In 1462, Vlad III of Wallachia faced the overwhelming forces of Sultan Mehmed II in a brutal war for survival. Outnumbered ...

This painting, "Vlad the Impaler and the Turkish Envoys," by Theodor Aman (1831-1891), allegedly depicts a scene in which Vlad III nails the turbans of these Ottoman diplomats to their heads. (Public ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fangs for coming: visitors admire one of the few portraits of Vlad III, aka Dracula, in Austria’s Forchtenstein Castle – Copyright GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP ...

Prince Charles reportedly has blood ties with Vlad the Impaler, the Romanian ruler believed to have inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Pic credit: ©Imagecollect.com ...

Wallachia in the 15th century was an unstable region with many pretenders to the throne, local feuds and external threats from the ever-expanding Ottoman Empire and the mighty Hungarian Kingdom. Among ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have analyzed letters written by Vlad the Impaler in the 15th century. Traces of protein on the letters suggest he ...

A team of chemical scientists from the University of Catania, SpringStyle Tech Design Ltd, Romania National Archives and Politecnico di Milano, Via Mancinelli, has found evidence suggesting that Vlad ...

Let's hope he's packing some garlic. Friday's episode of Starz's historical-fantasy series Da Vinci's Demons will feature a face-off between Leonardo Da Vinci (Tom Riley) and Vlad the Impaler (Paul ...

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Vlad the Impaler, the fearsome Romanian ruler that inspired the story of Dracula, may have cried actual tears of blood, a new study suggests. Traces of proteins found on letters he wrote in 1457 and ...