangerous she was padlocked inside grave with a sickle at her neck: archaeologists

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‘Real-life vampire’ considered so dangerous she was padlocked inside grave with a sickle at her neck: archaeologists

Just in time for spooky season, archaeologists have unleashed grisly new information about how a “real-life vampire” spent her final moments. An elite female “vampire” who died some 350 years ago was first unearthed two years ago at a medieval graveyard in Pień, Poland. Dubbed Zosia by researchers, new illustrations of what the 18-year-old vampiress … Read more

‘Vampire child’ with padlocked ankle dug up in 17th-century cemetery: ‘Feared during life’

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‘Vampire child’ with padlocked ankle dug up in 17th-century cemetery: ‘Feared during life’

Sink your teeth into this discovery. Archaeologists have found the remains of a so-called “vampire child” dating to the 1600s in a Pień, Poland, cemetery. The skeletal scraps were estimated to be from a child aged between 5 to 7. The remains were discovered lying face down with a triangular padlock attached to one of its … Read more