Welcome back to another installment of Things That Never Were, the series where we pull back the curtain on the world’s most fascinating myths, legends, and monsters. This blog’s focus is on the Adze, the blood-sucking vampires of the Ewe people of Ghana and Togo. Yes, I know, I keep coming back to vampires. But honestly, it is so crazy how many variations of this monster there are around the world. As we all know, most vampires in folklore are tall, brooding figures with pal

When I began searching for a new creature to feature on my blog, I wasn’t planning to explore another type of vampire. In fact, I was hoping to find something more obscure. But as I delved into the Strzyga from Polish folklore, I couldn’t help but become fascinated. Unlike most vampires, who are "created" by a vampire’s bite, a Strzyga is born with a dormant vampire, waiting to emerge. How does this work? According to legend, a Strzyga is a person born with two hearts, two se