vampire

Remains of ‘female vampire’ found with sickle across her neck and a padlocked toe

Researchers from the Nicholas Copernicus University in Toruń found that the body in the village of Pień had a sickle placed over its neck, which they say would have been to prevent it from returning to mortality. Mirosław Blicharski/Aleksander Poznań

The team of researchers from the Nicholas Copernicus University in Toruń found that the body in the village of Pień had a sickle placed over its neck, which they say would have been to prevent her from returning to mortality, and a padlock on the big toe of her left foot.

Medieval ‘vampire teeth’ had less decay than today’s choppers, say dental experts

Dentists from Katowice who examined the teeth of six people ‘rejected by society’ and accused of being ‘vampires’, found their gnashers were in ‘good condition’.

The tooth will out! Dentists examine ‘vampire skulls’ to discover more about their lives

Having been first decapitated, the skulls in Gliwice had been placed between the victims’ legs leading some to speculate that they had belonged to people suspected of being vampires.

A story with a bit of bite: did a vampire once prowl the night and bring horror to a sleepy Silesian village

TFN explores the legend of a vampire that terrorised a village in the shadow of Castle Książ over 300 years ago.

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