On several occasions, particularly on the periphery of the Habsburg Empire during the 17th and 18th centuries, dead people were suspected of being revenants or vampires, and consequently dug up and destroyed. Some contemporary authors named this phenomenon Magia Posthuma. This blog is dedicated to understanding what happened and why.
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Dracula Lives!
This evening German TV channel ZDF aired a new documentary, Dracula lebt (Dracula lives), which is fortunately available online here. In German, of course, but worth watching even if you do not understand that language for its scenes from Romania, Vienna, Whitby etc. Elizabeth Miller, Dacre Stoker, Hagen Schaub, Mark Benecke are among the participating experts. A number of photos from the documentary can be found on Der Spiegel's web site.
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Ah, good to know! I recorded it, but my VCR isn't exactly trustworthy anymore:)
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