The Victorian era was an age of scientific advancement and rigid social mores, but it was also a time of superstition and fear. Stories of vampires haunting the countryside were more than just gothic ...
Since Bram Stoker's Dracula was published in 1897, vampires have seized the world's imagination. But traces of real-life vampires-or at least the belief in real-life vampires-predate Stoker's literary ...
When we think of vampires, we generally think of the Edward Cullen and Dracula types who have captured the popular imagination for centuries. Pale? Check. Fanged? Check. Totally fictional? Check. But ...