13 Most Terrifying Vampires in the World

Prepare yourself to embark on a strange and mysterious journey! Dare to delve into the most disturbing myths and chilling legends of 13 Vampire Creatures from all over the globe.

Vampires are a common theme in the history of the occult, yet the English Language was not able to incorporate the title “Vampire” until 1732. These undead creatures have been identified by many cultures for centuries, resulting in unspeakable and alarming death rates, baffling, and torturing civilizations for centuries. Eventually, they were blamed for the devastation. Modern medicine has replaced the vampire reports as agents of mysterious deaths. However, even today, there are still many sightings and encounters in the 20th-century annals of supernaturally.

We have created a map that will help you to track the historical legends. These creatures of the night are still believed to lurk in the dark of their nights by many people, even today.

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1. Sozopol, Bulgaria

A team of archaeologists from Bulgaria discovered skeletons in 2014 while working near the Black Sea, Sozopol. They had been tied through their chests using iron rods. The Vampire Grave was discovered to have multitudes of morbid skeletal remains, most hundreds of years old (mostly from the 13th century).

A BBC 2012 report stated that at least 100 “vampire graves” have been discovered in Bulgaria. Similar burial sites were also found in other Balkan countries. According to the news outlet, vampire legends “form an integral part of the region’s folklore.”

The fear of the Slavic Vampire (as it is called in Bulgaria) was a prominent historical occurrence. Proper burial was essential to prevent the undead from rising again. Even if a suitable burial was done, it was thought that a person who had died violently might return to life as this monstrous predator. A vampire could also be born to those who died while they were under excommunication from the church. Watch out for drunkards, thieves, murderers, and even witches, for they are likely to be found among the walking dead.

 

2. Mikulovice, Czech Republic

This village hosts a 5,000-year-old “Vampire Grave”, believed to be the first burial site for an “undead” person. Found were skeletons that had been weighed down with rocks. Radko Sedlacke, a historian from East Bohemia Museum, stated that “remains treated this way are now considered vampiric.” Recent legends suggested a concern for this lifeless being, frightened he would leave his grave and return home to his mortal world.

This spooky encounter is similar to the features of Celtic tombs in the British Isles, which were designed to stop bloodsucking “revenants”. These were people recently buried who were believed to have risen from the grave and walked the earth to prey on the living.

 

3. London, England UK

Highgate Cemetery, London, is another location where a vampire was rumored to have roamed. It was obvious that something was wrong when dead animals were discovered on this property. These innocent animals were left with severe injuries to their necks and were drained of all blood.

Witnesses reported seeing a tall, dark figure in the cemetery. The most unusual thing about him was his hypnotizing gaze that many witnesses claimed he cast upon anyone who dared to look at it. There have been fewer reports about this creature of night since the authorities shut down the cemetery at night.

 

4. Cumbria, Carlisle UK

A legend about a family who moved to Groglin Range, Cumbria UK in the 1800s speaks chillingly of Vampiric activity. The family’s daughter noticed strange lights outside, especially below her bedroom window. One evening she woke up from sleep to see lights staring at her.

She realized that it wasn’t a wandering illumination, but the eyes and soul of a vampire. The otherworldly creature broke through her windows and slit her neck, causing extensive bleeding. Her brothers heard her screams and rushed to her aid, causing the creature to jump from the room into the street. They fired their guns at it and followed it to a nearby graveyard. They found an open crypt and discovered a rotten corpse with a new bullet wound. They set it on fire to end its life.

 

5. Exeter, Rhode Island USA

Although stories of the Vampire coming from America are rare, the story of Mercy Brown from Rhode Island is one of America’s most well-known. There was a common folklore in the 19th century that linked undead activity to multiple deaths within a single family. Mercy Brown, a member of her extended family, died in 1892 from consumption (tuberculosis). George Brown, the surviving father was asked to exhume three of the bodies that had died. The bodies of two were dismembered, but the body of Mercy was not.

This could be explained today by the fact that her body was kept in a crypt above ground in freezer-like conditions for the two months after her death. According to folk belief, Mercy’s liver and heart were burned and the ashes were combined with water to make a tonic that was given to her brother Edwin to drink. He died two months later. After being desecrated, Mercy’s remains were reburied at a new cemetery.

