Although this remarkable fortress has weathered centuries of war, poverty and multiple political empires, Bran Castle is most famous for being the assumed residence of Dracula. Vlad Tepes ...

In 2009, the Romanian government turned the castle over to Archduke ... The myth revolving around Dracula centers on the historical figure Vlad Tepes, more infamously known as Vlad the Impaler.

The group, named “Vlad the Impaler Command” after Romania’s medieval ruler who served as inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula, included a 101-year-old retired general named Radu Theodoru ...