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Article: 'Vampire Princess' Was Dracula Based on the Ghoulish Obsessions of a Real-Life Woman?
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- September 15, 2008
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Halloween Begins Early on DVD and on Smithsonian Channel(TM) Beginning week of October 14
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Just in time for Halloween, the story of a real-life Vampire Princess is unearthed Oct. 14 on DVD from Infinity Entertainment Group and begins showings on Sunday, Oct. 19 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Smithsonian Channel(TM).
Dracula is a grim tale believed to be based on Romanian legend and the morbid imaginings of a Victorian novelist. Now archaeologists, historians and forensic scientists have evidence that the legendary vampire was not modeled on a medieval count from Transylvania, but on the fate of a real 18th century bohemian ...