European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse People for each year of his life. Turkish and German accounts mention a lengthy list of atrocities beheading people forced to eat members of their families or even parts of their own bodies before being killed and torture for the Sake of torture Dracula earned the nickname the impaler because of his favorite Way of putting people to death. The process involved tying a victim s legs to two horses inserting stakes into various parts of their bodies and then hoisting them up in the same manner As a crucifixion y the stakes were rounded off instead of sharpened to prolong the victims fifes. Dracula allegedly liked to hold feasts under the rotting corpses of his victims. When one local Noble objected to the smell Dracula had him impaled higher than the rest of the victims so be could t smell the stench anymore. He was said to have impaled 30,000 people on one occasion alone making the turks so sick that they turned around and went Home instead of attacking his army. Dracula also was accused of murdering Many of his own people because they violated his standards of behaviour or were not respectful enough to suit him. But modern romanians dispute the numbers rather than the stories. They credit him with saving Romania from the turks who ruled much of Eastern Europe until the late 19th Century. Any atrocities against his own people were meant to teach moral lessons and were therefore excusable says Pacuraru. Pacuraru says that Dracula s murders numbered about 30, not 30,000. How could anybody kill that Many people in one Short space of time he asked. It is physically is Marian Hamilton sight Sara s Cathedral Garden and graveyard top photo. The clock Tower and Dracula s Birthplace left. A plaque commemorates the count s Birthplace above. Bom to shop tourists can buy bottles of Dracula s drink including Vodka Plum Brandy and wine below. Is file. Is Marian Hamilton october 27, 1994 stripes Magazine 13