 

6. Russia

In the middle of the 19th century, Russian peasants attributed the unsolved epidemics that decimated their villages to vampires. The first victim of an epidemic was believed to have been a vampire. This was why the outbreak had to be stopped.

Justina Yuschkov is a Russian legend that who died during a cholera epidemic. She was pregnant at the time. Rubtsov, who was a doctor, accused her of being an evil vampire. The peasants then exhumed her body to find that her mouth was open. This was taken as confirmation that she was a vampire.

The peasants opened Justina’s corpse and found that her baby was gone. Justina found the child’s corpse in her coffin. The peasants believed this was proof that Justina was a Vampire. They drove a stake through Justina’s mouth.

 

7. Blau, Bohemia, Germany

Myslata was killed in Blau, Bohemia, at the beginning of the 14th century. He allegedly transformed into a vampire shortly afterward and terrorized his village each night. Legendary stories tell that he could kill anyone by calling their name and would then send them to the grave within eight days.

Myslata was not happy when the peasants drove a stake through his heart. The executioner was hired to kill him later. They removed Myslata from the village, put multiple stakes in his body, and then cremated him until they felt certain that he was dead forever.

 

 

8. Jacobsdorf, Germany

German Vampires are said to prefer their family members as victims. The Wollschlager Vampire is one of the most well-known. In 18th-century England, many Wollschlager relatives died following the death of a male relative. Fearing that the older man was responsible for the death, the Wollschlager family sent Joseph, a nephew to kill the vampire.

To pursue the deed, Joseph and a monk went into the family crypt. Joseph, armed with an axe, decapitated his uncle’s corpse. The monk ran away. As a souvenir, he even took some blood from the vampire. Even after all of this, the headless Wollschlager vampire still lurks in his family crypt two centuries later.

 

9. Pentsch, Luxembourg

Johannes Cuntius, a wealthy man, became sick in 1592 after being kicked on a horse. After becoming insane, he claimed on his deathbed that he was a terrible sinner. Stories were told that he raped a woman and haunted his home to assault the people.

A year and a quarter after his death, the townspeople dug his grave, cut his body into small pieces, and cremated him.

 

 

 

10. Alnwick in England, UK

A bloodsucking corpse known as a vampire fled to the Anantis Castle in Alnwick during the 12th century. He was considered a horrible person when he was alive. He was even worse when he died. His stench poisoned every airway and he was chased by howling dogs sent by the devil.

Two brothers dug up the body of the vampire and used their shovels to smash it into pieces. After being struck, the vampire’s body was discovered bloated. To kill the creature, they cut off its heart and set it on fire.

 

11. Buckinghamshire, England.

After he was buried, a vampire visited his wife every day until he died. He tried to kill his wife in bed with each return visit. He returned to the scene until he was stopped by his neighbors. He then started attacking the villagers, assaulting them sometimes during daylight hours.

The church suggested that the bishop of the town cremate the vampire’s corpse, but he refused to do so as it was considered sacrilegious. Instead, he wrote a note pardoning the sins of the vampire and placed it on his chest. Surprisingly this worked, and the vampire was never seen again.

 

 

12. Tupanari, Bosnia

This is a modern vampire story that took place in this Bosnian village. Cvija, a widow called Cvifa, claimed her husband Paja Tomic was back as a vampire after she had died. She ran through her house every night until her sons Steveo and Krsto decided to kill him. They dug into his grave, stabbed him with a hawthorn stick, and then buried him. The rest of the bones were later placed in his grave.

 

 

 

 

13. Medveda Serbia

Vampire Epidemic is the most common type of epidemic. This was exactly what happened in Servian village in 1731. In just six weeks, 13 of the village’s villagers died mysteriously. It was the plague. The authorities sent a specialist to confirm this. Arnold Paole, however, claimed that the deaths were caused by the plague.

Paole, who died, was said to be haunting the village since a few years ago, and also accused of murdering four people. He also attacked animals. 13 villages died from the epidemic after they ate meat from the animals. It was thought that the meat poisoned them.

The death toll soon climbed to 17. The men of the dead became vampires. Further investigations revealed that the authorities had confirmed the existence of vampire activity and all bodies of the suspect vampires were destroyed.