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Story summary
- Historian John Blair argues dangerous corpse beliefs arise during social-stress periods.
- He traces the term 'vampire' to 18th-century Serbia and cites Peter Blagojevic (18th-century Serbia), who allegedly rose from the dead.
- Blair notes these beliefs extend beyond Europe, with archaeological evidence globally.
- He describes various types of 'restless dead' and concludes that corpse-killing as therapy persists, with modern examples in rural Greece and the Baltics.
