Dracula. It’s a great name. It almost means son of the devil and it almost means son of the dragon. Vlad Tepes was the son of a royal warlord. The kind you might see on Xena, only with teeth. Father ...

Wallachia in the 15th century was an unstable region with many pretenders to the throne, local feuds and external threats ...

Though Dracula may seem like a singular creation, Stoker in fact drew inspiration from a real-life man with an even more grotesque taste for blood: Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia or — as he is better ...

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 ...

Take away the tourists in Transylvania and you could be back in the Middle Ages with historic castles, enchanting forests and ...

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 ...

Vlad Tepes, or Vlad the Impaler, is one of history’s most murderous figures — and the inspiration for Count Dracula. The Romanian prince was behind countless acts of unspeakable barbarity and ...

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 ...

A picture of Vlad III "Dracula", Voivode of the Principality of Wallachia, is pictured at Forchtenstein Castle in Burgenland, Austria The castle is home to one of the few paintings of the cruel ...