Joe Rogan: SHOCKED by True Origin Story of Count Dracula

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  • Опубликовано: 11 янв 2025
  • Joe Rogan True Origin Story of Count Dracula
    Sam and Colby are RUclipsrs Best Known For Exploring Haunted Buildings
    Clip taken from JRE #1922 w/Sam and Colby
    Host: Joe Rogan @joerogan
    Guests: Sam and Colby @samandcolby
    Producer: Jamie Vernon @jamievernon

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  • @DiluCrocodilu
    @DiluCrocodilu 4 месяца назад +1387

    As a Romanian who spent most of most of his life in Transylvania, I can report that in my last 300 years or so I haven't seen or met any vampires around here.

    • @STATENS-adventures
      @STATENS-adventures 4 месяца назад +109

      Same i was born in 1768 i have not met or seen any vampire for over 200 years

    • @Whereempathsgather
      @Whereempathsgather 3 месяца назад +9

      ​@@STATENS-adventures😄

    • @STATENS-adventures
      @STATENS-adventures 3 месяца назад +10

      @@Whereempathsgather Hahaha did you like that one 😉🧛🏻‍♂️🩸

    • @Whereempathsgather
      @Whereempathsgather 3 месяца назад +11

      @@STATENS-adventures yep!
      Oddly, I was born in 1770, your older, I got to respect you😆😄

    • @stepanbandera5206
      @stepanbandera5206 3 месяца назад +7

      ​​@@STATENS-adventures
      You're just a kid!

  • @MynameisKris1
    @MynameisKris1 5 месяцев назад +260

    Quick info: Nosferatu was the unofficial adaptation of Bram Stalker's Dracula. When it was released Stalker's wife saw a viewing and sued the company that made Nosferatu, making them burn all copy's of the film props and scenery. The only reason we have the movie Nosferatu now is because someone saved a copy of the film and hid it away. Decades later it was discovered at an old warehouse.

    • @arjungill656
      @arjungill656 4 месяца назад +23

      That’s so cool but ominous aswell. A Dracula movie was made, then hidden away, then it’s found in a basement; changing the course of film horror history.

    • @vanessahenry7238
      @vanessahenry7238 4 месяца назад +7

      Also in the book, Dracula didn't die of sunlight - he was fine - just weakened his powers that is all! But because they didn't have an ending for the script - this was a last minute scene that they came up with!

    • @DriftKulture
      @DriftKulture 4 месяца назад +4

      Stroker*

    • @planes3333
      @planes3333 4 месяца назад +12

      I think its spelt Stoker, not Stalker. FYI

    • @mcdotterson4103
      @mcdotterson4103 4 месяца назад +1

      @@vanessahenry7238 you mean for nosferatu or for bram stokers dracula? if you mean for dracula, we have a scene with him in full day light, like the first scene where he's just a dressed up gary oldman and not in oldman makeup or anything. the end was a combination of daylight, staking, and beheaded.

  • @KingMarineLord
    @KingMarineLord Год назад +750

    A few things they misconstrued.
    1. The rumors about him dining amongst impaled adversaries and drinking their blood was an account from a german woodcarver who depicted said scene in his work.
    2. Vlad's father belonged to the Order of the Dragon, a chivalric order, that had the duty of keeping christian Europe safe from the Ottoman Empire. Just for some context on the name.
    3. Bram Stroker is credited with coming up with the modern vampire mythos, but its origins can be found amongst many cultures around the globe.

    • @ereHeuqibmazoM
      @ereHeuqibmazoM Год назад +5

      🥀

    • @imaferretmaster
      @imaferretmaster Год назад +12

      I mean, he did display impaled enemies all around, just not in his court yard, thered of been no reason to, the whole point was to let dissenters and revolutionaries and incoming armies know what was coming, wouldn't have made sense to decorate the areas he ate with dead people.

    • @andrewbasile1847
      @andrewbasile1847 Год назад +3

      I believe that I covered all of that in my post. However what is important to realize is that Bram Stoker used many influences for his ultimate;y composite character. To his credit doing this created a unique villain new to the Genre that was influenced by sources but ultimately his own creation.

    • @jonathanhendrix2925
      @jonathanhendrix2925 Год назад

      Guy huffed mercury there was some f*ckery going on

    • @thegoldenratio8127
      @thegoldenratio8127 Год назад +9

      European history is freakin hilarious 😂

  • @Mirsab
    @Mirsab Год назад +240

    1:59 tortured in science, philosophy and the arts 😂

    • @rorydunsmuir4044
      @rorydunsmuir4044 6 месяцев назад +7

      Tute on, son! Tute on!

    • @frostedflakes55
      @frostedflakes55 6 месяцев назад +9

      Same thing happened to me ;p

    • @ThunderPants13
      @ThunderPants13 6 месяцев назад +4

      Doesn't even mention what a pain in the neck (pun alert) Home Ec was.

    • @franciscodiaz3028
      @franciscodiaz3028 6 месяцев назад +3

      Sounds about right in regards to all of the republicans in the USA

    • @brianb152
      @brianb152 6 месяцев назад

      @@franciscodiaz3028cringe

  • @Jack-cc3qm
    @Jack-cc3qm Год назад +930

    Vlad Tepes is the reason why Western Europe is still Western Europe. He's a hero.

    • @elagrion
      @elagrion 6 месяцев назад +20

      Word

    • @sweetlou1973
      @sweetlou1973 6 месяцев назад +70

      Look into Skenderbeu Gjerge Kastrioti. He kept the ottoman empire in check and saved Europe from the Turks.

    • @vonbeedle554
      @vonbeedle554 6 месяцев назад +23

      he inadvertantly caused it. he's no hero, except for romanians who value one thing he did, and discount all the horrible shit.

    • @DanielWhiteside
      @DanielWhiteside 6 месяцев назад +11

      Don't you give me no lesser of two evils. A warlord is a warlord.

    • @vonbeedle554
      @vonbeedle554 6 месяцев назад +21

      @@DanielWhiteside there is definitely room to say lesser of two evils. both are still evil.

  • @colinvannurden3090
    @colinvannurden3090 5 месяцев назад +454

    He stopped the Ottomans from invading further into Europe.

    • @Jay-kk3dv
      @Jay-kk3dv 3 месяца назад +24

      The ottomans chopped his head off

    • @johnmorales7057
      @johnmorales7057 3 месяца назад

      Hate to say it but what the Ottomans had in store for their targeted nation may have been far worse basically pg 13, compared to worse Vlad did .

    • @laughingvampire7555
      @laughingvampire7555 3 месяца назад +7

      for a while

    • @KyOte13
      @KyOte13 3 месяца назад +26

      He was a true European & met fire with fire in order to protect his people, land, and culture … we need men like him today. Men who are willing to stand up for their legacy & not let it be washed away by terrible political atrocities.

    • @MrDavlacar
      @MrDavlacar 3 месяца назад +4

      No he didnt. Serbs stoped them in Kosovo 1389,and later Polaks at Wiena.

  • @dc1397
    @dc1397 Год назад +1040

    Wait till he finds out about the origins of Count Chocula.

    • @kurtgray4815
      @kurtgray4815 Год назад +39

      i feel like boo berry is wayyyyy more of an dreadful story

    • @rottingshark1
      @rottingshark1 Год назад +12

      Fruit brut had it the worst.

