Creatures of Terror

Season 2 Episode 163

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.

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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Creatures of Terror