Halloween is upon us, and you know what that means...
It's time to get spoooooooky.
Vampires — at least how they’re portrayed in horror movies— are not real. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t some real-world maladies that helped inspire and grow the myth of a bloodsucking night stalker.
Premature burials, on the other hand, were — and are — very real. And so, so terrifying. People have created some incredible devices in hopes of avoiding the fate… but that hasn’t stopped poor souls from being placed in the Earth a bit too early…
Research Links:
Vampires
National Geographic - The Blood Truth About Vampires
BBC - The Real-Life Diseases That Spread the Vampire Myth
Mayo Clinic - Porphyria
Wikipedia - Mercy Brown Vampire Incident
Premature Burial
New England Historical Society - When Fears of Premature Burial Stalked the Land
Mental Floss - 4 People Who Were Buried Alive (And How They Got Out)
Smithsonian Magazine - People Feared Being Buried Alive So Much They Invented These Special Safety Coffins
