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Why Was The ‘Vampire Woman’ Buried With A Scythe At Her Neck?

A 17th-century ‘Vampire epidemic’ had people on edge

Betsy Denson
Smorgasbord of History
4 min readSep 16, 2022

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The woman’s grave was unearthed when archaeologists from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland were excavating a cemetery in the southern village of Pien. The skeleton wore a fine silk cap with gold or…

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Betsy Denson
Smorgasbord of History

Always looking for the interesting. Incurably curious. Write a new book in my head once a month. Hopefully one will cross the finish line before I'm 80.