Recently, people have had a fascination with the paranormal, mainly vampires. From books to movies to television shows, people have found very different ways to view these blood sucking creatures of the night. As the years have gone by, new stories were created and more lore was added to the original folklore. And the beginning of this appeal began in both fifteenth century Wallachia and eighteenth century England. Prince Vlad III of Wallachia, also known as Vlad the Impaler, was a clever and cunning man who proved himself as a hero in a war against the Turks (Wallacha). He used strange and disturbing war tactics, such as impaling 20,000 captured Turks outside city walls (Klein), to scare his opponents away. Because of these decisions,
