It seems as though vampires are everywhere you look these days, from the Twilight craze to many other vampire themed books, television shows, and movies. Amidst all of this fascination with vampires and the debate over whether true vampires exist, there is a bit of historical information which adds to the mystery. Folklorist Michael E. Bell believes that those of us with ancestors from New England may have a rather scary skeleton in some of our closets. He has suggested that in some places such as Rhode Island and New Hampshire, people dug up their deceased ancestors in a desperate … Continue reading →