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A close-up of Dracula: he is wearing a cape and has red eyes and sharp fangs.

More ‘disease’ than ‘Dracula’—how the vampire myth was born

Source: The Conversation

Historians still aren’t quite certain of vampires’ origins, but they have theories. Read more to find out what they are.

This entry was posted in What Tales Tell and tagged Health & Medicine, History, People on November 1, 2021 by Jessica Volkening-Hayes.

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