Vlad the Impaler became King of Wallachia after his father and older brother were brutally killed in 1447, History.com reported, and Dracula ascended to the throne in 1456.

Vlad the Impaler became King of Wallachia after his father and older brother were brutally killed in 1447, History.com reported, and Dracula ascended to the throne in 1456.

In Impaler, Vlad Tepes (AKA Dracula) is a good guy. Well, maybe not a "good" guy, but he definitely fights on the side of good. He has been waging a one-man war against the vampires for hundreds ...

Vlad III was born in 1431 in Transylvania, a mountainous region in modern-day Romania.His father was Vlad II Dracul, ruler of Wallachia, a principality located to the south of Transylvania. Vlad ...

The real-life Dracula cried tears of BLOOD: Experts reveal how Vlad the Impaler – the inspiration for the fictional vampire – suffered from a rare condition that caused bloody tears ...

Despite climbing COVID-19 rates, Romania is keeping Transylvania, home of Vlad the Impaler, Dracula's castle and the "world's most haunted forest," open to vaccinated visitors this Halloween.. The ...

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.

Dracula: Son of the Dragon is part historical fiction, part horror fantasy and tells the blood-soaked epic of the real-life Vlad the Impaler's transformation into the vampire Dracula. Mark Sable ...

Rather than plain old Dracula, “The Impaler” names as its villain Vlad the Impaler, 15th-century Transylvanian prince and a source of vague inspiration for Bram Stoker’s fictive creation ...

Scientists have analyzed letters written by Vlad the Impaler in the 15th century. Traces of protein on the letters suggest he suffered from hemolacria, which causes blood to be present in tears.

An analysis of three letters written by Vlad the Impaler conclude that he may have suffered from a condition that caused him to cry tears of blood. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...