WEBVTT - Season 6 Episode 8 Extra: Alone in a Darkened Room

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Unexplained Extra with me Richard McClane Smith, where

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<v Speaker 1>for the weeks in between episodes, we look at stories

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<v Speaker 1>and ideas that, for one reason or other, didn't make

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<v Speaker 1>it into the previous show. In last week's episode, The Rising,

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<v Speaker 1>we heard the beguiling tale of the supposed Highgate vampire

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<v Speaker 1>that is said to have stalked London's most famous cemetery

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<v Speaker 1>in the late nineteen sixties and early seventies. As some

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<v Speaker 1>listeners have been at pains to point out, the story

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<v Speaker 1>has grown somewhat overblown in the years since, but perhaps

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<v Speaker 1>most interesting is the animosity that developed out of it

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<v Speaker 1>between David Farrant and Seawan Manchester, the two figures most

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<v Speaker 1>often associated with the events. When the story was first

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<v Speaker 1>reported in The Hampstead and Highgate Express in nineteen seventy,

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<v Speaker 1>the pair appeared to be very much in audence about

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<v Speaker 1>the possible nature of the unusual goings on. Before long, however,

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<v Speaker 1>each became intent on establishing their own version of the story.

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<v Speaker 1>Though Sean Manchester maintained throughout that it was a vampire

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<v Speaker 1>stalking the cemetery, Farrant preferred instead to think of it

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<v Speaker 1>more as a dark, ghostly entity that had become empowered

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<v Speaker 1>by black magic. Before long, Manchester accused Farrant of meddling

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<v Speaker 1>with things he didn't understand, and even charged him of

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<v Speaker 1>being a black magic practitioner himself, who had helped to

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<v Speaker 1>resurrect the vampire in the first place. Things deteriorated so

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<v Speaker 1>much that in nineteen seventy three, Manchester challenged Farrant to

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<v Speaker 1>a magician's duel to the death, billing the encounter as

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<v Speaker 1>a fight between his white force of good and Farrant's

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<v Speaker 1>black magic forces of evil. Sadly, in the end, the

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<v Speaker 1>battle never took place. Many have also questioned Manchester's account

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<v Speaker 1>of Elizabeth Voidiwa and Barbara Moriarty's apparent experiences, neither of

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<v Speaker 1>whom appeared to have ever spoken publicly on the matter,

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<v Speaker 1>if indeed they existed at all. The similarity between elements

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<v Speaker 1>of Manchester's stories and Bram Stoker's own Dracula has also

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<v Speaker 1>not gone unnoticed, certainly his belief that a king vampire

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<v Speaker 1>once lived at Ashurst House, close to the Cemetery, having

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<v Speaker 1>arrived in England under a cloud of mystery from Eastern Europe,

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<v Speaker 1>where he also claimed a vampire plague had once Raged

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<v Speaker 1>bears much of the hallmarks of bram Stoker's masterpiece. So

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<v Speaker 1>what then, of the stories that inspired bram Stoker. It

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<v Speaker 1>may seem far fetched to claim a vampire had been

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<v Speaker 1>living at the site of Highgate Cemetery since the eighteenth century,

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<v Speaker 1>but did you know the so called vampire plague was,

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<v Speaker 1>in one way or another, entirely real. The year was

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<v Speaker 1>seventeen thirty one, and the place the village of Meadvija,

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<v Speaker 1>a small farming community located about a hundred miles south

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<v Speaker 1>of Belgrade in what was then the Kingdom of Serbia.

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<v Speaker 1>It was there that a doctor Glaser, an expert on

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<v Speaker 1>infectious diseases from nearby Parachin, was sent after the military

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<v Speaker 1>commander in charge of the local region received word of

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<v Speaker 1>some kind of infection that had broken out in the village,

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<v Speaker 1>claiming the lives of at least ten of its inhabitants.

