What you may not know, is that this widely representatd Fictional character was actually inspired my a man whose atrocitieties made him a model for the Fictional character. His name according to several historical records is Vlad.
Few names have cast more terror into the human heart than Dracula. The legendary vampire, has inspired countless horror movies, television shows and other bloodcurdling tales of vampires.
Though Dracula is a purely fictional creation, the infamous character was modeled after a real person who happened to have a taste for blood: Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia or — as he is better known — Vlad the Impaler. The morbid nickname is a testament to the Wallachian prince's favorite way of dispensing with his enemies.
Asides having the same name, the two Draculas have much in common, according to historians who have studied the link between the fictional vampire count and Vlad III.
The real Dracula 'Vlad III' was born in 1431 in what is now Transylvania, the central region of modern-day Romania. However, the link between Vlad the Impaler and Transylvania is fueled by the real, historic Vlad's lifestyle in Transylvania, who also happened to live in a Castle, which has become a tourist attraction today that is often referred to as Dracula's castle. It ia believed to be the residence of the Wallachian prince.
Why they call him Dracula is because of the unusual nature he Impales his victims after killing them.
He is rumored to have killed millions of people and maimed their bodies, eaten their flesh, drank their blood. in an unusual manner of impaling them... very similar to the cannibalistic Fictional character Count Dracula.
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