Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Count Dracula wasn't only a fictional character created by Bram Stoker. The character was based on a real-life man named Vlad III, ...

Count Dracula might be a fictional character who makes the blood curdle on Halloween, but his historical namesake is not. Vlad III, known in his heyday as Dracula or Drăculea, in old Romanian was a ...

Count Dracula is synonymous with Halloween. The world's most famous bloodsucker and legendary vampire has inspired more fear than almost any other supernatural villain in modern history, as well as ...

Was Vlad the Impaler the real life Dracula? We’ll look at the history and the myth of literature’s great vampire. A portrait of Vlad III, also known as Vlad the Impaler. (Creative Commons) There is ...

Vlad III, known as Vlad the Impaler, was a 15th century prince and military leader who was so terrifying, he's thought to have inspired the creation of the literary vampire, Count Dracula. Now, a ...

Vlad the Impaler, believed by some to be the inspiration for the legendary vampire Dracula, may have suffered from a condition that caused him to shed tears of blood, according to a new study. Looking ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Comic book legends Matt Wagner and Kelley Jones have been busy reimagining the unnaturally long life of Vlad Dracula through their ...

Tourists flock to Bran Castle, known locally as "Dracula's castle," though it has little to do with the 15th-century prince Vlad Tepes, who inspired the wildly popular vampire story. Robert Wallis A ...

Estonian researchers believe the remains of Vlad III — aka Vlad the Impaler and the inspiration for Dracula — are buried in a church in Naples, Italy. But to prove it they may have to open his tomb — ...

Count Dracula wasn't only a fictional character created by Bram Stoker. He was a real-life man named Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, or Vlad the Impaler. And history shows he was just as dangerous.