13th TO THE 17th CENTURY
MORAVIA (1250)
Several suspected cases of vampirism where reported in this country which is now part of Czechoslovakia. One of these was cases was in the town of Olmutz. It was reported that a vampire had been attacking people. A 'vampire hunter' was summoned from Hungary, who hunted down the vampire and cut off its head with a spade.
FRANCE (1310)
Following the Council of Troyes in May, King Philippe ordered that the cporpse of a certain Jehan de Turo be exhumed and destroyed by fire 'on suspicion that he was a vampyre'.
BOHEMIA (1337)
In the town of Lewin, a woman called Brodka, who was believed to dabble in sorcery and had died by her own hand, was buried at the local cross roads. Suicides of evil repute who where not interred in this manner were belived to become vampires after thier death.
UPPER STYRIA (1451)
At Gratz in the mountains of of Austria, lived Barbara de Cilly, a woman much loved by Sigismind of Hungary. When close to death, was saved by the use of a secret ritual devised by Abermerlin the Mage, but as a result was condemned forever after to become a vampire. This woman was the inspiration for 'Camilla'.
TURKEY (1523)
A vampire which had been terrorising the people of Sjonica was finally driven out by a man named Ibro who attacke the creature on night with a knife. Although the creature fled, never to be seen again, a spot of blood left behind on the ground proved impossible to remove.
17th TO THE 20th CENTURY
RUMANIA (1624)
A beautiful and beguiling female vampire seduced and then drank the blood of a number of men from the town of Craiova. She was last seen near the river Jiu and, as water is said to be fatal to vampires, is presumed to have drowned.
HUNGARY (1690)
The High Duke of Madreiga was said to have been regularly attacked by a vampire at Cassova - but then claimed to have put a stop to these attacks. However, soon afterwards he died in an accident, and within weeks cases of vapmirism were being reported throughout the region. The Dukes body was exhumed and destroyed, but the cases continued and records claim that the Duke turned a total of 17 men and women into vampires.
MORAVIA (1731)
Two women named Miliza and Stanno both of whom had died in 1729, were believed to be the cause of an outbreak of vampirism at Metwett. 13 deaths occured in a 2 week period, which where attributed to this couple.
YUGOSLAVIA (1816)
In the town of Varbeska, the French author, Prosper Merimee, was dining when a vampire appeard at an upstairs window and bit the neck of a young girl named Khava who was sleeping. According to Merimee, the girl woke up recognising the man who had bitten her as a man who had died a year before. At this the family lit torches and went to where the man was burried. The mans coffin was oppened and his body was found to be untouched. Although the vampire was destroyed, his victim passed away 18 days later.
AMERICA (1845)
According to a report in the 'Norwich Courier', after the death of a certain Horace Ray in the winter of 1845, the members of his family all fell ill of a wasting disease. When just one sone remained alive, the body of the father was exhumed and found as fresh as the day it had been laid to rest. After the corpse had been burned, the health of the remaining son rapidly improvedand he lived to a ripe old age convinced that his father had been a vampire.
GREAT BRITAIN (1848)
A vampire plagued the Cranswell family living in Cumberland. The creature repeatedly tried to break into the families houseand attck the young daughter Anne. When finally tracked to its lair in the nearby churchyard by the girl's 2 brothers, the vampire's coffin was set on fire and its body consumed by the flames.
RUMANIA (1889)
One of the worst recorded out breaks of vampirism occurred in the district of Crassovawhen several dozen men, women and childreen were discovered to be sloly dying from loss of blood nad bite maks on their necks. A total of 30corpses were intered in local graveyards and all pierced by stakes, before the attacks ceased.
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
TRANSYLVANIA (1905)
When an old gypsy died in Carpatineni, near to Arges, where Vlad Dracula had once lived, it was noticed that no signs of rigor mortis developed while the body was on view to relatives and friends. When the corpse still remained supple after several days, it was decided the man had become a vampire and his heart wa pierced by a stake before his burial.
GREAT BRITAIN (1921)
A skeleton believed to be that of a woman, which was found in Essex, may have been that of a vampire - because the remains had been bound with rope and nails driven through the thigh bones to prevent it from rising from the grave.
FRANCE (1926)
A vampire was reported to be on the loose at Nucourt when a body completely drained of blood was discovered. The corpse was also covered in teeth marks. This outrage matched similar occurences dating back at least a century, but despite extensive searches, no trace of the culprit has yet been found. In 1974, several tombs were discovered to have been rifled in this same locality.
YUGOSLAVIA (1936)
When several vampire attacks were reported near the castle of Herdody, an investigation led searchers to the grave of a young woman who had died in the 13th century. Although nothing was found in the tomb, when it was exorcised with holy water and prayers the attacks ceased.
GREAT BRITAIN (1970)
The famous cemetary at Highgate was reported to be the haunt of a vampire after a series of strange events were reported, including the discovery of an unconscious girl with small puncture marks on her neck. Despite a 'Vampire Hunt' the mystery has remained unsolved.
WEST GERMANY (1973)
A man described only as 'Mr Lorca' was confined to an institution for the insane in Hamburg following a series of vampire attacks. It was reported that he believed he was possesed by the spirit of Vlad Dracula.
AMERICA (1974)
A museum in Hollywood, claimed to have purchased the missing skeleton of Vlad Dracula, last seen in his tomb at the monestery in Snagov. The remains have been studied and are belived to be the remains of the genuine Wallachian prince - although there are those who think the depression in the rib cage where a stake might once have been, and the long canaine teeth of the skeleton, are just a little to good to be true.
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