How did Dracula become the world's most famous vampire? - Stanley Stepanic

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  • Опубліковано 19 кві 2017
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    Over a hundred years after his creator was laid to rest, Dracula lives on as the most famous vampire in history. But this Transylvanian noble - neither the first fictional vampire, nor the most popular of his time - may have remained buried in obscurity if not for a twist of fate. Stanley Stepanic explains how a critical copyright battle catapulted Bram Stoker’s character into literary renown.
    Lesson by Stanley Stepanic, animation by Phuong Mai NGUYEN.

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  • @fatimesaiti402
    @fatimesaiti402 6 років тому +5714

    "Mother,can you tell me a bed-time story?"
    "-Sure!When I was your age,people were vomiting and bleeding and dying and being buried alive.Then,they'd wake up and drink the blood of other people!How cool is that?"

    • @Rum598
      @Rum598 5 років тому +34

      Oooo spoopy

    • @seaworld9036
      @seaworld9036 5 років тому +76

      Wow! That’s a beautiful story

    • @ekasteviajulip6917
      @ekasteviajulip6917 4 роки тому +24

      ' when i was your age' ouh.....that is so cool

    • @micky57
      @micky57 4 роки тому +17

      That's so cool mother! Can dis continue?

    • @16Bit-Jafu
      @16Bit-Jafu 4 роки тому

      That is cool

  • @yassfishy
    @yassfishy 6 років тому +6552

    I love how his mom just tells a bunch of horror stories to a 7 yr old

    • @rovli816
      @rovli816 5 років тому +43

      It should be pg16+

    • @bioman1hazard607
      @bioman1hazard607 5 років тому +88

      My gram let us watch r rated films in the 90s when we were 8 like Friday the 13 and nightmare on elmstreet, best childhood ever

    • @swirlandtwirl5417
      @swirlandtwirl5417 4 роки тому +83

      That story tellings horror exist too in asian countries specially when there were no electricity, for entertainment.

    • @jordanloux3883
      @jordanloux3883 4 роки тому +55

      Not just fantasy. REAL ACCOUNTS of plagues wiping out whole cities.

    • @EvanOM
      @EvanOM 4 роки тому +26

      Well Irish people still do it today my mam does it

  • @zteja9
    @zteja9 4 роки тому +5503

    During my childhood I used to think that Transylvania and Pennsylvania were both the same.

    • @quxoyrukoy5416
      @quxoyrukoy5416 3 роки тому +112

      Well being a child when I was 4 to 6 I thought the same

    • @cindeng6624
      @cindeng6624 3 роки тому +290

      When I was a kid, I thought Transylvania was only a fictional name of a hotel for ghosts/creatures. You know, the animation Hotel Transylvania😅.. So, it is only now I learnerd that there is really a country named Transylvania😅...

    • @db4ch
      @db4ch 3 роки тому +193

      @@cindeng6624 Transylvania isn't a country.It is part of Romania.Romania on the other hand is a country.

    • @justfatemaz.4427
      @justfatemaz.4427 3 роки тому +9

      Ganesh Teja Lol same

    • @quxoyrukoy5416
      @quxoyrukoy5416 3 роки тому +15

      @@cindeng6624 u mean the movies hotel transylvania hotel transylvania 2 and 3

  • @eatornator-ox2dx
    @eatornator-ox2dx 3 роки тому +2660

    everyone asks who's dracula,
    but no-one asks how's dracula.

  • @BalkanPizza
    @BalkanPizza 7 років тому +7081

    It always surprises me how many people don't know Transylvania is in Romania btw

    • @Reena2784
      @Reena2784 7 років тому +53

      Same

    • @daksh8747
      @daksh8747 7 років тому +81

      Melissa Dobrea I actually haven't met anyone like that

    • @pppriest3206
      @pppriest3206 7 років тому +97

      I know its sad i am romanian

    • @ShizL
      @ShizL 7 років тому +11

      Melissa Dobre lol really?