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<v Speaker 1>On arrival at the village, the urbane Glasser was met

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<v Speaker 1>by the captain of the Haiduks, a group of guards

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<v Speaker 1>tasked with keeping watch over the local neighborhood. Before Glasser

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<v Speaker 1>could get to work, the captain thought it important to

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<v Speaker 1>provide a little background on the case. It had all started,

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<v Speaker 1>he believed four years ago, when one Arnold Parvol returned

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<v Speaker 1>home to Meadviger after a number of years serving in

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<v Speaker 1>the army with a strange, haunted look in his eyes.

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<v Speaker 1>For most who lived in the local area at the time,

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<v Speaker 1>life was of fraught existence, being constantly buffeted between the

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<v Speaker 1>two heavy weights of the Ottoman Empire pushing up from

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<v Speaker 1>the south and the Habsburg Empire squeezing down from the north.

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<v Speaker 1>So naturally, when Parvell returned home during a period of

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<v Speaker 1>relative stability, it was assumed that he had simply taken

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<v Speaker 1>the opportunity to establish a more peaceful life for himself,

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<v Speaker 1>with that strange look in his eye, just a grim

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<v Speaker 1>reflection of the harrowing experiences he'd no doubt encountered on

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<v Speaker 1>the battle field. The truth, however, was something a little different.

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<v Speaker 1>Things started happily enough when Parvel mere and fell in

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<v Speaker 1>love with the daughter of a neighbor. Not long after

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<v Speaker 1>he returned home, with the pair marrying soon after. He

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<v Speaker 1>even found steady work as a high duk himself. Before long, however,

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<v Speaker 1>Pavel's secret past eventually caught up with him, having grown

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<v Speaker 1>increasingly frustrated with her husband's frequent bouts of melancholia. His

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<v Speaker 1>wife eventually confronted him about it, demanding that he tell

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<v Speaker 1>her what it was that grieved him so, and so

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<v Speaker 1>he did. It happened while he was stationed in a

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<v Speaker 1>small town in the vilayette of Kosovo, though he was

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<v Speaker 1>a little hazy on the details. At some point he

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<v Speaker 1>apparently began receiving nightly visits in his quarters from something undead.

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<v Speaker 1>Taking the advice of a local, Parvell sought out the

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<v Speaker 1>body of the creature, which he found in a local cemetery,

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<v Speaker 1>drove a stake through its chest and cut off its head. Afterwards,

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<v Speaker 1>Parvell dipped his fingers into the wounds, wetted them with

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<v Speaker 1>the creature's blood, and then smeared his face and body

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<v Speaker 1>with it. Next, he grabbed a handful of dirt from

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<v Speaker 1>the grave and threw it into his mouth, gagging and

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<v Speaker 1>choking as he swallowed it down. Taking some flint, iron

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<v Speaker 1>and tinder from his pocket, he set fire to the coffin,

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<v Speaker 1>then stood back and watched the blood smeared across his face,

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<v Speaker 1>glistening in the flames as the body burned to ash.

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<v Speaker 1>Not long after telling this story to his shocked wife,

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<v Speaker 1>Arnauld Parvel died, breaking his neck after falling from a

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<v Speaker 1>hay wagon. It was around twenty days later in mid Major,

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<v Speaker 1>as dusk was descending, that a villager out working in

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<v Speaker 1>the fields saw a man ambling about in the distance

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<v Speaker 1>who they recognized as Parvel. By the following week, many

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<v Speaker 1>others believed they'd seen him two, including four villagers in total,

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<v Speaker 1>who claimed that the long dead Parvel had even broken

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<v Speaker 1>into their homes and strangled them as they slept. All

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<v Speaker 1>four of those villagers were alleged to have then died

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<v Speaker 1>themselves only a few days later. When news of Parvel's

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<v Speaker 1>bizarre experiences in the villayette of Kosovo came to light,

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<v Speaker 1>it was clear to all what had happened. The man

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<v Speaker 1>had been tormented by a vampire, and now he was

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<v Speaker 1>a vampire too. Without delay, a small task force was

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<v Speaker 1>sent to Parvel's grave, whereby his coffin was promptly dug

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<v Speaker 1>up and slid unceremoniously wrenched open inside. Much to everyone's shock,

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<v Speaker 1>they found Parvell's body virtually unblemished by decomposition, despite having

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<v Speaker 1>been in the earth for more than forty days. Perhaps

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<v Speaker 1>even more disturbing were the rivulets of seemingly fresh blood

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<v Speaker 1>that was flowing from his mouth, nose, eyes, and ears.

