A macabre case of vampires had shaken Corinth in 1846. The island of Siderona is in the spotlight as it is said that vampires appeared there.
The Authorities are upset and the Holy Synod is notified. The bishop of Aegina rushes to the spot and performs holy communions, eucharist and exorcisms. In fact, in the general archives of the state there is a relevant report of Archimandrite Zacharias Mathas to the Holy Synod dated January 18, 1848.
It all started when three men from Sofiko, Corinth, went to Korfos. There they got drunk and then got into a boat. However, a sudden storm, but also the state of intoxication in which they found themselves led to their fatality. They drowned overnight and their bodies were washed ashore.
Their relatives took the bodies to the village for burial, but the rest of the villagers rose up and did not allow the burial to take place, since according to an old superstition, those who drown at sea become vampires when they are buried on land.
The families of the dead, however, did not want to throw their bodies into the sea and decided to take the coffins and go and bury the three dead on the island of Siderona.
Five months later, however, the secret was learned and the villagers rose up and shouted that the drowned had become vampires and went up to Sofiko to scare the inhabitants.
Then the relatives of the three men return to the island of Siderona, perform excavations and bury the dead in a remote location. But the secret that the drowned were buried on land was learned and a storm broke out in Sofiko. Residents said the three vampires started raiding the village.
After a while, however, it turned out that all this was a myth that started from a lie of a villager. As the legend of the vampires was established, he was created by fellow citizens of the relatives of the dead because their families had differences.
Or maybe not?
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