Night-time legends, historical accusations and fear of the returning dead.
William of Newburgh tells of a suspicious husband who dies after falling from a beam, and two brothers who connect their father's death with his subsequent wanderings.
In Milovan Glisic's story, a mill-haunting vampire names himself after finding a log instead of a victim. The search for his grave joins village comedy, folk belief and a love story.
Augustus Hare recorded Captain Fisher's story of a being that dismantles a window and returns to a family vault. Its narrative has survived more securely than its supposed setting.
A short entry links nocturnal attacks with a dead woman; later retellings supply a potter husband and strengthen the witchcraft motifs.
In Neplach’s chronicle the dead shepherd Myslata visits settlements, calls the living by name and mockingly accepts a stake as a defensive staff.
Roulet was found after an attack on a child; an account of a wolf-making ointment reached court, but appeal produced confinement instead of execution.
A shepherd boy’s confession was connected with wolf attacks; execution gave way to lifelong monastic confinement, while later books transformed the opening scene.
Unusual burials with sickles and stones became known as vampire graves. Archaeology establishes the treatment, while its precise meaning needs careful interpretation.
