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 1462, Vlad III of Wallachia faced the overwhelming forces of Sultan Mehmed II in a brutal war for survival. Outnumbered and desperate, Vlad unleashed terror tactics designed to psychologically ...

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 ...

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 ...

Wallachia in the 15th century was an unstable region with many pretenders to the throne, local feuds and external threats ...

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 ...

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 ...

Vlad the Impaler, a notoriously ruthless 13th century Romanian ruler who may have been the inspiration for the fictional Count Dracula, has been the subject of a new chemical analysis. A study of ...

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 ...

Romania’s imposing Poenari Castle, once home to Vlad the Impaler, has been taken over by a new—and suitably fearsome—occupants. As the BBC reports, the castle was recently shut down to visitors after ...