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The science behind Dracula’s tears of blood

I have always thought of Dracula’s bloody tears as pure gothic excess, but modern science is quietly catching up with the legend. Researchers now suggest that the real-life warlord behind Bram ...
Ars Technica

Scientists find evidence that Vlad the Impaler shed bloody tears

The eponymous villain of Bram Stoker’s classic 1897 novel Dracula was partly inspired by a real historical person: Vlad III, a 15th-century prince of Wallachia (now southern Romania), known by the ...
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Vlad the Impaler, the terrifying ruler and inspiration behind Dracula, may have cried actual tears of blood, scientists say

Scientists have analyzed letters written by Vlad the Impaler in the 15th century. Traces of protein on the letters suggest he suffered from hemolacria, which causes blood to be present in tears. The ...
Nature

The real Dracula may have cried blood

Bram Stoker’s Dracula was known for drinking the blood of his victims, but it turns out that the 15th-century warlord considered to be the inspiration for the vampire may have cried blood. Scientists ...
Yahoo

Vlad the Impaler, the terrifying ruler and inspiration behind Dracula, may have cried actual tears of blood, scientists say

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have analyzed letters written by Vlad the Impaler in the 15th century. Traces of protein on the letters suggest he ...