In Romania, Vlad the Impaler is revered as a national hero. “Mostly, Romania exists because of him. If he hadn’t fought the Turks, Romania would be part of Turkey,” Alina Caldarariu said.

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.

A Romanian lawyer linked to a shadowy group named after Vlad the Impaler met with a Russian military attaché in Bucharest to discuss overthrowing the government, Romanian prosecutors allege. Now ...

A castle in Romania survived multiple empires, and its history involves a dark past, a legend of forbidden love and an heir ...

Scientists think they've discovered where Count Dracula's final resting place is -- and, spoiler alert, it's not in Romania.

King Charles III is a descendant of Vlad the Impaler, the 15th century ruler of the Romanian region of Wallachia, famous for his namesake torture method.

According to Light, Romanian authorities did not actively encourage the narrative that the castle had a strong connection to either Vlad the Impaler or Stoker's Dracula.

The eponymous villain of Bram Stoker's classic 1897 novel Dracula was partly inspired by a real historical person: Vlad III, a 15th-century prince of Wallachia (now southern Romania), known by the ...

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, ...

Romanian prosecutors have arrested six men on charges of treason for allegedly seeking Russian help for a plot to overthrow the government in Bucharest.. The group, named “Vlad the Impaler ...