ShortHand: Vlad the Impaler - The Real Dracula

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Oct 2, 202627:13Society & Culture

To round launch our month of spooky eps, our Halloween ShortHand covers the life and afterlife of one of the most sinister, blood-thirstiest bastards in all of human history: Vlad the Impaler, otherwise known as Vlad Dra...

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