The Truth about Dracula
OCTOBER 28, 2006 Listen to this Story
- Dracula
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You know the story of Dracula, a man who lived on human blood and lured innocent girls to a fate truly worse than death. But before Bram Stoker's novel came out in 1897, Dracula had a different lore. Stoker got the name from a 15th-century count in Transylvania. He was known for impaling his enemies on spikes but he wasn't a vampire. Weekend America's Hillary Frank talks with a woman who, for the last three decades, has spent every Halloween trying to set the record straight.
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- Music Bridge:
- Always Something Better
- Artist: Trentemoller
- CD: Last Resort (Poker Flats)
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