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13 March 2009

Italian Vampire History

A dig in Italy helps link medieval notions about vampires with the mouth area shroud decomposition, decomposing organ seepage, and gas bloating associated with decaying bodies. They responded by putting a brick in the mouth of the corpse to starve it. Lo and behold, it worked. Nobody in areas that followed the procedure died of vampire bites.

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