Where do vampires come from?
Milica Radenković Jeremić has been researching the cultural history of vampirism in Serbia and beyond.
Commonly associated with Count Dracula, the blood-sucking character in Bram Stoker’s quintessential novel, vampires continue to seduce. But where exactly did the vampire myth originate from? BBC Serbian’s Milica Radenković Jeremić has been researching the cultural history of vampirism.
Plus, BBC Africa's Njoroge Muigai talks about the spirits and monsters that terrified him as a child growing up in Kenya, and Duc Ha from BBC Vietnamese take us to the so-called 'the town of the dead', a place in his home province where people spend most of their savings on lavish tombs.
Produced by Caroline Ferguson, Hannah Dean and Alice Gioia.
(Photo: Faranak Amidi. Credit: Tricia Yourkevich.)
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