    • @nottarun
      @nottarun 7 років тому +52

      ShizL ironic you're claiming yourself as smart when you can barely spell

  • @chessforfun5394
    @chessforfun5394 4 роки тому +579

    Ted ed: *answers questions I did not knew I had*

  • @luuchoo93
    @luuchoo93 4 роки тому +588

    How did such a great figure, based on centuries of history and legends, end up in the Twilight saga?

    • @metal_monocle7334
      @metal_monocle7334 2 роки тому +15

      He's not.

    • @imsickoflifeanditstactics5063
      @imsickoflifeanditstactics5063 2 роки тому +34

      Uhh..isn't that Edward Cullen? Not Dracula.

    • @Princyyy
      @Princyyy 2 роки тому +3

      @@crazycasbahjive Damn!!!!!

    • @queendilara1474
      @queendilara1474 2 роки тому +15

      @@crazycasbahjive or go to a highschool and got in a relationship with a 17 year old😂

    • @alyenTry
      @alyenTry 2 роки тому +9

      I'm thinking the same too😭 they now become poor plot on wattpad

  • @Ghost_with_Bow
    @Ghost_with_Bow 6 років тому +199

    1:37 that lady is just 300% done

  • @MrHarsh3600
    @MrHarsh3600 7 років тому +3377

    100 years from now Ted Ed will be making a video about Twilight and it's characters.

  • @miercat610
    @miercat610 7 років тому +250

    There is a class in University of Virginia, called Dracula. It uses Dracula as an entry point that introduces the European myths, lures, cultures, and American pop culture. As an international student, I love this class a lot!

    • @DeafSparrow
      @DeafSparrow 7 років тому +5

      Good because I wrote this video.

    • @kedandunn
      @kedandunn Рік тому +1

      That sounds awesome

  • @m.magarwal5287
    @m.magarwal5287 3 роки тому +713

    Imagine being poor seven-year-old Bram Stoker
    “Mom...I don’t feel so good.”
    “Awwwww, do you wan to hear a story?”
    “Sure!”
    “When I was young, there was a terrible disease, killing many, many people, and we had to bury others alive! Also, there’re some thingies called vampires or something who wake up after dying and become carnivourous bloodthirsty monsters and kill everyone in our town I think. Goodnight!”

    • @cocainebarbiee_
      @cocainebarbiee_ 3 роки тому +13

      Personally i loved my mom telling me horror stories when i was little 🥰

    • @asashoryuLapisphilosophorum
      @asashoryuLapisphilosophorum 3 роки тому

      dracular???? hi there greetings ua-cam.com/video/hk7Bksr1_88/v-deo.html

    • @Olive-ey1cc
      @Olive-ey1cc 3 роки тому +4

      Ummmmm goodnight?

    • @ToVoMo
      @ToVoMo 3 роки тому +9

      I highly doubt he disliked those moments, I think most children at young age would like to hear horror, shocking stories over wholesome, happy sappy ones

  • @Sciencedoneright
    @Sciencedoneright 3 роки тому +86

    1:37 I just love how she is annoyed

  • @ivanstanojevic964
    @ivanstanojevic964 7 років тому +525

    Fun fact: The "vampire" the Austrian doctor was supposed to exam was Sava Savanovic, a local celebrity in a Serbian village, who everybody feared. He disproved it and explained the case to Austrians, but the Serbs remained firm in the belief that Sava rises every month. His mill (the mill is an ominous symbol in Serbian folklore on its own) is still avoided by the villagers to this day. It is also a tourist attraction, by day of course

    • @nikolajekovic9431
      @nikolajekovic9431 4 роки тому +10

      Ja ne bih tamo isao ni da mi plate! Ma ne bi isao ni da mi zaprete puskom!

    • @bluecat299
      @bluecat299 3 роки тому +3

      I wish I could go there and see why is everyone so scared.