    • @nin_tendo6458
      @nin_tendo6458 Год назад +20

      Franken-berry had a tale for the ages tho

    • @BirdsOfGlass
      @BirdsOfGlass Год назад +5

      I'm going on next week to tell him.

    • @patburns3402
      @patburns3402 Год назад +1

      The little guys from Rice Krispies were sodomized on a daily basis. It's a shame there isn't a movie about it.

  • @FindTheFun
    @FindTheFun Год назад +283

    Back then it was better to be feared than to be loved.

  • @UberTankred
    @UberTankred Год назад +250

    It feels like not a single person in this video knows what they are talking about.

    • @thebatzcave
      @thebatzcave Год назад +10

      blows my mind.

    • @G-ITZJYO
      @G-ITZJYO 5 месяцев назад +4

      Hilarious comment I love it made my day

    • @rong2912
      @rong2912 5 месяцев назад +10

      It's not surprising that JT Parr and Chad Kroeger don't know what they're talking about.

    • @VerisimilitudeFilms1
      @VerisimilitudeFilms1 3 месяца назад +1

      Yup. Counted several discrepancies

    • @Wunjo-Wunjo
      @Wunjo-Wunjo 2 месяца назад +1

      Correct.

  • @paianganomu
    @paianganomu Год назад +44

    To foreigners he may be seen as a monster but for us, romanians, he was the most important figure in our history.

    • @andvladtheimpaler
      @andvladtheimpaler Год назад +12

      I’m not European but he was a hero and a great example. It’s what Europe needs right now with the all spread of Islam

    • @brimstonevalar6053
      @brimstonevalar6053 День назад

      No way he was the most important...the most important was Mihai Viteazu for his achievement.

  • @davidnavratil5349
    @davidnavratil5349 Год назад +343

    Sigismund made Vlad a first-class member of the Order of the Dragon (a chivalric order established by Sigismund) in Nuremberg on 8 February 1431. The dragon-shaped badge of the order gave rise to his Romanian sobriquet, Dracul ("the Dragon"), for which his sons became known as Dracula ("son of Dracul").

    • @jeffstewart3342
      @jeffstewart3342 Год назад +14

      dam Dave you know alot about it. are you a vampire?

    • @donHooligan
      @donHooligan Год назад +1

      @@jeffstewart3342
      ...or a killa?

    • @4gegtyreeyuyeddffvyt
      @4gegtyreeyuyeddffvyt Год назад +6

      @@jeffstewart3342 nope just a nerd. 😂

    • @DoNMoSs2
      @DoNMoSs2 Год назад +4

      It was his father Vlad II not him (Vlad III) who got the membership

    • @Shin_Akumi
      @Shin_Akumi Год назад +2

      I think its spelled dragul*

  • @reyzen6177
    @reyzen6177 Год назад +78

    Strange how people react with "what a monster was Vlad Tepes, the Impaler" was , also strange how people forget that he was taken hostage when he was a kid, he grew up among ottomans, but he remained true to his Valachian (Romanian) blood and roots. When he got the opportunity to turn back in Romania, he did not want to be under Ottoman rule anymore,as Ottoman Empire was taking tribute from Valacha, in coin, food, kids, and women.(Kids for becoming Janissaries, main Ottoman army) . So he knew what Ottomans feared the most, cruelty! (Impaling people he learned from them) . So in order to protect his lands and citizen,he became this cruel guy to keep the Ottomans away, which he succeeded for some time,as Valachia had a small army compared with the Ottoman Empire. For Romanians these days, he was a great ruler, not a monster. There are saying from that time that "Vlad was going every day in the City in disguise to see how fair were the people, he would leave a small bag of gold coins on the margin of the town's fountain, so whoever took the bag and wanted to steal the coins, he would get arrested and would have had his hand cut off, as a lesson to not steal. After some time people were leaving their goods everywhere with peace of mind, cuz none would have wanted to steal anymore." He is also known for giving the possibility to beggars to work and change their lives, but they refused, saying that instead of working is better to fool people and get easy food and money,so he announced a great feast in a local bar where beggars, corrupted boyards and cons were gathering. He was giving free food and wine to everyone. He got out of the house and burned it to the ground with all of those inside. He after said that" This country does not need these vermins to eat her souls and force while having to deal with ottomans".

    • @mangoandguavafruitsmoothie4352
      @mangoandguavafruitsmoothie4352 Год назад

      He was still a mental murderhobo that butchered MANY of his own people. The rounding up of the poor,the many killings of other nobles etc. He was just a killer,its cool you want to put a noble spin on things but the simple truth is he was a shitty leader and when he passed on and his bro took over the country did better.

    • @OrdellRob
      @OrdellRob 4 месяца назад +13

      I like him.

    • @OozZomboy
      @OozZomboy 2 месяца назад +1

      damn i gotta do my homework on this but this shi crazy thanks for the fun facts yo

    • @rickbowler9559
      @rickbowler9559 6 дней назад

      They should be more afraid of Trump

    • @dissonance674
      @dissonance674 5 дней назад

      Wallachia, not Valachia. Wallachian not Valachian

  • @alexandruardelean6953
    @alexandruardelean6953 Год назад +2404

    you may call Vlad a monster, but we Romanians call him a hero

    • @gringofett3944
      @gringofett3944 Год назад +310

      Some of us outside Romania know the truth.

    • @christopherthegreat4226
      @christopherthegreat4226 Год назад +45

      @@gringofett3944 what's the troof?

    • @katrinaolsen2444
      @katrinaolsen2444 Год назад +387

      He fought off the Ottoman Empire.

    • @Shinobi33
      @Shinobi33 Год назад +417

      He had the most effective way of combating poverty I've ever heard of. He invited all the poor people in his kingdom to dinner at his castle. Then he had them all killed. No more poverty lol

    • @MRmanbearpig1993
      @MRmanbearpig1993 Год назад +86

      @@Shinobi33 real hero. 🤣

  • @TheWoody
    @TheWoody Год назад +43

    While Stoker's 1897 story of Dracula drew inspirations from the real life Vlad, the real origins of Dracula is the Victorian pulp fiction novel Varney the Vampire in 1845. Stoker was "inspired" by many of Varney's traits, such as: Varney had fangs, left two puncture wounds on the necks of his victims, coming through a window to attack a sleeping maiden, has hypnotic powers, and has superhuman strength.

    • @LTPottenger
      @LTPottenger 6 месяцев назад +3

      There have been vampire tales under different names for at least 2000 years

    • @TheWoody
      @TheWoody 6 месяцев назад +6

      @@LTPottenger Correct, the Vampire myth does, yes. However, this video addresses the origin story of the character Count Dracula, which they purport to be via Vlad the Impaler. Whereas, in fact, 50 years before Count Dracula's first appearance in a British Story Paper by Bram Stoker, a nearly identical Vampiric character named Varney the Vampire appears in Penny Dreadful fifty years earlier and has almost identical abilities as well as origin story to that of Dracula. As such, my only point is that the TRUE origin story of the "character" Count Dracula is NOT Vlad the Impaler and that Stoker is, in part, guilty of plagiarism.

  • @elagrion
    @elagrion 6 месяцев назад +17

    It's so funny to watch how Joe is completely clueless but still speaks with authority and confidence.

