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A vampire-killing kit from the Royal Armouries in Leeds, not quite as vintage as some might think.

objects of intrigue

Does it Even Matter if These Vintage Vampire-Killing Kits Are Real?

They're pretty covetable regardless.

Eve Kahn October 5, 2022

A hairy-legged vampire bat.

Hairy-Legged Vampire Bats Were Caught Feeding on Human Blood for the First Time

The species used to rely exclusively on bird blood, but times are changing.

Cara Giaimo January 12, 2017

Poor Nancy Young, the Suspected Teen Vampire of Rhode Island

A graphic history of an 1827 exhumation.

Jamison Odone January 9, 2017

Anne Rice, author of the acclaimed <em>The Vampire Chronicles</em>

Anne Rice Talks Inspiration, Atlantis, and, Yes, Vampires

An interview with the famed author ahead of the release of her upcoming novel "Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis."

Mariana Zapata November 18, 2016

An illustration for Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's novella, <em>Carmilla</em>.

31 days of halloween

The Lesbian Vampire Story That Came Before Dracula

Fangs, stakes, and Sapphic undertones.

Mariana Zapata October 19, 2016

31 days of halloween

Traveling Through Transylvania With 'Dracula' as a Guide

Is it possible to use Bram Stoker's 1897 novel to explore Romania?

Luke Spencer October 13, 2016

Exeter, Rhode Island

Grave of Mercy Brown

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

Lazzaretto Nuovo

Lazzaretto Nuovo

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

Rynek Underground

Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.

A Serbian Village’s 21st-Century Vampire Problem

Duncan Ryan January 19, 2016

Hunedoara, Romania

Corvin Castle

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

100 Wonders: The Vampire Panic

Dylan Thuras November 5, 2015

Detail from <em>The Vampire</em> by Philip Burne-Jones

Here's How Long it Would Take for Vampires to Annihilate Humanity

Ella Morton October 5, 2022

LOST: The Skull of Nosferatu's Director

Sarah Laskow July 15, 2015

Dracula’s Chamber: The Dark Legend of Buda Castle Labyrinth

Jennifer Walker October 30, 2014

London, England

Highgate Cemetery

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

The Vampire Rabbit of Newcastle

Newcastle upon Tyne, England

The Vampire Rabbit of Newcastle

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

On the Vampire Trail: Slains Castle in Cruden Bay, Scotland

Shannon Moore Shepherd December 4, 2013