“Archaeologists have discovered the graves of cholera victims which were treated like vampires to stop them rising from the grave and infecting the locals…”
Graves in which supposed vampires were buried with bricks in their mouths, their heads removed or weighted and barred down were actually victims of cholera. They were buried in order to stop them from potentially rising from the grave and either infecting the locals with vampirism… or cholera.
The irony of course, is that many people suffering from various diseases were misunderstood in medically ambiguous times in which most people were ignorant to degrees that are incomprehensible in modern times. Imagine being afraid to bathe because you believed it could kill you.
