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I'm your host, Parenak Amidie D. I don't know about you but when I think of a vampire the first thing that springs

to mind is a rather distinguished, maybe even a handsome figure with fangs who lives in a remote

castle in Transylvania.

The notion of vampires have actually existed for millennia in different cultures and ancient civilizations,

but what about the word itself?

Research has traced its first recorded use back to a little Serbian village and some gruesome events that took place there in the 18th century.

Militza Yermitch of BBC Serbian has been looking into this strange tale and how Serbian vampires

went on to become European stars.

Many civilizations have creatures who come back from the dead to torment and hunt the living.

But the word vampire itself was first used to describe the man from Serbian village,

and the name of this man was

Pate de Blagoevich who allegedly killed his neighbors and sucked their blood.

And so we are talking here about first use of the word vampire and actually it first appeared

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