Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Modern vampires like Dracula may be dashing, but they certainly weren't in the original vampire myths. Archive Photos/ Moviepix ...

In many countries in the world, there is a myth of a creature called ‘the vampire’— an undead, blood-sucking creature with sharp fangs that preys on the living. The myth of the vampire has existed for ...

In the early 1700s, a series of unusual events kicked off a "media sensation" about vampires. One physician described a "magical plague" in Serbia where "perfectly normal buried dead are arising from ...

The trail of the gothic myth reappears in different cultural corners as a reflection of who we are. The obsession with bloodsuckers finds a reason in the problems that haunt us today: "What better ...

From "Dracula" to "True Blood," vampires are a spooky story staple that just won't die. Elements of science and medicine are also woven throughout vampire mythology, which once served as an ...

“When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers, I kind of wanted to be a vampire.” -- quotation attributed to Angelina Jolie With Psych Unseen covering zombies last month and Halloween now fast ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Stanley Stepanic, Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Virginia Modern vampires like Dracula ...