  • @revoslawter3628
    @revoslawter3628 Год назад +162

    He impaled his enemies so that when they saw what was done they would for sure for sure not want to attempt to do anymore harm to his people. They would stay away

    • @naimahmed3720
      @naimahmed3720 Год назад +1

      But the Ottomans were built different, and they had God on their side :)
      Vlad was acting like a satanist rather than a Christian.

    • @BonShula
      @BonShula 11 месяцев назад +8

      @@naimahmed3720 Amazing you know nothing about christian history

    • @scratthesquirrel5242
      @scratthesquirrel5242 3 месяца назад +2

      otomans invented the whole impaling thing. vlad did it so well the ottomans decided it was barbaric and made it illegal. he literally gave them ptsd with what he did.

    • @timurjack8773
      @timurjack8773 28 дней назад

      Vlad was able to sneak attack Ottomans because Vlad was previously trained as a Janissary he knew their tactics and their Turkic language, later Vlad got killed by his own men because Vlad's Ottoman disguise was so good even Vlad's own men didn't recognize him.

  • @jykugoku
    @jykugoku Год назад +557

    TO this day he is regarded as one of our greatest national heroes a shame ppl dont know that pretty much thx to him Europe exist today as it is and not as a bigger Turkey

    • @ryeblocker2297
      @ryeblocker2297 Год назад +41

      Had to instill fear in his enemies.

    • @johnconnor4040
      @johnconnor4040 Год назад +1

      The Turks made their worst enemy in Vlad Tepesh, other than training him in warfare, both weapons and psychological with impalement. They gave Vlad the one motivation necessary, Revenge on the Turks!!!

    • @joshmaxwell7968
      @joshmaxwell7968 Год назад +33

      The Order of the Dragon!

    • @theknightking4379
      @theknightking4379 Год назад

      But impaling people who shouldn't have been impaled together with the people who probably should have definitely been impaled without any difference is kinda unbalanced whatever the purpose , just because you were raped you impale anyone back ain't no payback way mate. Your hero had some serious brain damage issues mate.

    • @longhornduck
      @longhornduck Год назад +28

      True, along with Croatia and Serbia.

  • @HoosierRooster
    @HoosierRooster Год назад +404

    It's amazing what Joe Rogan knows but it's even more amazing of the stuff he doesn't know

    • @citizensguard3433
      @citizensguard3433 Год назад +24

      He is both the word you fill in the blank, and the blank itself.

    • @Steven-lb4bl
      @Steven-lb4bl Год назад +15

      You could say that about most people

    • @jarule275
      @jarule275 Год назад

      @@Steven-lb4bl Not me. Most people are dumb fux.

    • @eoincollins379
      @eoincollins379 Год назад +2

      who doesnt know about vlad

    • @generoberts9151
      @generoberts9151 Год назад +1

      That is pretty common history not to be familiar with any Vlads back story

  • @michaelsingleton5671
    @michaelsingleton5671 Год назад +39

    But Vlad Dracula was part of the order of the dragon which was a Roman Catholic order. If it was for him Europe would be all speaking and practicing Islam. He with his armies fought the Otoman Turks back and defeated them. True shit

    • @_davidboxing
      @_davidboxing 6 месяцев назад +5

      Defeated them? Didn’t he end up getting beheaded by the Ottomans?

    • @timurjack8773
      @timurjack8773 28 дней назад

      He didn't defeat Ottomans, Ottomans conquered Balkans many times after that read about 1526 Mohacs battle, some Hungarians even say they are Turks now, as for III.Vlad, Vlad was able to sneak attack Ottomans because he was trained as Janissary and could talk Turkic language, he disguise himself as Ottoman soldier perfectly and sneak attack them many times but ironic that III.Vlad got killed by his own men while again he was trying to disguise himself as Ottoman, III.Vlad was disguising himself so well even his own men didn't recognize him and they killed him.

    • @PavleVermezovic
      @PavleVermezovic 6 дней назад

      ORTODOX ORDER

  • @richardpatrizio1658
    @richardpatrizio1658 Год назад +419

    He did all he did. Because he knew how ruthless his enemies were.

    • @gotalotta28
      @gotalotta28 Год назад +7

      So dope. I had to read twice. Passionate about the origin huh? I found this comment to be the highest quality. Kudos for their e info.

    • @dixonhill1108
      @dixonhill1108 Год назад +17

      You have to goto the extreme to demoralize the enemy. Anything short of all out extreme warfare and your enemy just gets riled up.

    • @Sobanhassan1761
      @Sobanhassan1761 Год назад +10

      Anything to defend barbarity.

    • @djprojectus
      @djprojectus Год назад

      ​@@Sobanhassan1761 He learned barbarity from your turks, impalement he seen for the first time when turks used it.

    • @Sobanhassan1761
      @Sobanhassan1761 Год назад +3

      @@djprojectus My Turks ? Does that make Vlad your dracula ? 😀. I doubt Turks did it at the scale of Vlad and even if they did, I wouldn't call them a hero.
      There were many heroic Western warriors. You don't have to hype up Draculas.

  • @TheLeatheryman
    @TheLeatheryman Год назад +57

    Salem’s Lot from 1979 has that Nosferatu style vampire character, but the vampire kid levitating and tapping at the upstairs window to wake his brother will chill you to the fuckin bone man!

    • @cameronharris8039
      @cameronharris8039 Год назад +16

      Salem's lot scared me for years

    • @vishnunair2823
      @vishnunair2823 Год назад +10

      I had a phobia of window for years because of that one scene...

    • @TheLeatheryman
      @TheLeatheryman Год назад +6

      @@vishnunair2823 it was pure genius in execution. Shot in reverse with cigarette smoke as mist 🚬 🌬

    • @stevenserna910
      @stevenserna910 Год назад +1

      I've seen the movies, and once read a book on Dracula. But what gets me is all these supernatural powers he's supposed to have:
      Flying, un-dead, levitating, hypnotizing, deflecting bullets, climbing walls, mind reading, and mental manipulation, dream invading like Freddy Krueger. This is one evil suckka'. Were these Hollywood made up, or are vamps supposed to legendarily/ traditionally/historically be rumored/able to do those things?
      As for how to kill a vampire...
      A specific type of wooden steak through the heart pinning him to his casket.
      Drowning in running Holy Water.
      Decapitation.
      Chopping off, and arranging the long bones of the body into a cross on the chest of the corpse.
      Removal of the heart.
      Constant recitation of prayers for the dead.
      Guess that's all I can think of, oh...and bad acting that effects box-office revenue. That kills 'em for sure. Anyone remember the movies, "Abbot and Costello meet Dracula" or "Fright Night"?

    • @marks9197
      @marks9197 4 месяца назад +4

      That creeped me out when I watched it! Pretty good for a TV movie.

  • @timhawkins2859
    @timhawkins2859 Год назад +147

    I always wished they would make a movie about the real Vlad and not some cheesy Dracula movie. Vlad was way more terrifying and badass than any Dracula character ever created.

    • @michaelclausen1135
      @michaelclausen1135 Год назад +21

      A few years ago there was "Dracula Untold." Which was somewhat historically depicting Vlad the Impaler for like the first thirty minutes. After which of course he turns into an all-powerful vampire lord. But for the like two or three Dracula movies that actually touch on history, that one probably goes the deepest.

    • @timhawkins2859
      @timhawkins2859 Год назад +1

      @michaelclausen1135 damn, sounds like they almost had it lol. I might have to check that movie out anyways.

