We're talking about vampires, of course; the fanged-sort that drink blood and have appeared in folklore for hundreds, if not thousands, of years in cultures spanning the globe. “The idea of vampires ...

Thanks to centuries of folklore, novels, movies, and TV shows, the tropes of vampires are carved deep into the popular imagination: The creatures drink blood, sleep in coffins, recoil from garlic and ...

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 ...