In addition to his title of "Impaler," Vlad was also known as "Dracula," which means "son of the Dragon." Originally, this title came about because his father belonged to the Order of the Dragon, an order formed by the Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund for defeating the Turks. The elder Vlad used the dragon symbol on his coins and went by the name "Dracul", which means dragon or devil. ...
Vlad Dracula was born in Sighisoara, Romania in about November or December of 1431, thought this year has never been confirmed. His birth name was Vlad Tepes, and was the second of three sons. His father, also Vlad was appointed vovoide which was the military governor of Transylvania by the time of ...
Ever since the beginning of time society has taken an interest in subjects that one is supposed to reject. When stories are created they tend to deal with many of these topics because the storyteller knows people want to hear about these outcast ideas. Children are not taught at school and grown u...
Bram Stoker was born in Dublin, Ireland on November 8th, 1847. His father was a civil servant in Dublin Castle, and his mother, Charlotte, was a women's lib advocate. They had seven children in nine years; the third of which was Bram. The first seven years of his life he was bedridden with an undiag...