    • @ivanstanojevic964
      @ivanstanojevic964 3 роки тому +24

      @@bluecat299 mills are built in remote location, usually outside the village. These locations are scary enough on their own at night, but you also gotta factor in a huge number of stories about mills being cursed. Also, Sava's mill is located in a thick forest, which doesn't help

    • @asashoryuLapisphilosophorum
      @asashoryuLapisphilosophorum 3 роки тому

      dracular???? hi there greetings ua-cam.com/video/hk7Bksr1_88/v-deo.html

    • @danielchoritz1903
      @danielchoritz1903 3 роки тому +1

      a strong believe and a relict bound to it are sometimes more then just a story.

  • @tankdempsey1818
    @tankdempsey1818 7 років тому +2105

    Does anyone else only watch this whole channel just for this guys voice?

  • @6c12himanirawat5
    @6c12himanirawat5 3 роки тому +79

    'I'm somewhat of a celebrity myself'
    - Dracula

  • @marimarcalbero7435
    @marimarcalbero7435 6 років тому +89

    i love how books lives on even when the writer dies, its like we leave a piece of us that people accross places and time will see.

  • @razvan1074
    @razvan1074 7 років тому +1291

    hello from Transilvania, Romania

  • @johnmcdonald6742
    @johnmcdonald6742 7 років тому +1237

    You forgot to mention that Dracula is a public domain novel, meaning anyone can make their own adaptation of it.

    • @daksh8747
      @daksh8747 7 років тому +33

      John McDonald I'm not understanding how telling that Is neccessary.

    • @johnmcdonald6742
      @johnmcdonald6742 7 років тому +174

      Because Dracula's fame came from the fact that anyone can make their own adaptation of it. That's why there's so many versions of him in media.

    • @henry1690
      @henry1690 7 років тому +54

      You do have a good point, and I do think that it would be important to mention that in the video (considering that Florence Stoker is dead and Bram Stoker's great grand-nephew Dacre Stoker was unable to keep creative control of the property for very long). However, Nosferatu began bringing the story into the public eye while the Bela Lugosi version (the first authorized film version of Dracula) was the film that catapulted Dracula into mainstream media, with the novel going into the public domain expanding off of the fame set by the film versions (particularly from Lugosi, whom everyone likes to mimic with his Hungarian accent and widow's peak). Without them, I don't think Dracula would have the fame he now has today, and thus would we not have Christopher Lee and Gary Oldman to carry the torch.

    • @Fireluv500
      @Fireluv500 7 років тому +3

      Henry Forbes Agreed!

    • @daksh8747
      @daksh8747 7 років тому +2

      A'ight

  • @witchbiss4038
    @witchbiss4038 4 роки тому +73

    Mother telling Horror Stories and then says *Good night*
    Her child: IT AINT A GOOD NIGHT!!

  • @nickhighland799
    @nickhighland799 7 років тому +113

    lol, idk if that's a good bedtimes story "when i was a little girl the village had an outbreak of cholera, it was so bad that we had to bury people alive in mass graves. g'night son, sweet dreams"

  • @ReplayTVchannel
    @ReplayTVchannel 7 років тому +2577

    I bet no one knows that "Dracula" comes from "dracul" in romanian and in english means "the demon" :)

    • @lunateca33
      @lunateca33 5 років тому +189

      The son of the dragon is the real meaning

    • @buymyshit2534
      @buymyshit2534 5 років тому +30

      Lmao as a romanian even i didn't thought about that

    • @Siegbert85
      @Siegbert85 5 років тому +111

      It comes from dragon because his father was member of the Order of the Dragon, an order of Christian noblemen founded by Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund to combat the Turks. Draculea just meant "son of the dragon".

    • @Vertutame
      @Vertutame 5 років тому +4

      he has son and his name is Travor

    • @GoodBoyElder
      @GoodBoyElder 5 років тому +12

      CronoS you should've done your research before commenting like you know everything.

  • @prithviganeais7844
    @prithviganeais7844 7 років тому +57

    These animations make any topic more interesting than it was before. Always learning something new! Who else agrees?

