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. Count ...

Cloaked in a black cape like the infamous count himself, 10-year-old Niklas Schuetz runs through the dark corridors of a hilltop castle in search of the truth about Dracula. “He was a Romanian prince, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the iconic 1897 tale of a vampire from Transylvania, is often thought to be inspired by a formidable 15th-century governor from present-day Romania named Vlad the Impaler. To ...

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 ...

I have nothing against Bram Stoker's "Dracula" or its free publicity for my native Transylvania. But Universal Pictures' latest vampire flick, "Dracula Untold," attempts something no other vampire ...

In 1462, the prince of a small area called Wallachia went to war with arguably the most powerful military force on the planet at the time, led by one of the greatest military minds of the time. The ...

King Charles revealed his fascinating ancestral connection to the notorious 15th-century Romanian ruler Vlad the Impaler in an "incredible" discussion. Actor Luke Evans told all about his enlightening ...