This section is dedicated to three famous cases of vampirism as they were considered when they occurred. Today, we would probably call it mass-murder.

The two main characters that inspired Dracula are Vlad The Impaler and Erzsebeth Bathory. Let us not forget Gilles de Rais “Blue Beard” who lived in the same period and is also considered by many as a true vampire. The involvement of demons in the latter case is relevant for many other stories of vampire.