How to Bury a Vampire - TAS 239

Well, we had to do something for Halloween because, well, that’s what podcasts do. So, in our style, we decided to talk about Vampires from a few news articles we found in the last couple months. Where does the legend come from? What did historic cultures do to suspected vampires? We learn all about it on this episode. Links Archaeologists unearth 17th Century ‘vampire child’ burial in Poland https://archaeologymag.com/2023/08/archaeologists-unearth-vampire-child-burial-in-poland/ 400-Year-Old ‘Vampire Child’ Was Buried with Their Foot Padlocked so They Wouldn’t Rise from the Grave https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/400-year-old-vampire-child-was-buried-with-their-foot-padlocked-so-they-wouldnt-rise-from-the-grave/ Remains of a “female vampire” have been unearthed in Poland https://archaeologymag.com/2022/09/remains-of-a-female-vampire-pinned-to-the-ground-have-been-unearthed-in-poland/ Mystery of 'Vampire' Burials Solved https://www.livescience.com/48924-mystery-of-vampire-burials-solved.html Buried with sickles: early modern interments from Drawsko, Poland https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/buried-with-sickles-early-modern-interments-from-drawsko-poland/791AADE59597383DA4D5EA0221034AF9 Governing from the Grave: Vampire Burials and Social Order in Post-medieval Poland (Cambridge): https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/5B289269B5042D982F9A534664BB2D72/S0959774314000754a.pdf/governing-from-the-grave-vampire-burials-and-social-order-in-post-medieval-poland.pdf The Horrors of History: Vampires (Ashland Community and Technical College): https://ashland.kctcs.edu/blog/posts/untitled.aspx#:~:text=The concept of the vampire,not widespread or well-known . A Natural History of Vampires https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/primate-diaries/a-natural-history-of-vampires/ Contact Chris Webster [email protected] Rachel Roden [email protected] RachelUnraveled (Instagram) Affiliates www.archpodnet.com/archaeology/239 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.