When we think of vampires, we generally think of the Edward Cullen and Dracula types who have captured the popular imagination for centuries. Pale? Check. Fanged? Check. Totally fictional? Check. But ...

Throughout history, powerful and eccentric individuals have been suspected or persecuted for vampirism. Here are some of them ...

Just in time for spooky season, archaeologists have unleashed grisly new information about how a “real-life vampire” spent her final moments. An elite female “vampire” who died some 350 years ago was ...

At home and abroad, vampire scares usually began when a person died and others in the vicinity began dying, too, usually of the same sickness. Dod Miller / Getty Images A little more than a century ...

Just before the spookiest day of the year, archaeologists have released chilling new information regarding a female “vampire” who died in the mid-17th century. The woman was unearthed two years ago at ...

The Victorian era was an age of scientific advancement and rigid social mores, but it was also a time of superstition and fear. Stories of vampires haunting the countryside were more than just gothic ...

This Halloween, vampire-mania will hit town, particularly as interest in vampires and vampirism has gripped the popular imagination by the throat in recent years. But what the various pop culture ...

The beloved classic emerged from a devastating real-life tragedy in Anne Rice's life.