  • @franktroise4386
    @franktroise4386 3 роки тому +41

    I was thrilled to see someone finally say that Vlad Tepes was not the inspiration for Count Dracula. Stoker only copied the name "Dracula" from a document or book he used as research. It's like the canard that Bob Kane was the sole creator of Batman.

  • @sapphiresoul6655
    @sapphiresoul6655 4 роки тому +158

    they put on stone masks while cringing their British brother, shouting "I REJECT MY HUMANITY, JOJO!"

  • @zKampeR45
    @zKampeR45 7 років тому +2067

    Transylvania is Romanian land. Fight me

    • @imverycreative5819
      @imverycreative5819 7 років тому +6

      zKampeR lol

    • @Just_som_Ottur
      @Just_som_Ottur 7 років тому +70

      And this is how you win-
      *takes out the ancient cards of Exodia: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn*

    • @xpohoconney6561
      @xpohoconney6561 7 років тому +15

      zKampeR Ţepeş ftw

    • @CrashandTrash596
      @CrashandTrash596 7 років тому +18

      It was part of Austro-Hungary until after the First World War

    • @Truewarlock
      @Truewarlock 7 років тому +82

      @Jack McCall Yes it was. Also it was part of Dacian Empire before Austro-Hungary even existed, so...

  • @teaneeded2763
    @teaneeded2763 7 років тому +751

    1:36
    People, I'm dead already…this ain't gonna anything to me

  • @johnhotchkiss9842
    @johnhotchkiss9842 3 роки тому +95

    Vlad the Impaler was known as Dracula and he was what the character was inspired by. Vlad was known for having a tower in his castle that was high up. On the ground below the tower he had spikes planted in the ground. He would take his enemies up to the top of the tower and push them over the edge to the spikes below killing them. Vlad was called Dracula because the translations stands for "Dragon". The current British royal family are actually distant relations of Vlad the Impaler.

    • @marafresi1202
      @marafresi1202 5 місяців тому +1

      In the Hotel Transylvania movie series vlad is Draculas dad

  • @iulia1147
    @iulia1147 3 роки тому +28

    I live in Transylvania and i went to the Dracula castle (yes,there is a castle where he "lived") and it was horror and amazing in the same time😟

  • @djordjelukic2359
    @djordjelukic2359 7 років тому +479

    l am from Serbia and here vampires are a common thing

    • @heesingsia4634
      @heesingsia4634 7 років тому +271

      Djordje Lukic we have those where I come from too. We call them politicians

    • @mark0yo874
      @mark0yo874 7 років тому +30

      Djordje Lukic gde si brate konačno malo pričaju o nama

    • @djordjelukic2359
      @djordjelukic2359 7 років тому +2

      Golden Stain who is this

    • @-fewkey-2362
      @-fewkey-2362 6 років тому +2

      Djordje Lukic cause of ww1

    • @whatever.1765
      @whatever.1765 6 років тому +8

      Hee Sing Sia LMFAO

  • @wlwcats5810
    @wlwcats5810 7 років тому +277

    I like Carmilla's take on vampires where the vampire is a lesbian lol.

    • @Nino244
      @Nino244 7 років тому +46

      Rainbow Girl I scrolled for 3 centuries to find a comment about Carmilla. Thank you haha.
      *gay wink*

    • @sarmadusmani4792
      @sarmadusmani4792 7 років тому +12

      Rainbow Girl I found her story to be more enigmatic and eerie than that of Dracula.

    • @lilyl.6715
      @lilyl.6715 7 років тому +10

      same, i searched the comments to see if anyone mentioned carmilla lmao

    • @Facade953
      @Facade953 5 років тому +2

      wlw cats Carmilla=Twilight For Guys!😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

    • @asashoryuLapisphilosophorum
      @asashoryuLapisphilosophorum 3 роки тому

      dracular???? hi there greetings ua-cam.com/video/hk7Bksr1_88/v-deo.html

  • @user-ky8bh4fn2k
    @user-ky8bh4fn2k 3 роки тому +28

    Ted ed: how did dracula become the most famous vampire?
    Me: how did anyone draw all this?

