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Oct 2022
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#310 | A History of Vampires | Fangs, Fe...

Leonardo English
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For hundreds of years, people have been afraid of blood-sucking creatures that rise from the dead. But where does the vampire myth actually come from, what happened to the people accused of being a vampire, and what if there was a simple, biological explanation for it all? Full transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www. ... Show More
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