    • @John-il7qb
      @John-il7qb Год назад +9

      They made one called prince of darkness about the real vlad

    • @waywardson911
      @waywardson911 Год назад +2

      @@John-il7qb best telling of the story

    • @FahmiNasir
      @FahmiNasir Год назад +9

      rise of empires: ottoman season 2

  • @stevemuzak8526
    @stevemuzak8526 6 месяцев назад +17

    Vlad to this day is a hero to Romanians. He fought off the Ottoman Empire.

  • @torpilo
    @torpilo Год назад +57

    He wasn't raped and he wasn't a monster. He was ruthless (as those times demanded) and he's one of our greatest leaders! King Charles III is privileged to be his descendant.

    • @FloareaCristinaGeorgiana
      @FloareaCristinaGeorgiana 3 месяца назад +2

      For clarifications or additions to what was said above, I recommend "Corpus draculianum" on youtube. The dramatic life of Vlad Tepes exposed in the chronicles of the time, his correspondence, the administrative documents from his period. All presented by professional historians, who, like Sherlock Holmes, try to bring Vlad to light, beyond legends and vicious propaganda.

    • @asyla3389
      @asyla3389 2 месяца назад

      How do you know he wasn't? A lot of poor Balkan boys that were prisoners were , by filthy Turks . Albanian mother's used to disfigure their children before they were forced to be sent to Turkey solely for this purpose

  • @mattwilliams5368
    @mattwilliams5368 Год назад +118

    He did horrible things,he did good things as well.His life shaped him into what he was.

    • @amenlion88
      @amenlion88 Год назад

      Hell no

    • @Steven-zq6pu
      @Steven-zq6pu Год назад +1

      And he adored his granny..............Apparently.

    • @devinmichaelroberts9954
      @devinmichaelroberts9954 Год назад

      you sound like Kanye talking about hitler

    • @myheartbelongstowhat
      @myheartbelongstowhat Год назад +2

      IMO as a Romanian, I think the general consensus is that he was a hero for our people.

    • @ZhanTodorov
      @ZhanTodorov Год назад +4

      @@myheartbelongstowhatAnd that’s all that matters, honestly. Some American’s hot take on Vlad is irrelevant. It’s not even their history to judge.

  • @---df5sr
    @---df5sr Год назад +125

    Count Vlad who Dracula was based on is actually related to the British Royal family. The new King Charles still has land and property in Viscri, Transylvania (Romania) and spends a lot of time there

    • @Shin_Akumi
      @Shin_Akumi Год назад +5

      Thru marriage, its not like they descended from vlad lol king charles the ? Is german, saxa-gorba something. But england has been a mixed breed for nearly 1000 years. Saxon, anglo, northman, franks, britons, celts, danes, Normans, on and on and on lol all stemming from the roman empire that tried to conquer alba(scotland)

    • @btnhstillfire
      @btnhstillfire Год назад

      1/2 based. They took the brutality of Vlad and the blood drinking and bathing of Elizabeth Bathory. Its been well documented that Vlad was never actually recorded to drink blood.

    • @navarrouse3447
      @navarrouse3447 Год назад

      That mf Charles looks like Victor off underworld lmao

    • @davegoodwin1950
      @davegoodwin1950 Год назад +3

      He's a direct descendant int he

    • @lix6028
      @lix6028 Год назад +1

      Elizabeth is/was one 🤨👨‍🦲?

  • @andrewbasile1847
    @andrewbasile1847 Год назад +250

    Kinda surprised that you guys are misinformed about Dracula and his origins. This is a topic that has become a mixed brew with additions made over the years. Bram Stoker was influenced by many things when he compiled the information that would later become Dracula. Although he lived in London as the Manager of a Theatre as he wrote Dracula and other stories on the side. He was of Irish origin but traveled to parts of England and Scotland. When in Scotland he found a book of Folk Tales written by Emily Gerard titled "The Land Beyond the Forest" in a Library there. Ms Gerard was from the area. This book was a collection of the tales and beliefs of peasants from Transylvania where she was living while her husband was stationed there. It was in this book that Stoker read about the history of Vampires or Moroi or a similar creature The Stragoi. Stoker took this information and combined it with other stories he had learned about Romanian Folklore and Transylvania, however Stoker never set foot in Romania. While he had heard about Vlad Tepes he did not fashion his villain after him but he did steal the name Dracul or Dracula. This name came from an order of Knights named "The Order of the Dragon", which was created in Hungry and which Vlad I joined. All of the Slavic lands were under invasion by the Turks (especially Romania) and this order of knights bound them in a Christian purpose to defeat the Turks. The name Dracul meant Dragon or "The Order of the Dragon", but was also used as a word used to mean the Devil in the local language. Dracula meant "Son of the Dragon" which meant Vlad III was the son of the original Dracul, Vlad l, who was his Father. The Tepes rulers reigned over Wallachia not Transylvania which is another large part of Romania. Vlad had several castles. Castle Bran which is a tourist attraction used by Romania as the site where he lived was not his home. He stayed in Castle Bran one night in his lifetime. Castle Poenari was his main residence perched high on a hill that was difficult to reach but had a view over all parts of Wallachia. Today it is in ruins.
    There is no mention of Vlad the Impaler, no mention of the battles with the Turks, and no mention of impalement in the actual book. When Stokers notes were found there were references to Ms Gerards books in the margin along with quotes. Although the Vampires of Folklore were blood drinkers they were not really associated with that as a method of killing. The ancient Vampire rose from the dead to seek out family members or friends and sat on their chests while they were in bed . Eventually they died because they could not breathe from the weight of the Vampire. In those tales Vampires did not fly, disappear, climb up the sides of buildings, turn into bats or wolves, or had no reflection in mirrors, nor were they elegant and educated. These are all additions made by Stoker. They were dead bodies reanimated who lumbered around at night to attack those who they had issues with in life. Although it may seem to be romantic or even seem to make sense (because of the blood and impalement) that Vlad the Impaler would be the origin of the myth he was not the model Bram Stoker used for Dracula. Vlad was a brutal and gruesome ruler who killed thousands, many were his own people who he distrusted but many more were Turks sent to invade his land but ended up with their head on a stick. It is said that he had his dinner table set up in the courtyard and ate as he watched hoards of impaled people suffering to death. It is also reported that he drank their blood and even ate their flesh. Over the years books and movies have combined the two into the same man however they were not the same person. The same thing happened when Vampires were given qualities that they never had in Folklore. Today it seems that a Vampire can almost do anything and I am sure that more abilities will come.

    • @theresheblows
      @theresheblows Год назад +13

      I will do some extra digging too but thanks for the information!! you get my thumb's up!!

    • @justjoe942
      @justjoe942 Год назад +8

      Interesting read; thanks.

    • @andrewbasile1847
      @andrewbasile1847 Год назад +17

      @@justjoe942 There is much more information that I have which I could have included but the comment would have been far too long for this platform.I have researched this extensively and there is more mystery attached to Vlad (as his body was missing from his grave) and this adds to the confusion and the link that many make to tie the two together. However Count Dracula's origins remain from within the mind of Bram Stoker.

    • @andrewbasile1847
      @andrewbasile1847 Год назад

      @@theresheblows I have much more information on this than I could include on this platform. I have done exhaustive research into it and while it is easy to see the connection that could be made between the two Stoker wanted to create a his own character. In the end the book was wildly successful after it was written and has since become a classic in literature and the beginning of a legend that still exists today.

