Said to have inspired Dracula, who is this Prince of Wallachia?

Romanian Prince Vlad III of Wallachia was ruthless. So ruthless, in fact, that many think Bram Stoker based his blood-sucking vampire, Dracula, on good ol' Vlad. How'd he gain such notoriety? Glad you asked: Vlad the Impaler liked to, well, impale his enemies on stakes. He was known for punishing and torturing them cruelly, leaving them impaled in the ground to die a slow death. In doing so, he inspired fear in his enemies and, also, a blood-thirsty vampire.

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