One of the earliest recordings of vampire activity came from the region of Istria in modern Croatia, in 1672.[73] Local reports cited the local vampire Giure Grando of the village Khring near Tinjan as the cause of panic among the villagers.[74] A former peasant, Guire died in 1656, however, local villagers claimed he returned from the dead and began drinking blood from the people and sexually harassing his widow. The village leader ordered a stake to be driven through his heart, but when the method failed to kill him, he was subsequently beheaded with better results.[75]
What kills me is that no one bothered to think that perhaps the husband had abused his wife in life and she just needed assurance that he was DEFINITELY dead. I just feel like number 1 they were peasants, so people are automatically inclined to think poor people are difficult and number two he was probably abusive toward his wife. Husbands in those days often were.
*Reference: wikipedia "vampires"
P.S. "She is Nosferatu." "She's Italian?" 20 points to the one who gets it.
