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.

Vlad the Impaler, the fearsome Romanian ruler that ... He's widely thought to be the source of bloody European legends that were later connected to the folklore of "vampirism" to create the ...

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?

New research shows that Vlad the Impaler may have cried tears of blood. This condition, known as hemolacria, adds another bloody footnote to the legend of the famously brutal monarch. Vlad the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An analysis of three letters written by Vlad the Impaler conclude that he may have suffered from a condition that caused him to cry tears of blood. When you purchase through links on our site ...