Vlad the Impaler, whom Dracula was based on, was a medieval ruler of Romania in the 1,400’s. Vlad was notorious for his extreme cruelty, his signature punishment being impaling his enemies on long stakes.. Hence his nickname of Vlad the Impaler.

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