Cloaked in a black cape like the infamous count himself, 10-year-old Niklas Schuetz runs through the dark corridors of a hilltop castle in search of the truth about Dracula. “He was a Romanian prince, ...
Legends of vampires go back centuries, but few names have cast more terror into the human heart than Dracula. However, the fictional character, created by author Bram ...
Scientists have analyzed letters written by Vlad the Impaler in the 15th century. Traces of protein on the letters suggest he suffered from hemolacria, which causes blood to be present in tears. The ...
The guided group running through the fortress is eager to know about the “Vlad the Impaler”. The Forschtenstein Castle is home to paintings of Vlad, the cruel prince of the 15th century and its ...
In 2015 the Guinness Book of Records named Count Dracula as the most adapted literary figure with, at that time, over 500 productions making use of Bram Stoker’s iconic character. Underneath the cloak ...
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 ...
I have nothing against Bram Stoker's "Dracula" or its free publicity for my native Transylvania. But Universal Pictures' latest vampire flick, "Dracula Untold," attempts something no other vampire ...
In 1462, the prince of a small area called Wallachia went to war with arguably the most powerful military force on the planet at the time, led by one of the greatest military minds of the time. The ...
King Charles isn’t shy about sinking his teeth into royal history. Actor Luke Evans wrote a memoir that was published this year, titled "Boy from the Valleys: My Unexpected Journey." In it, the ...