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'Vampire of Venice' skull found

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Scientists in Italy have found the skull of a woman with a brick in her mouth, suggesting she may have been considered a vampire.

The skull, discovered in Venice, dates from the middle ages and the brick was probably an attempt to prevent her rising from the grave.

Duncan Kennedy reports

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