Talk:Undead/@comment-24634511-20180309183819

"Villagers in medieval Yorkshire were so afraid of the dead that they chopped, smashed, decapitated and burned corpses to make sure they stayed in their graves, a new study has found. [..] Beheading them, breaking their bones and setting them on fire was seen as a way to stop their return."

- https://www.rt.com/uk/383204-medieval-yorkshire-living-dead/

(emphasis mine)