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<v Speaker 1>Then one of the men present pointed with horror to

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<v Speaker 1>the deceased's hands. Although his old nails had dried and

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<v Speaker 1>peeled off, a set of fresh nails appeared to be

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<v Speaker 1>growing underneath. Terrified that Pavel might wake up any moment

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<v Speaker 1>and attack them, a stake was swiftly hammered into his chest,

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<v Speaker 1>which it is said, drew a blood curdling wail from

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<v Speaker 1>the supposedly dead man's lips and caused rivers of blood

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<v Speaker 1>to gush out from the wound. One of the men

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<v Speaker 1>drew his sword from its hilt and cut off Pavel's head.

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<v Speaker 1>more than ever that they were in the midst of

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<v Speaker 1>a vampire plague, the task Force then ordered the immediate

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<v Speaker 1>exhumation of all four of Parvel's apparent victims, each of

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<v Speaker 1>which was treated in the same manner as the former soldier,

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<v Speaker 1>before all five bodies were thrown, along with their heads,

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<v Speaker 1>onto a fire and burn to ash. As the captain

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<v Speaker 1>telling this story, then went on to explain to Glassa

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<v Speaker 1>they'd seen nothing like it in the four years since

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<v Speaker 1>until the dead livestock began turning up in the fields,

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<v Speaker 1>and then he knew the thing was back. Glassa thanked

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<v Speaker 1>the captain for his help, but, not being one for superstition,

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<v Speaker 1>took his words with a pinch of salt as he

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<v Speaker 1>made his way to the home of the latest apparent

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<v Speaker 1>victim of the illness. After examining the first body, Glassa

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<v Speaker 1>found no sign of any obvious infection and concluded the

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<v Speaker 1>individual had simply died of malnutrition. To make a more

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<v Speaker 1>thorough assessment, however, he had little choice but to examine

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<v Speaker 1>the other bodies. The first was Melitza, a woman said

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<v Speaker 1>to be sixty years old, who died ninety days previously,

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<v Speaker 1>having been suffering from the mystery illness for a good

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<v Speaker 1>three months. Doctor Glassa stood over her coffin, holding a

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<v Speaker 1>handkerchief to his nose. As the captain and his men

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<v Speaker 1>wrenched off the lid. Things could be seen wriggling about

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<v Speaker 1>at the bottom as a foul, putrid stench filled the air.

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<v Speaker 1>But as the smell dissipated, the men's eyes widened in

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<v Speaker 1>horror at the sight of Melitza's relatively well preserved body inside.

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<v Speaker 1>What was strangest, however, was that she now appeared to

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<v Speaker 1>be twice as big as she was before, as if

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<v Speaker 1>she had somehow been gorging herself all that time. Filling

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<v Speaker 1>doctor Glasser in on the details, the men recounted how

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<v Speaker 1>Melitza had emigrated to the village about six years before

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<v Speaker 1>from somewhere south in Ottoman controlled lands, and had been

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<v Speaker 1>well liked by everyone. Then another of the men cut in,

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<v Speaker 1>remembering a story he'd heard about the woman, how she

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<v Speaker 1>was said to have once eaten the meat from two

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<v Speaker 1>sheep back in her homeland, which she later discovered had

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<v Speaker 1>been killed by a vampire. Doctor Glassa frowned under his handkerchief,

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<v Speaker 1>then waved for the men to place the lid back

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<v Speaker 1>on the coffin. The second body Glasser was taken to

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<v Speaker 1>was that of a woman named Stana, who died two

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<v Speaker 1>months before at the age of twenty, having given birth

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<v Speaker 1>to a child who died almost immediately after. Stana then

