Most of us know about vampires, or so we thought. Our belief that they’re only a fantasy is mistaken. Vampires are real. Archaeologist Timothy Taylor and anthropologist Kathryn Denning set out on a global quest to discover the origins of the vampire myth and to find out why these creatures continue to have such a hold on our imaginations. In a journey that takes them from the mountains of Transylvania and the jungles of Brazil to the vampire ovens of present-day New York, Tim and Kathryn attempt to find out if there is a dark reality lurking behind the myth of this terrible creature. Do vampires really exist?