Also known as Vlad III, Vlad Dracula (son of the Dragon), and—most famously—Vlad the Impaler (Vlad Tepes in Romanian), he was a brutal, sadistic leader famous for torturing his foes.

Vlad Tepes, Vlad the Impaler, the real life dracula, is surrounded by folklore, mystery, and myth. Even during his time the stories about his famed impalings traveled all around Europe.

A lawyer from a shadowy group named after Vlad the Impaler met with the deputy Russian military attache at a Bucharest restaurant to plot the overthrow of the Romanian state, according to ...

The group, named “Vlad the Impaler Command” after Romania’s medieval ruler who served as inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula, included a 101-year-old retired general named Radu Theodoru ...

Just so creepy old dudes can keep tabs on the brood-sow population ... This guy phonies up a holiday for the worst political figure since Vlad the Impaler and he doesn’t even have the decency ...

Vlad Tepes, Vlad the Impaler, the real life dracula, is surrounded by folklore, mystery, and myth. Even during his time the stories about his famed impalings traveled all around Europe.

THE "true" home of Dracula where bloodthirsty Vlad the Impaler lived is set to open to the public. Until five years ago, Poienari Castle in the city of Curtea de Arge, Romania, had been left ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Romania’s ultranationalist AUR party has few foreign role models — it prefers to glorify local ...

King Charles III descends from "Count Dracula," also known as Vlad the Impaler. Rating: When King Charles III of England unveiled his new portrait in May 2024, he set the internet aflame with ...