The community of Griswold, CT had forgotten about the old burying ground used by the Walton family in the 19thcentury until children playing near a gravel mine in 1990 found a couple of skulls that had become dislodged from some… Read More ›
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Stockholm’s Unsolved Vampire Murder
Not All Vampires Wear Capes Some of history’s most depraved murderers have had a vampire-like fascination with blood. Some even believed they were an immortal bloodsucker. These killers include Friedrich Heinrich Karl “Fritz” Haarmann the “Vampire of Hanover,” Richard Trenton Chase the… Read More ›
The vampire slayings of 19th century New England
The vampire myth originates in ancient beliefs in demons or evil spirits who feed on the blood and flesh of the living. Cultures all over the world have a version of a blood-sucking creature that returns from the grave to… Read More ›
Beheadings, stakes, and stones – A list of infamous ‘vampire’ burials
The origins of the vampire legend can be traced to ancient Egypt and Greece. But in Europe, between 1300 and 1700, there were a series of plagues that helped to cultivate the belief in vampires due mainly to misconceptions about… Read More ›
[UPDATE] ‘Vampire’ Burial at the Perperikon Site in Bulgaria
Here is a photo of the most recent Bulgarian ‘vampire’ burial. I didn’t have any pics of this grave when I wrote about this a little over week ago. Here’s one of the pics, you can see the metal rod… Read More ›
Another vampire burial found in Bulgaria
Archaeologists working on Bulgaria’s Perperikon site have found a 700 year old grave. They believe the burial contains the remains of a male, about 35 to 40 years of age, who was impaled with a ploughshare through left side of… Read More ›
‘Vampire’ grave unearthed in Poland
Earlier this month, Polish archaeologists unearthed the remains of seven skeletons near the town of Gliwice in Poland. The heads of these individuals were either removed during execution or during a bizarre burial ritual. At the time of burial, each… Read More ›
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