What inspire Bram Stoker to write 'Dracula'?

The inspiration behind the blood sucking Count Dracula was not all that bad and simply misunderstood, a new exhibition has claimed. Prince Vlad the Impaler, who hailed from Transylvania, was the inspiration for author Bram Stoker's classic 1897 book Count Dracula which went on to spawn dozens of films. read more

Surgeon Joseph Bell inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to create Sherlock Holmes. According to conventional wisdom, Bram Stoker based Dracula, the original sexy vampire, on Romanian tyrant Vlad The Impaler, but this is indeed a myth. read more

Clearly, there are many versions of the vampire story, and it seems that the history of Dracula may have many inspirations. Some researchers believe that the only thing about Vlad the Impaler that really inspired Bram Stoker was his name, Vlad Dracula (based on Stoker’s own notes) and his location in Romania. read more