03 - Vlad the Impaler Prince

On this episode, we get blunt about Vlad the Impaler of Wallachia.  Was he a reasonable man of his times or was he a psychopath?  Join me on this legend laden episode as I try to expose the real Dracula.  At the same time, we'll learn more than we will ever need to know about impaling.  Fair warning: I don't delve too deeply into the atrocities, but there are some fairly gruesome descriptions.    

Vlad Draculea (1431 - 1476ce)

Show Notes:

• Nuremburg Pamphlet - University of Pennsylvania
• Image of Vlad Draculea wood carving
• The Historical Dracula - an essay by Ray Porter
• Poenari Castle
• Romanian Tourism - Count Dracula's Legend