In 2022, a terrifying discovery: a female skeleton dating from 1650, buried with a sickle across her neck and giant padlock on her toe — double protection to keep her from rising from the dead. All the evidence points to her being buried as a vampire… and she’s not alone, with more than 50 deviant burials around her. Who was she and what did these burial rituals mean?
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