Swedish scientists have reconstructed the face of a 400-year-old woman buried with a padlock on her foot and an iron sickle across her neck because people in her time believed she was a vampire. The ...

They look like tiny monkeys peering out from the mist. Known to scientists as Dracula, the so-called “monkey-face orchids” have become online celebrities. Millions of people have shared their photos, ...

In 2006, an excavation of a small island in the Venice lagoon uncovered the remains of a 16th century 60-year-old woman buried with a brick in her mouth. One theory is that this brick was evidence of ...

Two years ago, archaeologists in Poland made a discovery at a gravesite they could only describe as "astonishing" — the remains of a woman with a sickle around her neck and a triangular padlock on her ...

'Tis the season for ghosts, goblins, and ghouls. None is more ghoulish than Dracula—an undead foreign aristocrat whose bloodline is multiracial and whose appetite for blood not only keeps him youthful ...

Out of every classic horror movie monster decorating the Halloween season, one creature of the night has staked (quite literally) its claim as a popular figure. Clad in black cloaks and sporting sharp ...

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We're spending a week diving deep into the stories behind your favorite vampires. Who says we only get to celebrate vampires at Halloween? Even though it’s been over a century since Bram Stoker ...