On Wed, 21 Nov 2001, David VanHorn wrote: > > > >Dracula. > >Hollywood story, not true. > > Somewhat true, Vlad Tepesch or Vlad Dracul, certainly existed. > Funny thing, he was thoroughly endorsed by the pope. > Dave, Vlad Tepes was loved by poor people and hate by the riches. As I learned at history lessons ( 30 years ago ) on his time, if anybody loosed a purse with gold money on the street it was sure it can found in the same place another day, else someone steel that purse and the judges found it quilty, die by lacerate in a stake ( Tepesch, in romanian is a derived word from stake ) So, be sure, dracula's mith is exactly like the NZ tasmanian devill in cartoons. Regards, Vasile -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads