He put the people in the cauldron and put their heads in the holes and fastened them there; then he filled it with water and set a fire under it and let the people cry their eyes out until they were boiled to death. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. The real Dracula dates back to the 15th century -- and the history of the real Dracula is pretty shocking. But, according to Dracula expert Elizabeth Miller, Stoker didn’t base Count Dracula’s life on Vlad Dracula. If we come to [Vízaknai] now, the [Ottomans] could come and kill both you and us. Vlad the Impaler. The babies fought for their lives at their mother's breasts until they died. Sadly, the Dracula parrot has made the vulnerable species list due to … ), you're looking at the tomb of Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, aka Vlad the Impaler, aka Dracula. According to "historians" cited by The Daily Mail (LOL! Dracula was imprisoned, first by the Turks, who hauled him away in chains, and later by the Hungarians. Yes. Vladislav died fighting against him. Nonetheless, the similarities between the two Draculas are intriguing. Dracula, novel by Bram Stoker, derived from vampire legends and published in 1897, that became the basis for an entire genre of literature and film.