The cemetery in Marotinu de Sus, Romania, where Toma Petre was alleged to have risen from the dead to haunt his family. Family members were able to slay him again, but then the police got involved.

The legend didn't come from Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula" like so many people believe. Stoker wrote "Dracula" in London, but he never even visited Romania. If he had, he'd discover that vampires have ...

In this provocation, the Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude takes on the Dracula myth and a real-life horror show known as Vlad the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." While even the most ardent vampire admirers recognize vampires as fictional beings, there was a time ...

Eric Nuzum, author of The Dead Travel Fast: Stalking Vampires from Nosferatu to Count Chocula, toured Transylvania and even drank his own blood in... The Man Who Met 'Real' Vampires (Soundbite of song ...