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Podcast: Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill
Episode: 277: Vlad the Impaler, vampires, and Dracula
Description: With special guest Longinus, P&C drink and review Bloodline, an IPA by Flying Dog, then discuss Vlad the Impaler and Dracula.Â
The boys discuss the origins of vampire stories and the association between vampires and Dracula.Â
Bram Stoker loosely based his story on Vlad the Impaler, who was a 15th-century badass in the general area of modern-day Romania.Â
P&C review the basic historical situation and life of Vlad, and his reputation for cruelty. Some reports say he was a psycopath, worse than Caligula and Nero.Â
Stoker's book (and a few...