Dracula You may have hear the name "Vlad the Impaler" before. In fact, he is a real person who existed in the 1400's. However he was not as the legend of Dracula and vampires portray him. "Vlad the Impaler" was born Vlad Tepes, 1430 in Schassburg, a town in Transylvania. Vlad Dracul his father was the prince of Wallachia. The name "Dracula" comes from his father's name Dracul. Drac in Romanian means "devil". "Ulea" as an …showed first 75 words of 712 total…

…showed last 75 words of 712 total…Vlad helped keep crime off the streets, both countries do agree that he tortured and killed thousands of people. People have many opinions about whether or not Vlad was a good ruler. But it really depends on if they were looking for a ruler to help the economy and crime, or take care of the people. In Bram Stoker's film Dracula, made in 1931, he used Vlad Tepe's character. He portrayed Vlad as a vampire, s