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Two recently unearthed children's skeletons showed characteristics of ancient anti-vampire burials meant to prevent the dead from exiting the grave, Remains of decapitated "vampire child" found in ...
Just last month, archaeologists announced they had found the remains of a decapitated "vampire child" in Poland. In an interview with CBS News in 2022, Polinski said the discovery of Zosia's ...
Zosia's was Grave No. 75 at the unmarked cemetery in Pien, outside the northern city of Bydgoszcz. Among the other bodies found at the site was a "vampire" child, buried face down and similarly ...
A partially-destroyed grave (later numbered burial number 3a) was found in 1987. It contained the remains of a person who had died before reaching 25 years old. No burial goods or wooden structures were found. The skeleton was incomplete, missing some leg bones and right hand bones. The skull was found between the femurs.
Poland Karol Kot (18 December 1946 – 16 May 1968) was a Polish murderer who terrorized the city of Kraków between 1964 and 1966. Due to trial evidence and to the seemingly random choices of victims, which included children and elderly people, Kot was nicknamed the Vampire of Kraków .
Zdzisław Marchwicki (18 October 1927 – 26 April 1977), [1] known as The Zagłębie Vampire (Polish: Wampir z Zagłębia), was an alleged Polish serial killer who, together with several accomplices, was convicted of killing 14 women and attacking 7 others around the country from 1964 to 1970. For this, Marchwicki was executed in 1977, but ...
Geophysical surveys suggest many more graves are at the site beyond the dozens already excavated, Poliński said. A year after discovering Zosia’s grave, the same team found a child’s remains ...
A vjesci (Polish: wieszczy) is a vampire in Polish folklore. According to legend, some people are born with the destiny of becoming vjesci, discernable by a caul located on the newborn's head. In order to prevent these individuals from becoming a vjesci, the caul was removed, dried, ground and fed to the person on their seventh birthday. [ 1 ]