    • @raeldor
      @raeldor Год назад +7

      To be honest I can see why Stoker and others have embellished the vampires of legend. They sound a bit boring. 😂

  • @Nordboo
    @Nordboo 5 месяцев назад +19

    The first notable vampire character in literature is Lord Ruthven in John Polidori's "The Vampyre," published in 1819. This story introduced the suave, aristocratic vampire archetype that influenced later works like Bram Stoker's "Dracula." in 1897

    • @celtgirl7791
      @celtgirl7791 4 месяца назад

      Wasn't Polidori the personal physician to Lord Byron I believe he based Lord Ruthven on Byron to some degree.

    • @indydude3367
      @indydude3367 4 месяца назад

      Yep. Vampyr was written on the same dark and stormy night when Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein.

    • @spitornottospit9429
      @spitornottospit9429 3 месяца назад

      Vampiro Suave

    • @scratthesquirrel5242
      @scratthesquirrel5242 3 месяца назад

      ancient greeks had stories of vampires. but they we're more like bestial monsters, and didnt have the gothic aristocrat vibe going for them

  • @byronleemarley9610
    @byronleemarley9610 Год назад +73

    Coincidentally just watched both Nosferatu and Bram Stoker's Dracula (w/Gary Oldman) about a week and a half ago. Nosferatu was also based on the book by Stoker. The movies had minor differences, but the overall plots were the same. And I agree with the guest about Nosferatu: He's the scariest monster I've seen in my life. Ever since childhood, I can't get that creepy face and walk out of my mind. May have been a silent film, but it was scary AF.

    • @andrewbasile1847
      @andrewbasile1847 Год назад +9

      FW Murnau who directed Nosferatu wanted to produce the story of Dracula as Stoker wrote it. Stokers Wife fought to keep the rights to the book and would not allow Murnau to make a movie of the book. Determined to make the movie he changed parts of the story and changed the names so there would be no legal issues. As it turns out the main character in Noserfatu Count Orlok was said to be a much more accurate version that Stoker had in mind in the book. The later version starring Bela Lugosi was far more glamorous than the original was intended to be.

    • @patrickjenkins6383
      @patrickjenkins6383 Год назад +4

      @@andrewbasile1847 I totally agree with your use of the word "glamorous" to describe Bela Lugosi's Dracula. His depiction of 'The Count' with a strong Hungarian accent was elegantly measured, even somewhat 'aristocratic' in appearance. For me as a child, the only other actor that could match Lugosi's Vampire was: Christopher Lee. 🦹😎

    • @saturnosiris1221
      @saturnosiris1221 Год назад +2

      Yes, yes, by far one of the creepiest looking dudes ever. If you have never seen the movie that stars William Defoe playing him, you gotta check it out. He F'n nailed it. It's really freaking old, though . I think I was a teenager, when it debuted, which means 1000 years ago, lol. No, like late eighties, early nineties, but damn it's worth it.

    • @SilkandScrooge
      @SilkandScrooge Год назад

      That episode of SpongeBob used to scare me because of him

    • @vonrichthofen5734
      @vonrichthofen5734 Год назад

      @@saturnosiris1221 It's from 2000, you're younger than you think ) Shadow of the vampire, great watch

  • @prestonwinters9656
    @prestonwinters9656 Год назад +18

    Vlad the impaler was the hero Romania needed

    • @MicahMicahel
      @MicahMicahel 4 месяца назад

      we'd all be without electricity and all the great art and inventions without the heroes of the crusades... a defensive act by the Christian countries. Most people didn't want to fight.

  • @bobalmond8257
    @bobalmond8257 Год назад +6

    3:42 sigh. That was not the creation of our example of Dracula. The slicked back hair etc dates back to much earlier portrayals of the character. It is just a more recent and better known version. The first adaptation of the book by Bram was in 1921 by a Hungarian director but the 1931 movie starring Bela Lugosi was the first to portray Dracula as we canonically think of him. So just a mere 61 years before the version they discussed.

  • @williamerickson520
    @williamerickson520 Год назад +7

    The story I heard was that Stoker got the name Dracula from a travel brochure for Transylvania, which is also why part of the book is set there.
    The image of the aristocratic vampire comes from the short story “The Vampire” by John Polidori, physician to Lord Byron, based on a fragment written by Byron on the same night Frankenstein was born. The character of Lord Ruthven was modeled after Byron as well.
    Nosferatu was the first completed film based o Stoker’s novel, though the filmmakers did not have the rights to the material so they had to change the names. They were also sued by Stoker’s widow. The Universal film was based on a stage play also starring Lugosi.
    I remember a television movie of the true story of Vlad Dracula some time around 2001. The actor who played him in that film also appeared as the fictional Dracula in the season 5 premiere of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

  • @roadkillz78
    @roadkillz78 Год назад +12

    The real life story of Vlad may be more interesting than his fictional counterpart.

  • @earth6161
    @earth6161 Год назад +20

    He wasn't compared to Dracula Dracula was based on him !

  • @jesseseonza2929
    @jesseseonza2929 Год назад +24

    " Shadow of the Vampire "
    William Defoe' rendition of
    NOSFERATU.. was awesome...

    • @Skygrey2943
      @Skygrey2943 6 месяцев назад +2

      Klaus Kinski also starred in Herzog's remake in the 70s. Defeo as 'Nosferatu' sounds great though. Perfect casting again.

    • @marywhittle3759
      @marywhittle3759 2 месяца назад

      I watched that movie once. Well done but terrifying & disturbing.

  • @mbert7537
    @mbert7537 Год назад +4

    Tell me you know norhing about history without telling me you know nothing about history " Hold my joint"

  • @victoraurel77
    @victoraurel77 Год назад +5

    he is not saying also that maybe a ruler sacrificed his humanity for his ppl in hard times, romanians are thankfull for Vlad Dracula's existence even nowadays, not because he was ruthless but because he focused his craziness to a good use, keeeping slavers, thieves and also hordes of "conquerors" at a distance

  • @joejohnson4183
    @joejohnson4183 Год назад +13

    By impaling his enemies on the way to his kingdom his enemies had to march through this seeing what could be their fate . This caused terror or fear which weakened them or anger which caused them to not think rationally , this is psychological warfare at it's best .

    • @naimahmed3720
      @naimahmed3720 Год назад

      In the end, he lost. The Ottomans had God on their side, they didn't need to sacrifice humans to try and scare people.

    • @klasnm_5364
      @klasnm_5364 Год назад

      So... God abandoned the ottoman during ww1...?

    • @joejohnson4183
      @joejohnson4183 Год назад

      @@naimahmed3720 In the end the Ottomans lost because they strayed from God and became savages and they lost their empire . The ottoman empire does not exist anymore so what history books are you getting your information from ?

    • @joejohnson4183
      @joejohnson4183 Год назад

      @@klasnm_5364 Yes

  • @OrderOfTheDragan1429
    @OrderOfTheDragan1429 Год назад +106

    The Turks where the monsters Vlad was just the monster slayer.

  • @BillyBob-yb5ht
    @BillyBob-yb5ht Год назад +4

    Bram Stocker was Irish born and lived in Dublin. He got his inspiration for the undead from visiting victims of a plague which was rampant in the West of Ireland when he was a young man.

