Creatures of Terror
Celebrate Poe
English - March 02, 2023 02:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsEducation History poe edgar allan literature history horror terror richmond virginia baltimore Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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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?