A photograph supposedly showing a "vampire hunting kit" from the early 19th century is frequently circulated on social media: This is not a vampire hunting kit from any era. This is a piece of modern ...

A purportedly authentic late 19th-century vampire-hunting kit sold for £16,900 ($20,000) at Hansons Auctioneers in Derby, U.K., last month, greatly outstripping its low £2,000 ($2,387) estimate.

Spooky season is here—but for some people, spooky season is a year-round affair. “In the absence of real artifacts, people made these kits that embody all the legends and things like silver bullets ...

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 ...