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The true story of Frankenstein and Dracula's bloody fight to the death Life imitates art: two of literature's scariest characters actually crossed paths in mediaeval times
2005
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\"Shamefully, their repeated wars did not stem from religious zeal but from filthy lucre, \" explained [Gabriel Ronay]. \"Vlad Dracula extorted taxes from the rich Saxon merchants of Transylvania. Ultimately, Vlad Dracula defeated the Saxon army and put von Frankenstein to a lingering death on a sharp wooden stake.\" Proof of the fight between the real-life Vlad Dracula and a von Frankenstein can be found near Bran Castle in St Mary's Evangelical churchyard in Sibiu where von Frankenstein was buried. Ronay visited the graveyard last year. It also contains the grave of Vlad Dracula's own murdered son. Researcher Teodor GaitaMelnic, has spent 50 years studying the life of Vlad Dracula. He claims he has one document that establishes the von Frankensteins' role in the building of Bran Castle; another records the impaling of von Frankenstein by Vlad Dracula. Ronay said: \"This discovery will cause a lot of upset among some of the millions of people who are dedicated followers of the myths of Dracula and Frankenstein.
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