  • @homesteadhaven2010
    @homesteadhaven2010 Год назад +5

    I have this man's castle on my back with people impaled, it's so cool.

  • @Lovegun.
    @Lovegun. 4 месяца назад +3

    Thumbail.....Joe Rogan shocked about the origins of Dracula.
    Video......Joe proceeds to explain the origins of Dracula ....

  • @ivanofmihai8364
    @ivanofmihai8364 Год назад +15

    An individual who stands out as a real time hero and a National pride, in times where being independent and having your own faith wasn't a choice.
    🇷🇴 Romania ❤️ Vlad "The impaler" Țepeș aka Dracu

  • @justwatching6186
    @justwatching6186 Год назад +35

    Stoker wrote Dracula in 1897, so it was the “original”. Nosferatu was the first filmed version of a vampire. It wasn’t based on Stoker’s book.

    • @MichaelCorryFilms
      @MichaelCorryFilms Год назад +15

      The first novel about vampires in English literature is "The Vampyre" (1819) by John William Polidori. It was written during the same trip where "Frankenstein" was written. Part of a contest by a group of famous writers of the romantic movement while they were all trying to escape, "The year without summer". The year without summer was literally that, caused by a volcanic eruption in the south pacific. Another vampire novel that predates Stoker is "Carmilla", a book about about a female vampire about 26 years before "Dracula".

    • @bongdonkey
      @bongdonkey Год назад +1

      @@MichaelCorryFilms Facts!

    • @curtisthomas2670
      @curtisthomas2670 Год назад +1

      Drakula Halala was a silent Hungarian vampire film based on Stoker's Dracula character but not the storyline, a year or two before Nosferatu. All copies are believed to be lost or destroyed.
      Several vampire novels and short stories 0rwdate Stoker's Dracula

    • @MichaelCorryFilms
      @MichaelCorryFilms Год назад +1

      @@curtisthomas2670 Cool. didn't know that. Too bad about it being lost.

    • @nuckygulliver9607
      @nuckygulliver9607 Год назад +5

      yes it was based on Stoker's book. His widow sued so they had to change the name from 'Dracula' to 'Nosfetatu'

  • @bigfest6498
    @bigfest6498 Год назад +6

    When you confuse tutor and torture 😂😂😂
    Doesn't Nosferatu come out in Salem's Lot as well? Definitely the creepiest vampire ever.

  • @arnethaearl8468
    @arnethaearl8468 Год назад +20

    Years ago, when I lived in Illinois, I met the sweetest old lady from Romania and the Carpathian Mountains. She told all about her childhood in the village . It was so interesting to me. 💓💓💓

  • @ScyllaWyrm
    @ScyllaWyrm 3 месяца назад +1

    The Werner Herzog variant of Nosferatu has its own unique blend of raw kooky weirdness within the vampire genre.

  • @LS-ti1rz
    @LS-ti1rz 10 дней назад

    At time stamp 1:33 Joe gets a real nice drip from that snow he likes, lol😂😂😅

  • @williamroyt1296
    @williamroyt1296 Год назад +46

    He learned about impaling enemies by the ottoman, when he finally took control of his lands, he had a big diner with all the generals and counsel, after which he impaled them all and hung them around the walls so all enemies could see,. Another time while under seized by the ottoman. Him and his men silent attack at night kill 1000s and then impaling them, that were the vampire rumor came about. There were a lot of culture in that time that believe drinking the blood of your fallen enemies, gave you there strength. His land were taken and found over many time because of it location. Most of those countries even found for control of the position of pope. Each country want one of there own as the pope, they even killed each other representatives to control that position at the Vatican

    • @BamaMatters11
      @BamaMatters11 Год назад

      Speak English much? No? Then learn please thanks.

  • @Jeffro5564
    @Jeffro5564 Год назад +20

    His last name dracul means dragon in old language and his family were from ancient order of dragon which was similar to knight Templar which they protected Christian who needed help to travel through their destination

  • @lescorlett4133
    @lescorlett4133 Год назад +28

    Strange how people forget that the image of Dracula with the slicked back hair and black cape was created by Bella Lugosi and was the inspiration for Batman.

    • @TINKERB121
      @TINKERB121 5 месяцев назад +1

      The inspiration for Batman was Zorro

    • @MicahMicahel
      @MicahMicahel 4 месяца назад

      Batman was maybe influenced by Zorro.. no doubt he was but originally it was commissioned to be like Dick Tracy. It was like they took Dick tracy and Zorro . Dick tracey was really popular at the time. It had unique and freakish villains.

  • @barflytom3273
    @barflytom3273 Год назад +2

    Werner didn't shoot he remake of Nosferatu in 2019 but in 1979 with Claus Kinski. Great film, great vampire.

  • @Neon-x-Wolf
    @Neon-x-Wolf Год назад +6

    Apparently Bram Stoker got his idea for his book because of Irish folklore, specifically the origin of the Abhartach a folklore close to my home town Dungiven in the North of Ireland. There is a grave there which is hard to find. There is a movie called Boys from county hell based of of the grave site which is worth a watch too.

    • @liamscott1905
      @liamscott1905 7 месяцев назад

      @Neon-x-Wolf
      Isn’t arbatach a dwarf that became a vampire?

  • @katrinaolsen2444
    @katrinaolsen2444 Год назад +9

    I saw “Nosferatu” in the Castro Theater, in the 1980s. They had a Mighty Wurlitzer organ that rises up into the theater. And it accompanied the movie. It was super cool to watch a movie like they did 100 years ago.

    • @travisjohnson6358
      @travisjohnson6358 Год назад +2

      Heck yeah

    • @MicahMicahel
      @MicahMicahel 4 месяца назад

      I wish they still made silent movies. they are musical experiences and were never actually silent.

    • @taylorwhite6022
      @taylorwhite6022 3 месяца назад

      I’m not only jealous you saw the movie there, I’m also jealous you lived in the Castro area in the 80s!!! I bet that was a whole different breed of people staying up all night to do wicked deeds…lol

  • @mavenfrankeus7287
    @mavenfrankeus7287 Год назад +39

    Tortured...
    tutored rather...
    LMFAO

  • @micro2cool
    @micro2cool Год назад +13

    watching because I thought this said count dankula

  • @adamtennant4936
    @adamtennant4936 Год назад +4

    Herzog's Nosferatu is an amazing film. Definitely one of the best vampire films out there.

  • @wr9733
    @wr9733 Год назад +14

    The actual book Dracula by Bram Stoker is literally so good. One of my favorite novels.

  • @benwiseman3051
    @benwiseman3051 Год назад +12

    The character of dracula was created in a castle in Cruden Bay in North East Scotland

    • @lizmckinney48
      @lizmckinney48 Год назад +1

      the baobhan sith is what the brides of dracula are based on

    • @ByrneMJames
      @ByrneMJames Год назад

      Lad, the character of dracula is based on Henry Irving. Stokers sometime boss and probable lover. His vampirism is a metaphor for the syphilis that was tearing through Dublin thanks to the British government reducing our population to poverty and prostitution. Stokers horror was imperial gothic shock at its impact on "civilised" anglo Irish society. He eventually died of tertiary syphilis. In England.

  • @FireGriffon
    @FireGriffon Год назад +18

    The word vampire comes from the Serbian language (vampir/вампир). Basically in the 1730s a part of Serbia was under Austrian rule and their soldiers found out about vampires from the locals. Johanes Filkinger (not sure about the spelling) was appointed as the head of a military commission sent to a village where people were claiming they had vampires. They were in shock when graves were dugout and coffins were opened to find bodies didn’t start to decompose, but looked like they’re alive and had fresh blood coming out of the mouths and ears. Next year army surgeons were sent and they saw the same thing and allowed the local to “kill” the vampires. Hawthorn stake, burn the body and throw the ashes into the Morava river. This is generally regarded as the first ever officially documented vampire hunt.
    Terrified Austrian soldiers spread the word about vampires everywhere and soon they were in newspapers around Europe scaring many people. Basically, vampires went viral.
    And then in the 19th century Stoker created the character of Dracula based on those vampire stories and connected them to stories of Vlad the Impaler’s ruthlessness. I do believe he was the first to envision him as a vampire and that Romanians and other Balkan people didn’t have those myths before. Somebody correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure that’s the case. 😅

    • @Oldysrv
      @Oldysrv Год назад +1

      U mean slavic language not serbian

    • @WebinarPerson
      @WebinarPerson Год назад

      ​@@OldysrvSerbia is Slavic. What r u talking about? 😂

    • @usmansaleem9498
      @usmansaleem9498 Год назад

      Lol r u saying there were real life vampires?? Lmao

    • @TINKERB121
      @TINKERB121 5 месяцев назад

      @@usmansaleem9498 No he’s saying vampires were a folklore that existed for centuries, no different than people believing there were witches

  • @themysteriousdomain8249
    @themysteriousdomain8249 Год назад +1

    Vlad wasn't compared to Dracula. He was Dracula.

  • @CookieDeelite
    @CookieDeelite Год назад +1

    Dude, why are you asking these Gen Z children about Dracula lore and film history? They were born YESTERDAY!

  • @jonathan2755
    @jonathan2755 Год назад +7

    Dracula was created by an irish novelist named bram stoker who lived in clontarf dublin.
    Right outside his home in clontarf is very eery tower who gave him an idea for Dracula along with some of these views rogan has mentiond.
    I used to play outside were he was born.

    • @ByrneMJames
      @ByrneMJames Год назад +1

      Yeh and Dracula was his boss not vlad. His vampirism was a metaphor for the diseases tearing through the monto and into "civilised" anglo Irish society.

  • @OldFartAUS
    @OldFartAUS Год назад +12

    This highlights how little joe knows about everything.
    Except elk meat. He knows his elk meat.

  • @Nutterbutter123
    @Nutterbutter123 7 месяцев назад +3

    He simply needed a hug and someone to tell him he matters 🤗

  • @anthonycannata5480
    @anthonycannata5480 4 месяца назад +3

    The King of England is related to Dracula. Wild.

  • @erickestradajr2703
    @erickestradajr2703 Год назад +2

    I noticed that they did not mention Bela Lugosi's ICONIC preformance as the Count.

  • @swamp1990
    @swamp1990 6 месяцев назад +1

    Scars of Dracula is another great movie for anyone interested. Christopher Lee plays Dracula. the aesthetics are amazing.

  • @JD.78
    @JD.78 Год назад +19

    I came across a story about the history of lost Horror films and apparently there was a Vampire movie made around 1919 predating Nosferatu that all known footage was burned in a fire and has been lost to history.
    It may have been Hungarian in origin, as far as i know, but can't confirm this.
    Nosferatu is the first Vampire movie we have and is claimed as such, but may not have actually been the first one to be made.
    I watched a movie a few years ago starring Williem Dafoe as Count Orlok and the mysterious events surrounding the filming of Nosferatu.
    Interesting film, well made with nice casting and great acting too.
    Max Schreck who played Count Orlok was apparently never seen out of make-up on set and (if the stories are true) he actually slept in coffins which lead to people believing he was a real Vampire.

    • @lawrencesmith835
      @lawrencesmith835 Год назад +2

      That movie with William Define was hilarious. It was just genius.

    • @JD.78
      @JD.78 Год назад +2

      @@MagnerCarter
      I think that's the one starring Klaus Kinski, and was a sequel to the original Nosferatu.
      That was titled Vampire in Venice when i saw it many years ago.
      It is an excellent film, and as far as i know still holds the World Record for the longest time gap between original movie and it's sequel.

    • @curtisthomas2670
      @curtisthomas2670 Год назад +5

      Shadow of the Vampire with DaFoe was based on the premise that Max Schrek was an actual vampire and killed a couple crew members during filming of Nosferatu.
      There was a 70's remake of Nosferatu as well

    • @curtisthomas2670
      @curtisthomas2670 Год назад +2

      Drakula Halala was a silent Hungarian film based on Bram Stoker's character Dracula but not on the storyline. It's considered a lost film as all copies are believed to be destroyed

    • @JD.78
      @JD.78 Год назад +1

      @@curtisthomas2670
      Thanks for the details on the Hungarian film.
      I didn't know the title and wasn't 100% sure it actually was Hungarian, though i heard all known copies were destroyed.
      Maybe a lost print will surface one day, who knows?
      Willem Dafoe played a great part as the Vampire, he looked really creepy too.
      I saw Vampire in Venice with Klaus Kinski in the early 80's, apparently it was a sequel to Nosferatu.
      Cool film, quite gory too.
      Cheers.

  • @openplanliving5685
    @openplanliving5685 Год назад +3

    When you take him out of context looking with 21st century ideals and understanding.... yeah he's a monster. But when you understand how brutal the times were back then and what most everyone else was doing, he was a real hero to his people.

  • @cowboygambit3170
    @cowboygambit3170 8 месяцев назад +1

    "He drinks blood thats why he gets compared to dracula so much".. bud he IS dracula lol

  • @jesusvideogamemaster
    @jesusvideogamemaster 2 дня назад

    He wasn’t compared to Dracula he was the inspiration lol 😂

  • @kravstema6287
    @kravstema6287 Год назад +5

    Another thing that shocks JR that I’ve known since I was 8

    • @jimsy7al
      @jimsy7al Год назад +1

      JR is by no means the brightest bulb!

    • @TINKERB121
      @TINKERB121 5 месяцев назад +1

      And he still got it wrong

  • @frankzed4120
    @frankzed4120 Год назад +14

    Correction - Vlad the Impaler was also known as Vlad Dracul (Dragon), hence the name Dracula. He is not compared to Dracula; the legend of Dracula is based on Vlad.

    • @andrewbasile1847
      @andrewbasile1847 Год назад +1

      The character of Count Dracula was not based on Vlad the Impaler. This is a modern interpretation not a factual one. Stoker used many influences of old Folklore combining them with some historical events and he created a character all his own. If Stoker wanted to write a biography of Vlad III of Wallacia he could have easily done so as no such book existed at the time. His notes clearly reference Emily Gerards work many times and he used her accounts as the main material for his book. This information has been documented many times from many sources.

    • @nightking0130
      @nightking0130 Год назад +1

      Thank you He’s actually based more on atilla the hun. The 1991 Coppola movie I blame for the connection to vlad cause they added that origin in the movie. Not in the origina book

  • @lavitr7830
    @lavitr7830 4 месяца назад +15

    Vlad stoped Islam from entering europe .... he was a true hero .

    • @timurjack8773
      @timurjack8773 28 дней назад

      Wrong, Ottomans conquered Balkans later, read about 1526 Mohacs battle. Vlad was able to sneak attack Ottomans because Vlad was trained as a Janissary and could talk Turkic language. But ironic that later Vlad got killed by his own men when they thought Vlad was a Ottoman soldier, Vlad's disguise was so good even his own men didn't recognise him.

  • @halinakajfoszova4354
    @halinakajfoszova4354 Год назад +4

    Shadow of the vampire was an incredible film too

  • @test-201
    @test-201 8 дней назад +1

    "he was a monster"
    He is a European hero.

  • @wassupinlasvegas9735
    @wassupinlasvegas9735 4 месяца назад +2

    Werner Herzog's Nosferatu the Vampyre was released in 1979 and starred Klaus Kinski.

  • @frankb821
    @frankb821 Год назад +4

    The 1979 Herzog directed "Nosferatu" is actually really good, and very atmospheric, despite changing up many aspects of the original 1922 film.

    • @pepelemoko01
      @pepelemoko01 Год назад +2

      Starred Klaus Kinski, even real vampires found his portrayal of Nosferatu disturbing.

    • @daksans6764
      @daksans6764 Год назад

      @@pepelemoko01 Wow there are real vampires

  • @norwegianblue2017
    @norwegianblue2017 Год назад +5

    In every corner of the world, there has been unspeakable brutality throughout history. I read some of the things that American Indians did to their enemies that would have made those in the Spanish Inquisition blush.

    • @milosav7314
      @milosav7314 Год назад

      Not in every some fought with honour in defence of their country or retaking of it exclusively, what you tell yourself is just a repeated lie that has become true just like the whole there is no scientific proof that the bible is true you must blindly believe, sure its a neat and tidy way of packaging things up but isnt the case.

  • @venwhen8567
    @venwhen8567 Год назад +6

    Why don't you say who did that to vlad? It was Muslims (turks) who did it. Just like today Muslims continue to do the same.

  • @frankb821
    @frankb821 2 месяца назад +2

    The REAL Dracula's Castle is called Poenari Citadel, in Arefu, Romania. You can still climb to the top to the ghostly ruins!

  • @harbs_cantina
    @harbs_cantina 3 месяца назад

    One reason why Bram Stoker's book worked so well on it's original release is that at the time in the latter half of the Victorian 1800's there was a such rift between working and ruling classes in society that when Dracula just takes victims without ever worrying was akin to how the lower class felt about them feeling expendable and just could be used by the upper classes without anyone blinking an eye or caring about it.

  • @Souls_On_Fire
    @Souls_On_Fire Год назад +8

    I read this story of how some kings were visiting and upon meeting, Vlad asked them to remove their hats in his home, to which they refused. So he replied “If you like them so much I’ll see that you never have to take them off” and had them held down and nailed their hats to their heads.

    • @haunterdragon4580
      @haunterdragon4580 Год назад

      So just like parts of korea people had no understanding of compassion back then

    • @graf666orlok
      @graf666orlok Год назад +3

      They weren't kings, they were emissaries of the sultan there to demand a tribute of gold and young boys to be enlisted into the sultan's army. He was supposed to be a "puppet prince" for the sultan, he refused the tribute and nailed their hats to their heads to send a message to the sultan.

    • @MicahMicahel
      @MicahMicahel 4 месяца назад

      @@haunterdragon4580 You think compassion is a good self defence tool? you might want to understand the religion of peace had taken one million slaves from europe and taken over 3/4ths of christian land. You want compassion but know nothing of the horrors of the people with no compassion that he was defending Europe from. many peole are propagandized to believe the Christians were the bad guys.

  • @mr.mckinnon5680
    @mr.mckinnon5680 Год назад +3

    There's only two men, in human history, that stopped the invading Muslims, in their tracks.
    Vlad the impaler, and Leonardo DaVinci.
    Vlad, impaled over 10,000 of them. And lined the roadways to his castle, with their bodies. They were so horrified, they went around him.
    That was a commodity, within his territory, that they very much watch it, and very much needed for their armies. Salt.
    Bram Stoker, sensationalised the story, because it was written while he was under the influence of absinthe.
    We know there were three people involved in that. One of them was Mary Shelley. The author of Frankenstein. So we know who Vlad was, and how he inspired the story of Dracula. However, we do not know who dr. Frankenstein was. Or, rather, who was the inspiration for his character.
    Vlad the impaler, inspired another great, monster in human history.
    Cesare Borgia.
    Borgia, decapitated his friends and family. Under the rumor that, one of them was conspiring to assassinate him. So he lying his driveway, with all of their heads. And the message was crystal clear. If this is what I will do to my friends and family. Imagine what I will do to you.

  • @FlameMage2
    @FlameMage2 Год назад +7

    When Alucard defeats his opponent and a lightning flash briefly reveals Vlad Tepes famous portrait face as Alucard's... that's when I looked into this stuff. Thanks Hellsing!

    • @jamesbaggett7223
      @jamesbaggett7223 Год назад

      Hellsing Ultimate was better. But that scene is fucking epic

  • @1madzilla
    @1madzilla 6 месяцев назад +1

    The OG Dracula didn’t drink blood, he ate azz.

  • @darraghmcconn
    @darraghmcconn Год назад +1

    Nosfertu was a rip off of Dracula. Bram Stokers wife and estate sued the film makers and ordered all copies of the film to be destroyed.
    One copy was found in a museum in the 70’s and that’s what we get to see today

  • @mikasalo9031
    @mikasalo9031 Год назад +5

    Tortured ohhh tutored 🤣

  • @maryjaneanden86
    @maryjaneanden86 Год назад +8

    Vlad was so feared by his enemies because he impaled his own people stuck them in the grounds in front of the castle

  • @bailercharles
    @bailercharles Год назад +1

    Dracula Untold was a good movie about Vlad.

  • @justinmanser7525
    @justinmanser7525 Год назад +1

    King Charles is obsessed with the guy. He even owns the castle. What a wonderful character he must be, Jimmy Saville and Dracula.

  • @love4allization
    @love4allization 2 месяца назад +3

    Dude saved christianity in europe

  • @ricksmith7881
    @ricksmith7881 Год назад +5

    If you can't party at work find a new job

  • @BlackJeepConvertible
    @BlackJeepConvertible Год назад +18

    "I've done worse to kids" - Hillary Clinton

    • @tayzk5929
      @tayzk5929 Год назад +1

      Looks exactly like that J**** dude from the ADL
      Vampires are 100% a metaphor for a certain tribe

  • @killiteithfire91
    @killiteithfire91 3 месяца назад

    I met a vampire one time, but instead of biting me , he used this cloth that smelled like chloraphorm 😂😂 I woke up and he stole my hair

  • @joeheaton8981
    @joeheaton8981 Год назад +2

    8th grade history blows your mind. Welcome to the JRE

  • @johnbyrd9106
    @johnbyrd9106 6 месяцев назад +3

    Romanian hero, he took care of the blood thirsty Turks. Ask any Romanian and they sing his praises.

  • @mikejacob3536
    @mikejacob3536 4 месяца назад +3

    The best way to deal with expansionist, militant Islam. Convince those who would subject you to sharia to keep moving.

  • @AlexXanderMarketing
    @AlexXanderMarketing Год назад +6

    How can Joe be SHOCKED when he was the one recounting the history?

    • @cosmicabyss7358
      @cosmicabyss7358 Год назад

      Because he's still amazed and intrigued by it.