‘Bloodthirsty Vampire’ Paraded on Twitter by Kenyan Police After Confessing to Killing Ten Children
Fear of vampires - who drink blood - dates back long before the 1897 novel Dracula, by Bram Stoker. Dracula himself was loosely based on Vlad The Impaler, a Transylvanian prince of the 15th century who was known for his barbaric traits.