  • @airplanetowardsthesky3265
    @airplanetowardsthesky3265 4 роки тому +3

    This guy was so cool to have as a professor. You could tell he was incredibly passionate about the topic. And I learned so much in his class

  • @lofidarkfire8765
    @lofidarkfire8765 Рік тому +2

    This playlist reminded me of the first serious poem I had ever written; it was for the final project during my high school senior year drama class. I think this poem took me a weeks time, and a lot of walking to write haha.
    A softly tinted candy colored horizon, brings about the end to the first day in a long forever. A cool dawn breeze flows across the endless lakefront. As gulls playfully pass by, you hear a sound close to your heart, yet unrecognizable. You follow the narrow pier but reach its sudden end. Still the sound continues, haunting your every memory trying to recognize the tones of the benevolent falsetto. With tears beginning to swell, you leap into the open waters, and fight the storm of the ocean with no guide but the sweet serenade, drowning out even the crack of waves 20 feet tall. As you near, you begin to hear the faint sounds of the one who saved your life. Rather now this blissful sound has evolved into a bellowing melody of beautiful rhymes and utterance. And soon you learn the goodnight you heard, was the final product of 10,000 words.
    When can true bliss exist? When are we allowed to feel love with complete freedom? When is self-actualization a reality? The hollows of one’s mind may destroy these ideas before we can embrace them. Try as we may, failure and pain are a part of realizing these ideas, and those realties, fearfully may never come. But with withered realities and dreams comes hope. A hero, a warrior, an entity of love. A banner held high with morals of unmistakable value. A shield clashed with the iron clad of failure. And stripes of battles taken by victory. A sword dulled by the slashing of demons, only to be sharpened in preparation for what may be their last quarrel. At night both warrior and weak reflect on the dust settled and which star to follow. But where love is given in recur, its return is curtain. Those saved never forget, as those who fight may never fully understand.

  • @Pomilation
    @Pomilation 7 років тому +52

    The animation in this is so good as usual

  • @reyanah
    @reyanah 3 роки тому +6

    The art in this is gorgeous!

  • @charlesvillarba8288
    @charlesvillarba8288 3 роки тому +2

    The Musical Orchestra background gives me chills. Great job!

  • @ubelmensch
    @ubelmensch 7 років тому +296

    I REJECT MY HUMANITY, JOJO!

    • @LagiohX3
      @LagiohX3 7 років тому +12

      Jaqen H'ghar is this a jojo reference?

    • @maplemaple1439
      @maplemaple1439 6 років тому +9

      Jaqen H'ghar DIO! YOU MONSTER! YOU GET AWAY FROM THAT WINDOW!

    • @theresetrashbag
      @theresetrashbag 6 років тому

      I knew someone would comment this lmaaao
      oh and:
      DIOOOOOO!!!

    • @ginta_san
      @ginta_san 6 років тому +1

      DIOOOOO

    • @reikenator
      @reikenator 5 років тому +2

      is this a muthefakin jojo refrence

  • @TickedOffPriest
    @TickedOffPriest 7 років тому +161

    Once more we see horrors brought forth because of copyrights.

    • @anitasintimiXX
      @anitasintimiXX 7 років тому

      TickedOff Priest what are other examples?

    • @TickedOffPriest
      @TickedOffPriest 7 років тому +6

      anitasintimiXX Marvel and DC both own every version of the word "superhero" for the sole purpose of keeping smaller companies from using it.

    • @seagullspit6048
      @seagullspit6048 7 років тому +5

      Fine Brothers...

    • @astarahussein2458
      @astarahussein2458 4 роки тому

      Are you catholic

    • @asashoryuLapisphilosophorum
      @asashoryuLapisphilosophorum 3 роки тому

      dracular???? hi there greetings ua-cam.com/video/hk7Bksr1_88/v-deo.html

  • @brat1106
    @brat1106 4 роки тому +11

    1:40 This is the first time my country was in a video like this... i pissed myself when i heard "When Serbia"

    • @Zaire82
      @Zaire82 3 роки тому +2

      I'm pretty sure I've heard Serbia come up a lot when it comes to folktale-inspired horror like this.

