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Oct 2023
1h 44m

The True Story of Dracula

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Robert sits down with Jack O'Brien to talk about how the life of a Transylvanian prince turned into the story of Dracula.

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Sources:

  1. https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-origins-of-dracula-vlad-the-impaler/
  2. https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-andcivilisation/2023/03/is-the-shamrock-a-myth-the-truth-behind-5-stpatricks-day-symbols
  3. https://mythology.net/mythical-creatures/vampire/
  4. https://theconversation.com/vampire-myths-originated-with-a-real-blooddisorder-140830
  5.   https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/vampire-disease-origins 
  6. https://news.virginia.edu/content/how-spread-disease-juiced-lorevampires-pandemic-proportions
  7. https://www.livescience.com/24374-vampires-real-history.html 
  8. https://theconversation.com/americas-first-vampire-was-black-and-revolutionary-its-time-toremember-him-149044
  9. https://news.virginia.edu/content/more-disease-dracula-how-vampiremyth-was-born-0
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  12. https://www.amazon.com/Vlad-III-Dracula-Times-Historical/dp/159211038X/ref=pd_lpo_sccl_3/137-0258767-1043075?pd_rd_w=HwU7a&content-id=amzn1.sym.116f529c-aa4d-4763-b2b6-4d614ec7dc00&pf_rd_p=116f529c-aa4d-4763-b2b6-4d614ec7dc00&pf_rd_r=HVFTK1DHS8NQH2E5J7BG&pd_rd_wg=d6J4W&pd_rd_r=2de9f88d-7743-4f92-8c69-f8f7a740d112&pd_rd_i=159211038X&psc=1

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