An archaeologist in Bulgaria discovered in 2014 a skeleton buried in a manner that led him to believe the deceased person was the subject of an "anti-vampire ritual." Speaking to the British news ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria – Travel agencies have reported a surge in interest in “vampire vacations” since news of the discovery of the remains in the Black Sea town of Sozopol broke in the international press ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria – Ever since archaeologists announced last week that they have found two ancient skeletons in Bulgaria with iron rods thrust through their chests, the media have been reporting how ...

Nikolai Ovcharov is a little dismissive of Count Dracula. The infamous bloodsucker was “a very fierce tyrant,” the Bulgarian archaeologist concedes, but his alleged lair in the Romanian town of Bran ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria – Bulgarian archaeologists say they have unearthed centuries-old skeletons pinned down through their chests with iron rods -- a practice believed to stop the dead from becoming ...

When archaeologists unearthed a skeleton with a stake in its chest, they were quick to dub it a "vampire grave." The researchers say the stake was driven into the skeleton "to stop the dead rising," ...

Has the zombie apocalypse spread to Bulgaria? Not quite, experts say, though archeologists there have uncovered two “vampire” skeletons from the Middle Ages, given that term because they were gored ...

Come to Bulgaria for the … vampire corpses? Well, yes. That's the message coming from Bulgaria's Ministry of Tourism this summer, according to an article on CityLab. In addition to beautiful beaches, ...

Bulgarian archaeologists are showing off two centuries-old skeletons that they say were pinned down through their chests with iron rods to keep them from turning into vampires — a trend that was all ...

It seems we have the good people of 13th century Bulgaria to thank for the generally vampire-free world we live in today. Legend has it that a common practice back then was for iron stakes to be ...

SOFIA, BulgariaSOFIA, Bulgaria — Ever since archaeologists announced last week that they have found two ancient skeletons in Bulgaria with iron rods thrust through their chests, the media have been ...