  • @petrichorweather350
    @petrichorweather350 4 роки тому +3

    I used to adore this stuff in elementary school, now the 2020 adaptation has revived my love for this

  • @sandrosuladze1484
    @sandrosuladze1484 7 років тому +182

    "Hamilton" and "Broadway" in one video? Can't be coincidence.

  • @JustWasted3HoursHere
    @JustWasted3HoursHere 7 років тому +9

    I never knew that Bela Lugosi did Dracula on stage! I always learn something interesting in these TED-Ed talks. Thanks!

  • @brielle7484
    @brielle7484 3 роки тому +35

    I don't know man. I only thought dracula was another name for vampire-😭

  • @awkward-worm_9039
    @awkward-worm_9039 2 роки тому +5

    Believe me that book is everything but scary, but the interactions between Jonathan and Dracula are so FUNNY AND CUTE

  • @danialtello91
    @danialtello91 7 років тому +373

    Dracula was one of the greatest enemies of the Muslim Ottoman State, he was not a vampire or fairy tale, rather he was a vicious crusader who fought against the army of Muhammad al-Fatih.

    • @daksh8747
      @daksh8747 7 років тому +6

      John Wick hear!hear!

    • @mrgoat4176
      @mrgoat4176 7 років тому +10

      Watch the video till the end.

    • @RenzoinBenzo549
      @RenzoinBenzo549 7 років тому +26

      Re-watch from 3:09. You're correct about Vlad, but they state that the two are not the same.

    • @ProlePatrolMusic
      @ProlePatrolMusic 7 років тому +27

      the turks wanted to take over romania, and vlad (dracula) fought viciously to attempt to protect christianity and end the turks. without him, it is likely much more of europe would have been taken over by the ottoman

    • @danialtello91
      @danialtello91 7 років тому +6

      that's why he had a real name ' VLAD the Impaler', he will impale the turks whole body from their butt into their mouth and put it on the ground while the ottomans trying to hunt VLAD down.

  • @healthystrongmuslim
    @healthystrongmuslim 7 років тому +27

    >vampire
    0:07 >100 years
    0:28 >Twist of Fate
    *KONO DIO DA*

  • @Sun.Shine-
    @Sun.Shine- 3 роки тому +48

    I think we all have some horror stories about Covid 19 for generations to come, right? 😆

    • @asashoryuLapisphilosophorum
      @asashoryuLapisphilosophorum 3 роки тому

      hi there greetings ua-cam.com/video/hk7Bksr1_88/v-deo.html dracular????

    • @ThomasG_Nikolaj
      @ThomasG_Nikolaj 3 роки тому +1

      Like when they tried to force the vaccine

    • @mautheprufstift4630
      @mautheprufstift4630 2 роки тому +1

      @@ThomasG_Nikolaj Bro that vaccine is to protect other people??

    • @ThomasG_Nikolaj
      @ThomasG_Nikolaj 2 роки тому

      @@mautheprufstift4630 'my medicine won't work unless you take yours too' bro cmon it either works or it doesn't. Why do other people need to get it to protect you? Do you have yours?

  • @sixpomegranateseeds6893
    @sixpomegranateseeds6893 6 років тому +8

    Despite Dracula being the most famous vampire in history, most people don't really know his debut story. They don't know about the Harkers, or Van Helsing, or Lucy, or her boyfriends, and they're the ones who actually are the main characters of the story.

    • @kedandunn
      @kedandunn Рік тому +1

      or, most importantly, the cowboy!

    • @clairefoley8662
      @clairefoley8662 6 місяців тому

      For an adaptation that does all of these characters justice, I'd highly recommend the audio drama Re:Dracula, which tells the story chronologically and is adapted straight from the book. The casting is perfect, they do such a good job bringing the story to life!

