Vlad the Impaler, the original 'Dracula'

We Are History

Angela Barnes and John O'Farrell

History

4.9 • 802 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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How Vlad the Impaler got his nickname. (Was it just the main thing people noticed about him?) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, and you're listening to We Are History Podcasts with me, Angela Barnes.
0:11.8	And me, John O'Farrell.
0:13.5	And this is a podcast where we delve into bits of history that we find interesting, right, John?
0:18.8	We'll read something and...
0:20.9	You think, well, how many people want to read a whole book about that?
0:24.9	It might be something you've heard of, but didn't really know the context,
0:27.6	or maybe something you haven't heard of.
0:29.7	But I'm pretty sure you would have heard of this bloke.
0:31.2	Yeah.
0:31.8	Because his name was Dracula.
0:35.0	Dracula.
0:35.7	You can't say it just normally, can't.
0:36.1	Dracula.
0:37.6	Also known by the less appealing name of Vlad the Impaler.
0:43.9	Now, that wasn't his real name, was it?
0:45.4	I wasn't nominative determinism.
0:47.4	Yes, I don't know.
0:48.3	That wasn't certain of.
0:48.8	Mr. Impaler.
0:49.6	Mr. Impala.
0:50.3	What did you do?
0:50.8	Well, I'd seen my career path was set out for me.
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