ShortHand: Vlad the Impaler
To round off our month of spooky eps, our Halloween ShortHand covers the life and afterlife of one of the most sinister, blood-thirstiest bastards in all of human history: Vlad the Impaler, otherwise known as Vlad Dracula.
We dig into the legends surrounding the savage ruler – including an al fresco lunch among hundreds of thousands of twitching, impaled enemies – and see how they tie into the modern, blood-sucking vampire legend. Happy Halloween…
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Sources:
https://www.historyhit.com/facts-about-vlad-the-impaler/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vlad-the-Impaler
https://www.nbcnews.com/sciencemain/vlad-impaler-real-dracula-was-absolutely-vicious-8c11505315
https://collider.com/dracula-vlad-the-impaler-inspiration/
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/whitby-abbey/history-and-stories/dracula/
https://www.nbcnews.com/sciencemain/vlad-impaler-real-dracula-was-absolutely-vicious-8c11505315