  • @chrisblogs5115
    @chrisblogs5115 7 років тому +33

    Perfect timing to post this. I just bought the book a few days ago :)

    • @chrisblogs5115
      @chrisblogs5115 7 років тому +2

      I prefer listening to them rather than reading them. But I love having a collection of the best/most famous horror books too, so I could not resist buying it.

  • @SubhankarKnight
    @SubhankarKnight 7 років тому +458

    Dracula: the king of vampires

  • @endomorphfitness2840
    @endomorphfitness2840 2 роки тому +1

    Honestly this channel helped me learn more than in school.

  • @talonviperchef4048
    @talonviperchef4048 7 років тому +2

    Wait what?! I saw this video on suggestion and I was like "dude there is no way there's anything in the vid that I didn't know, cuz my professor during '13 summer in that class Dracula pretty much got EVERYTHING you need to know about vampire covered". And once I clicked in it, it's the same dude! I love you, Professor Stepanic!

  • @alasterkenway9773
    @alasterkenway9773 7 років тому +113

    Last time i came this early America was still a colony.

    • @fandyus4125
      @fandyus4125 7 років тому +10

      And you weren't a weeb fishing for likes back then.

    • @deathbridged3361
      @deathbridged3361 5 років тому

      I thought you meant something else by came early XD

    • @asashoryuLapisphilosophorum
      @asashoryuLapisphilosophorum 3 роки тому

      dracular???? hi there greetings ua-cam.com/video/hk7Bksr1_88/v-deo.html

  • @skylereddsworldmegafan1309
    @skylereddsworldmegafan1309 5 років тому +12

    Mom: What are you looking at?
    Me: It's complicated

  • @blakecromley3583
    @blakecromley3583 4 роки тому +21

    Imagine Marvel's Blade taking him on, or better yet, Mobius.

  • @autumnriver7525
    @autumnriver7525 4 роки тому +21

    Stroker: Mommy, it's night time... I want a story.
    His mom: ... then people started bleeding and dying, then they... wake up and drink other people's BLOOD!

    • @yuriang_8050
      @yuriang_8050 3 роки тому +1

      Stroker: Mom can you sing me a lullaby
      His mom:🎶oh scary,oh scary,scary night.vaaampires,ghoooouls,deeeemonss.Under your beedddd.
      Killing you softlyyyy oh softlyyyy until you dieee🎶

    • @asashoryuLapisphilosophorum
      @asashoryuLapisphilosophorum 3 роки тому

      dracular???? hi there greetings ua-cam.com/video/hk7Bksr1_88/v-deo.html

  • @NessieAndrew
    @NessieAndrew 7 років тому +30

    I actually live in Transylvania.

  • @LannasMissingLink
    @LannasMissingLink 4 роки тому +2

    The Bram Stoker festival in Dublin is awesome! Definitely worth a visit

  • @Kinobambino
    @Kinobambino 5 років тому

    Your voice was very easy and entertaining to listen to. As Well a the imagery. Fantastic video

  • @thecrystalgamer4791
    @thecrystalgamer4791 7 років тому

    You always have to love Ted-Ed it's a learning fun channel

  • @andjela6791
    @andjela6791 7 років тому +64

    I'm from Serbia!!!!!

    • @NessieAndrew
      @NessieAndrew 7 років тому +8

      AnaTheKat I'm from Romania!

    • @jaiskreno
      @jaiskreno 7 років тому +4

      HAhahah da da stara šala HAhhaa

    • @AoiRyou
      @AoiRyou 7 років тому +3

      AnaTheKat OMG TA SLIKA AHH YOI 💙

    • @andjela6791
      @andjela6791 7 років тому

      Blue_Meifwa Moon ❤

    • @alexhaggerty39
      @alexhaggerty39 5 років тому

      where in serbia do you live ana

  • @TheGreatestCommenter
    @TheGreatestCommenter 7 років тому +10

    I heard of Nosferatu from Spongebob, and thought that he looked like Dracula. Now I know that it's no coincidence. The part about people doing stuff to get rid of vampires, and the physician putting an end to the myth I already knew that, but the rest was just wow

  • @barbarajackson4006
    @barbarajackson4006 5 років тому

    Ted Ed this my first time on your channel but im enjoying your stories

  • @guillermorojasc
    @guillermorojasc Рік тому +5

    For more reference of moder vampires and what inspired them. I recommend *The Bride of Corinth* . A german poem from Goethe that inspired both Carmila and Dracula. Not so much for *The Vampire which is a continuation of Gordon Byron shor tales, but the poem is one of the earliest takes on moderm vampires.

