Where did the the vampire myth begin please nothing from Wikipedia or similar sites?

I believe the vampire myth all started with Bram Stoker's 1897 novel "Dracula". That started the fictional belief of vampires...he created what is mostly believed in of vampires now.

But Stoker almost entirely based his dracula character on Vlad Tepes III "Vlad the Impaler" a real Romanian Prince from Translavania (reign in the mid & late 1400's). Who very brutally tortured his prisoners (such as impaling them on wooden stakes in his courtyard) around & inside his castle. And was known to drink the blood of his victims. And the people of Translavania called him "Dracula".