Ever wondered why people believed vampires turned into bats or why garlic repels them? Heather takes us through these questions, other common vampire myths, and the origins of this legendary monster in today episode of Spookish.

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Sources:

The Vampire Historian podcast

The Vampyre

Revenant

17th Century Graves Poland.

Anti-vampire Graves.

Tales from the Crypt

Polish Vampires

Strange Burials

There Were Four of Us.

Lord Byron

Peter 

Garlic Origins