Modern vampires like Dracula may be dashing, but they certainly weren't in the original vampire myths. Archive Photos/ Moviepix via Getty Images The vampire is a common image in today’s pop culture, ...

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 ...

We're talking about vampires, of course; the fanged-sort that drink blood and have appeared in folklore for hundreds, if not thousands, of years in cultures spanning the globe. “The idea of vampires ...