What’s the common thread connecting this motley crew? They’re all in Australia’s secret society of real vampires. Spawned from the goth subculture, this shadowy community – known as a ‘vampire court’ ...

Men prevent a vampire rising from its grave in a Romanian cemetery in this 19th-century illustration. Since Bram Stoker's Dracula was published in 1897, vampires have seized the world's imagination.

Many self-described vampires fear ostracism from family and co-workers. Nov. 27, 2009 — -- They roam our streets and tend to the sick. People who describe themselves as real-life vampires have ...

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 ...