“After all, the word ‘vampire’ was introduced to the English speaking world from Serbia when the March 11,1732 edition of the London Journal used the word in association with the Arnont Paule case.” Forward, After 90 Years: The Story of Serbian Vampire Sava Savanovic, Andrew M Boylan Plagues have strange effects on people. In Europe, …
The most popular walking tours in London include strolling by known plague pit sites, where the hundreds of thousands of Londoners who died during the numerous outbreaks of plague are buried. The Black Death killed between 1/3 and 2/3 of Europe’s inhabitants over the course of its random and terrifying outbreaks. The impact of the …
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- August 6, 2020
- Bosnia and Herzegovina , Croatia , Serbia
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Although the beliefs in stalking, blood-eating undead of the Balkan villages were scorned by those who lived more urban and educated lives, the Serbian vampire appears as a fact in the records of the Austrian Empire. Viewing themselves as modern, educated, and certainly more knowledgeable than the unwashed Serbian peasants they were overseeing – shocked …
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- May 20, 2020
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