By 
Michael Molina
 | 
TED-Ed Original

Vampires: Folklore fantasy and fact

The myth of the bloodsucking vampire has stalked humans from ancient Mesopotamia to 18th-century Eastern Europe but it has differed in the terrifying details. So how did we arrive at the popular image we know love and fear today? And what truly makes a vampire...a vampire? Michael Molina digs up the science and the superstition.

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