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Dean Murray

How DNA Detectives Indentified A ‘vampire’ From The Early 1800s

Forensic facial reconstruction of John Barber. (Parabon NanoLabs via SWNS)

DNA detectives have attempted to discover the identity of a long-dead vampire.

The early 19th century man was found buried with his arms in an X shape across his chest – a burial practise believed to prevent blood-suckers from rising from the grave to feed upon the living.

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