“Shocking Discovery: ‘Vampire’ Woman Sealed Away with Sickle to Prevent Her From Rising Again!”
In other parts of Europe, particularly among Slavic people, the belief of these vampires became so widespread it induced mass hysteria and led to brutal executions.
People who died in “untimely ways” — such as suicide — were suspected of vampirism. As a result, their bodies were mutilated in order to prevent them from rising from the dead and terrorizing the village.
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By the 17th century, these “unusual burial practices became common across Poland in response to a reported outbreak of vampires,” said Science Alert.
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