Vlad the Impaler was a medieval prince whose bloodthirsty acts inspired the world's most famous vampire, Bram Stoker's Dracula.

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Researchers have examined proteins found on three letters purported to be written by Vlad III, the ruthless real-life Romanian prince considered to be the inspiration for the fictional Dracula, and ...

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Many are probably aware of the Irish origins of the creator of Dracula, the 1897 novel that codified vampirism and profoundly ...

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And now to that most terrifying of characters the vampire. (Soundbite of movie, "Dracula") Mr. BELA LUGOSI (Actor): (As Count Dracula) I am Dracula. SEABROOK: This is Bela Lugosi who played Count ...

Winona Ryder revealed on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that she and Keanu Reeves call each other husband and wife in their text messages, over three decades after they were maybe married for real ...