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1. The massacre of the boyars
(The massacre of the boyars)
...  After, Vlad the Impaler asked them if they wanted to cease to be a burden to their loved ones and end their poverty. All the people present agreed. When he heard that, he ordered the house set on fir ...
Created on 27 November 2013
2. The Impalement
(The Impalement)
...  chest. Infants were sometimes impaled on the stake forced through their mothers' chests. The records indicate that victims were sometimes impaled so that they hung upside down on the stake.       Th ...
Created on 27 November 2013
3. Wallachia Prior to Vlad the Impaler (Dracula)
(Wallachia Prior to Vlad the Impaler (Dracula))
... supported him as their own candidate for the Wallachian throne. In 1448, at the age of seventeen, Vlad III managed to briefly seize the Wallachian throne. Yet within two months Hunyadi forced him to surrender ...
Created on 07 July 2013
4. Poenari Fortress the "real" Castle Dracula
(Poenari Fortress)
...  visitors need to climb 1,480 steps. His first major act of revenge was aimed at the boyars of Targoviste for the killings of his father and brother Mircea, and for their disloyalty to the Wallachia ...
Created on 01 July 2013
5. The Nobleman with the Keen Sense of Smell
(Stories of Dracula)
...  While hearing the nobleman's appeal, Dracula walked amongst the stakes and their grisly burdens. Some of the victims still lived. Nearly overcome by the smell of drying blood and human waste, the noblem ...
Created on 01 July 2013
6. The Foreign Ambassadors
(Stories of Dracula)
... ce with the prince the envoys refused to remove their hats as was the custom when in the presence of the prince in Wallachia. Angered at this sign of disrespect, Dracula had the ambassadors' hats nailed ...
Created on 01 July 2013
7. The Two Monks
(Stories of Dracula)
...  Dracula showed them rows of impaled corpses in the courtyard. When asked their opinions of his actions by the prince, one of the monks responded, "You are appointed by God to punish evil-doers." The oth ...
Created on 01 July 2013
8. The Diplomats
(Stories of Dracula)
To ensure a long and lasting relation between the Turks and Vlad, two ambassadors visited Vlad's castle and were granted an audience. When Vlad asked them to remove their Phrygian caps, both ambassador ...
Created on 01 July 2013
9. Hall on Fire
(Stories of Dracula)
... Many old people attended too. As the story goes, when the feast was at its climax, Vlad made an appearance. He asked whether they wanted to live comfortably for the rest of their lives without having to ...
Created on 01 July 2013
10. Vlad the Impaler - The Real Dracula
(Video Gallery)
...  of his victims, dipping his bread in their blood! Bram Stoker, in writing his classic 1897 novel Dracula, took Vlad as his model for the vampire who has become a cultural icon throughout the Western World ...
Created on 01 July 2013
11. Vlad the Impaler (Dracula) Life
(Home)
...  Turks for their release. This bargaining was viewed as treason by John Hunyadi, (the King of Hungary in fact if not in name, and the most powerful member of the Order of the Dragon.) Hunyadi hired assassin ...
Created on 01 July 2013