The cemetery in Marotinu de Sus, Romania, where Toma Petre was alleged to have risen from the dead to haunt his family. Family members were able to slay him again, but then the police got involved.

A street painting in Bucharest, Romania, depicts Bram Stoker, right, the author of Dracula, sharing a drink with Vlad the Impaler, left, the medieval Romanian ruler who inspired the book. AP ...

Lore about vampires and other blood-drinking beings has existed for centuries. For hundreds of years, people have been coming up with scientific explanations. Some link diseases to vampire-like ...

No, vampires, the kind that legends are built on, the kind that drink blood, can be found worldwide. "The blood-drinker is the one found in six of the seven continents, there's not a doubt at all," ...