The prevailing belief in European
countries was that vampires were the
ghosts of suicides or others who had
died violent deaths and were forced by
the devil to leave their graves at night
and feed on the blood of men and women,
and any who died at the hands of
these dreadful creatures also became
vampires. In this way beautiful women
became vampires and enticed young
men and fed on their blood and flesh.
It was believed that they had power to
assume any shape or form desired between
sunset and sunrise and that they
committed most of their awful deeds at
midnight. They were powerless in the
daytime and were generally in a torpid
state. Garlic and wild rosebushes
were guards against them, and crucifixes
were feared by them. To prevent
suicides from becoming vampires they
were buried with n stake driven
through their hearts, and the straw
they had slept on was burned. All the
dogs and cats in the village were locked
up, for if a dog or cat jumped over a
corpse it was sure to become the home
of a vampire. -- Chicago Tribune, 1903.
This story appeared in The Zanesville Signal on November 20, 1927 under the title "New Facts about Vampires: Winged and Human."
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