About this episode
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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