Vlad III — known as Vlad the Impaler or Voivode (Prince ... which helped create his legend. In a 2011 documentary about the Carpathian mountains, King Charles, who was then the Prince of ...

While the life of Vlad the Impaler had long since ended, the enduring legend of Dracula was just beginning. Was Vlad Dracula the only inspiration for Bram Stoker’s best-selling vampire?

Vlad Tepes, Vlad the Impaler, the real life dracula, is surrounded by folklore, mystery, and myth. Even during his time the stories about his famed impalings traveled all around Europe.

the notorious “Vlad the Impaler”, whose descendants once held the castle. It is home to one of the few paintings of the cruel 15th-century prince, and this Halloween its curators are trying to ...

Because his preferred method of punishment for his enemies was impalement, he soon became known as Vlad the Impaler. Though Vlad obviously upset the sultan, who eventually sent a massive army ...

THE "true" home of Dracula where bloodthirsty Vlad the Impaler lived is set to open to the public. Until five years ago, Poienari Castle in the city of Curtea de Arge, Romania, had been left ...

Vlad the Impaler, a notoriously ruthless 13th century Romanian ruler who may have been the inspiration for the fictional Count Dracula, has been the subject of a new chemical analysis. A study of ...

Also known as Vlad the Impaler, the military ruler is said to have likely killed over 80,000 people, many by impalement, as per historians. A new chemical analysis of the letters penned by the ...

The Original Dracula Was Afraid of Garlic: Folk legends and vampire myths often associate garlic with repelling vampires; this was woven into the Dracula lore, but there’s no historical evidence Vlad ...

But now it seems that Vlad the Impaler, namesake of Bram Stoker's 1897 ... which may have inspired the legends about Dracula. We know for certain that Vlad Drăculea — merciless defender of ...