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2003 Vlad Dracula, Prince of Wallachia - Part 1
2003 Vlad Dracula, Prince of Wallachia - Part 1
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Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Jan 31, 2016
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In December 1476, two monks from the monastery of Snagov, about forty kilometers north of Bucharest, stumbled upon a bloody, mangled, headless corpse. Recognizing the clothing, the monks secretly interred the body in the monastery's crypt. The head, meanwhile, made its way to Constantinople where it was put on display. The body belonged to the newly returned prince, Vlad, who was at the time known as 'the Impaler', but history knows him by a different name - Dracula. Dur: 39mins File: .mp3
Released:
Jan 31, 2016
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Podcast episode
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