that was really cool. I didn't knew about that. Thanks for sharing.

(I didn't know that stuffing a brick in the mouth of a vampire could starve it.....)

I also don't get the brick. Don't think it would work if vamps were actually real anyway. I do wonder about people that like to mess with the dead though. Ewww!

It's basic superstition, I think. Maybe they thought the vampire could reach out from the grave and drain people without actually moving - stranger things have been believed. Get some mass hysteria happening, and people will be willing to try some really weird shit.

And, it's possible that the brick was the closest thing at hand, or that the material the brick was made of was just stronger than wood. Who knows?

First off, clever. xD

And oh lord, Italy, vampires; are they sure it wasn't just some bloody annoying Twilight brat that somebody just pushed off a ledge and just happened to land on some bricks? 0=)

On another note, did the corpse sparkle? -gags-

I thought of the Volturi too. Even if I don't read (and like) the series, that's the effect of your friends liking Twilight D:

That was a very interesting article, thank you for sharing.

read the article.

made me laugh

I recall seeing this in a local news paper. Good stuff.

Originally the idea of vampires was cultists would file their teeth into points and murder people then use their blood for rituals.

mmm

Interesting article. Of course I feel for the poor woman (at least she was already dead when it happened) but could you imagine the suffering her family must have gone through after the bricking? A group of peasants outside your door with torches and sharp object shouting, "Your -insert proper relative terminology here- was a vampire! She was sucking the blood of the living and passing on the plague!" It may have gotten very ugly for them if paranoia went beyond just the corpses at that time.