Vlad the Impaler
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Nov 1, 2026
OlympiaHOST
With creatures like Lilith or the Stryges, we will also see how literature and later cinema turned folklore from Eastern Europe into the modern vampire.
OlympiaHOST
And because we like stories too, we will take a look at the lives and legends of characters like Vlad the Impaler or the Countess Elizabeth Bathory.
OlympiaHOST
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OlympiaHOST
He rests during daylight and needs soil from Transylvania to regain his strength.
OlympiaHOST
The novel also tells us that before becoming a vampire, he was a fighter against the Turks when they invaded Transylvania.
OlympiaHOST
The name Dracula was actually inspired by a real historical figure, Vlad Tepes or Vlad the Impaler, who was a ruler of Wallachia.
OlympiaHOST
Wallachia is now a historical region of Romania.
Mark ChurchHOST
What frightens me? This may have happened to you last night, just as Strictly started.
Mark ChurchHOST
And if you didn't answer the door, or you did and didn't produce a treat, you may have got a disappointing look from the parent of Little Vlad the Impaler, and then found dog excrement put through your letterbox.
Mark ChurchHOST
It is a lovely tradition.
Mark ChurchHOST
So, what frightens me? Well, until Thursday, England's one-day win against Sri Lanka.
Lux EdwardsPANELIST
The exposition dumps I thought were funny, too.
Lux EdwardsPANELIST
He starts just talking about his past and how when he was Vlad Tepes, he was a good guy, taking care of his people, keeping the barbarians away.
Lux EdwardsPANELIST
He's like, I figured I would make some, you know, I would skewer some dudes outside just as a warning.
Lux EdwardsPANELIST
That might work, right? I didn't really want to, but it ended up working.
MordriganHOST
Shit, Mordrigan might have to upstart some things.
MordriganHOST
Well, at that point, that's when Book steps forward and just rams their ball spear through a guy and just does the whole Vlad the Impaler lift above their head.
MordriganHOST
And as that person's like going, and expiring messily, all the other villagers just kind of look up at the dying man, look down at you all, look up at the dying man again, and then flee.
MordriganHOST
They scatter.
Ricky RojasHOST
I mean, he's so cool.
Ricky RojasHOST
Vlad.
Ricky RojasHOST
What a cool.
Ricky RojasHOST
Vlad the Impaler.
Ricky RojasHOST
What a cool character that is.
Ricky RojasHOST
Dude, Bram Stoker nailed it.
Ricky RojasHOST
See what I did there?
Tam MutuHOST
Yeah, he did.
Rebel NotoriousHOST
hate everything that Francis Ford Coppola did that wasn't in the book.
Rebel NotoriousHOST
Except the Vlad the Impaler stuff, that's sort of okay.
Rebel NotoriousHOST
Just if you know the history of Dracula as a character, that's sort of where he comes from.
Rebel NotoriousHOST
Kinda.
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The Lord of Vampires grabs a crucifix.
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Dracula's skin melts.
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The stench of burning, undead flesh fills a peasant cottage in Transylvania.
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Dracula's hands are burning.
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He feels like he's on fire.
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But Dracula has a reason to hold the very item that causes him so much agony.
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He wants to save four innocent children from the vampires who used to call him King.
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Dracula saving the innocent? It sounds wildly out of character.
John JohnsonHOST
He's like, God damn it.
John JohnsonHOST
I am Vlad the Impaler.
John JohnsonHOST
Do you not remember this? But I think it's been centuries since he was turned as well.
John JohnsonHOST
So, you know, since he was that original Vlad the Impaler.
John JohnsonHOST
So...
John JohnsonHOST
Um, but yeah, eventually he's like, okay, I gotta, this is so annoying.
Matt HansenHOST
He's like, God damn it.
Matt HansenHOST
I am Vlad the Impaler.
Matt HansenHOST
Do you not remember this? But I think it's been centuries since he was turned as well.
Matt HansenHOST
So, you know, since he was that original Vlad the Impaler.
Matt HansenHOST
So...
Matt HansenHOST
Um, but yeah, eventually he's like, okay, I gotta, this is so annoying.
Joey AwajinHOST
Last week we, or last year, excuse me.
Joey AwajinHOST
We talked about the real Dracula, Vlad Tepes.
Joey AwajinHOST
This year, we're going to talk about the Lincoln Ghost.
Joey AwajinHOST
And yes, there'll be some paranormal-type episodes like this and such off and on.
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