Dracula, as he is popularly known, is loosely based on the legend of Vlad Dracula -- better known as Vlad the Impaler, a notorious ruler in Romania in the 1400s known for his violent and torturous ...

Although tour guides still half-heartedly explain that Romania's own real-life Dracula, a historical figure known as Vlad the Impaler, had nothing to do with bats and bites, they have also ...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Danger lurks at Dracula's castle. Romanian authorities have closed a 13th-century fortress connected to Vlad the Impaler after a mother bear and her cubs were found ...

The booking page states: "Dracula’s Banquet, a one-of-a-kind immersive dining experience steeped in history, folklore, and ...

Vlad Dracula lived from 1431 to about 1476 and ruled Wallachia, which was actually south of Transylvania. As military leader, he was a hero to his people, and he has a place in the Romanian ...

A centuries-old mystery surrounding the final resting place of Vlad III—better known as Count Dracula—has gained new momentum. Researchers have deciphered an inscription in a church in Italy ...

After 600 or so years, it's once again wise to give Dracula's castle a wide berth. The AP reports the historic Poenari Castle in Romania was closed to tourists late last month "for the safety of ...

Dracula tourism has been going on for about 30 years, when a few U.S. tour operators started visiting Romania around Halloween “because their customers wanted to see where Dracula lived and if ...

Vlad’s homicidal cruelty inspired Bram Stoker, who penned “Dracula” in 1897. Stoker never visited the castle in central Romania, but he based Dracula’s castle on the fortress.

The Dracula myth itself has a complicated story, which began with some hostile stories [about Vlad the Impaler's extreme cruelty] written by the German colonists of southern Transylvania, who ...