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<v Speaker 1>herself fell ill and died three days later. Examining her body,

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<v Speaker 1>Glasser was surprised to find, just like in the tail

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<v Speaker 1>of Arnold parvel that although most of her body was

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<v Speaker 1>in keeping with that of a two month old corpse,

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<v Speaker 1>her hands appeared to have recently grown nails and fresh skin. Then,

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<v Speaker 1>after making a quick incision into her chest, the doctor

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<v Speaker 1>gasped at the sight of fresh blood oozing out from

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<v Speaker 1>her veins. Staner, he was told, had also emigrated to

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<v Speaker 1>the village from somewhere in Ottoman controlled territory, where it

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<v Speaker 1>was said that she once claimed to have smeared vampire

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<v Speaker 1>blood on herself as a protection from local vampires. After

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<v Speaker 1>examining the rest of the apparent victims, doctor Glasser couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>escape the fact that something very peculiar was taking place,

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<v Speaker 1>with each body either strangely undecomposed or exhibiting unusual conditions

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<v Speaker 1>unlike anything he expected to find in long dead bodies.

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<v Speaker 1>As fears grew that another vampire plague was upon them,

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<v Speaker 1>many in the village demanded that the bodies be destroyed

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<v Speaker 1>in the traditional manner, Realizing the power that such superstition

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<v Speaker 1>could hold over a rural community. On December twelfth, seventeen

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<v Speaker 1>thirty one, Glasser compiled his report accordingly, recommending that the

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<v Speaker 1>apparent vampires be executed as soon as possible in order

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<v Speaker 1>to grant permission for the executions. However, a second expert

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<v Speaker 1>was dispatched to the town to verify Glass's findings. Doctor

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<v Speaker 1>Flukinger arrived in early January seventeen thirty two, only to

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<v Speaker 1>find that a further seven people had by then succumbed

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<v Speaker 1>to the apparent vampire plague. After conducting his own autopsy

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<v Speaker 1>on the bodies, a greatly disturbed fluking A wasted little

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<v Speaker 1>time in signing off the previous doctor's unusual request. One

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<v Speaker 1>of the more recently deceased was reported to be a

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<v Speaker 1>twenty year old woman called Stanoika, As it was explained

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<v Speaker 1>to Flukinger, have been perfectly healthy. A month before, the

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<v Speaker 1>woman had woken up screaming in the middle of the night,

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<v Speaker 1>claiming she was being strangled by a man named Milo,

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<v Speaker 1>who died nine weeks before. Over the next few days,

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<v Speaker 1>the woman complained of a great pain in her chest

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<v Speaker 1>that steadily intensified until three days after the apparent attack,

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<v Speaker 1>when she died. As Flukinger wrote in his own report

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<v Speaker 1>on the matter, Stanoika died after a three day illness

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<v Speaker 1>and had been buried eighteen days previously. In the dissection,

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<v Speaker 1>I found that she was in her countenance quite red

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<v Speaker 1>and of a vivid color, and as was mentioned above,

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<v Speaker 1>she had been throttled at midnight by Milo, the son

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<v Speaker 1>of a high Duke. And there was also to be

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<v Speaker 1>seen on the right side under the ear a bloodshot

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<v Speaker 1>blue mark the length of a finger. As she was

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<v Speaker 1>being taken out of the grave, a quantity of fresh

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<v Speaker 1>blood flowed from her nose. With the dissection I found,

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<v Speaker 1>as mentioned often already a regular, fragrant fresh bleeding, not

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<v Speaker 1>only in the chest cavity, but also in the ventriculo cordice.

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<v Speaker 1>The hypodermis of the entire body, along with the fresh

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<v Speaker 1>nails of hands and feet, was as though completely fresh.

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<v Speaker 1>His report ended with the following declaration. After the examination

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<v Speaker 1>had taken place, the heads of the vampires were cut

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<v Speaker 1>off by the local gypsies and burned along with the bodies,

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<v Speaker 1>and then the ashes were thrown into the river. The

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<v Speaker 1>the matter of vampires is in every way truthful, and

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