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This episode briefly discusses the nature of torture and cruelty in spoken media.  The majority of the episode deals with two conquerors who have become a part of legend - Vlad the Impaler.  Vlad is frequently viewed as a possible source for the character of Dracula.  And Tammerlane is viewed as an influence on Edgar Allan Poe’s Tamerlane and Other Poems.

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• What was Wallachia?
• What was the fictional Count Dracula’s “stomping grounds”?
• Who was the brother to Vlad III?
• What does the “a” ending in Dracula mean?
• Did Vlad the Impaler originate impalement?
• Was Vlad the Impaler a disturbed human being?
• What is a hippodrome?
• How did Tammerlane conquest Delhi?

• Introduction
• 05:10 A few facts about Vlad
• 07:30 “We will release you, but not your sons”
• 08:55 Impalements and other forms forms of torture
• 13:07 Legends and opinions about Vlad the Impaler
• 16:32 Historical Tamerlane and Poe (Introduction)
• 18:44 Genghis Khan background
• 20:22 Enter Tamerlane
• 22:59 Destruction of Baghdad and Delhi
• 25:30 Edgar Allan Poe Connection
• 25:55 What is a horse-spectacle?
• 28:22 Research and reproduction of script
• 30:53 Poe’s disregard of the historical Tamerlane
• 33:25 Sources

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