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...Impaler" Draculae, a local ruler known for his cruel torture methods (the story goes he liked to have his dinner while watching his opponents painfully die on a stake) used to inhabit Bran Castle. This, however, is merely a myth, which has its roots in the famous novel by Bram Stoker, and no one knows for sure whether the local ruler ever actually set foot in the castle. Still, on the rumor, 450,000 tourists visit it each year. Now it has become the subject of an escalating political dispute in Bucharest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baring Fangs Over Dracula's Castle | 10/1/2007 | See Source »

TRANSYLVANIA LEGEND: The first of many films officially based on Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, the 1931 version of Dracula, with Bela Lugosi in the title role, became an instant classic. The film's horrific scenes allegedly caused audience members to faint at the premiere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 2, 2007 | 6/21/2007 | See Source »

...letters, written by Rossi while he was a young scholar at Oxford in the 1930s, contain a fantastical claim: Vlad the Impaler, a despotic 15th century prince who inspired Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel “Dracula,” really was a vampire—and really was undead...

Author: By Alison S. Cohn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Historical Study A-1972: Dragon Books and Dracula | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

...BRAM COHEN Creator of BitTorrent, the world's most popular open-source file-sharing software I nominate Steven Soderbergh, director, writer and producer, who broke Hollywood dogma by releasing his movie Bubble simultaneously in theaters, on cable TV and DVD. He's willing to experiment with new technologies to deliver what consumers want. Also William Poundstone, whose book Fortune's Formula gives a readable explanation of how investing for the most profit inherently involves roller-coaster downturns. It's an insightful analysis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Should Be Among This Year's Picks for the TIME 100? | 4/16/2006 | See Source »

Given the scope of vampire depictions throughout literature, “Lover Eternal” is more Nora Roberts than Bram Stoker’s “Dracula.” Ward seems to gleefully move from sex scene to sex scene, sparing no opportunity to make the reader as squeamish as possible...

Author: By Jessica C. Coggins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: When A Vampire Met Mary | 3/1/2006 | See Source »

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