  • @Zeratul187
    @Zeratul187 7 років тому +36

    what???.....Bram stoker as kid was in bed and his mother told him stories of outbreak of cholerae and Mass graves and people being buried alive........😮😮😮

  • @cretinousjester3475
    @cretinousjester3475 5 років тому +3

    Dracula was the quintisential movie star/celebrity vampire. The only one that I can think of that comes close to making the same impact would be Lestat and he still falls short. It wasn't just him having a novel at his back to generate the fame but the character himself was and still is- one of the most fascinating ever created.
    Vampires are immortal but Dracula is eternal.

  • @fammybai8492
    @fammybai8492 5 років тому +2

    This was uploaded on my birthday.

  • @kayyd8574
    @kayyd8574 4 роки тому

    0:22 DAYUUUM ngl, his eyebrows clean asf and he rockin the waves.

  • @mr.c5125
    @mr.c5125 7 років тому +4

    This narrator gives me ASMR. More of him, please...

  • @pyroplay7436
    @pyroplay7436 7 років тому +71

    We Serbs have taken a lot words from English, but we gave them vampire, so we are eaven. 😉

    • @davidseriosuljoaca3960
      @davidseriosuljoaca3960 5 років тому

      Romania actually gave vampiers.

    • @user-ej6if8uu6v
      @user-ej6if8uu6v 5 років тому +18

      "Vampir" is Serbian word distributed through Europe by Austrian Doctors who investigated first historical case of vampir in Serbia,Book doesn't have anything with real history,Romania is connected with vampires only because of Dracula book that is not Historical document but fantasy novel.
      Fun fact: The "vampire" the Austrian doctor was supposed to exam was Sava Savanovic, a local celebrity in a Serbian village, who everybody feared. He disproved it and explained the case to Austrians, but the Serbs remained firm in the belief that Sava rises every month. His mill (the mill is an ominous symbol in Serbian folklore on its own) is still avoided by the villagers to this day. It is also a tourist attraction, by day of course

    • @asashoryuLapisphilosophorum
      @asashoryuLapisphilosophorum 3 роки тому

      dracular???? hi there greetings ua-cam.com/video/hk7Bksr1_88/v-deo.html

  • @Alias_Anybody
    @Alias_Anybody 2 роки тому +4

    It should be noted that while the OG Dracula resembled Vlad Tepesh basically in name only, later adaptations very much introduced elements of "The Dragon's Son" into the general lore.

  • @stinkygorl5045
    @stinkygorl5045 4 роки тому

    The Intro and voice of the narrator seemed so familiar and I finally remembered we always watch these videos in Social Studies.

  • @therealpyromaniac4515
    @therealpyromaniac4515 7 років тому +266

    The first Vampire was in Greece, it's a long story, but basically this guy was cursed by Hades, Artemis and Apollo and each curse gave him the distinctive powers, hunting and bloodsucking, not being allowed in sunlight, and immortality.
    link here: authorlyngibson.wordpress.com/2014/09/24/ambrogio-a-greek-vampire-origination-thery/

    •  7 років тому +19

      What was his name? I am from Greece and I have done my fair share of research on ancient greek mythology but I have never heard of that.

    • @Gilgameshh
      @Gilgameshh 7 років тому +45

      no the first docummented vampire was in Twilight u moron

    • @aClovey
      @aClovey 7 років тому +6

      Immortality is a curse?

    • @larslenke1242
      @larslenke1242 7 років тому +10

      Clovey Yes

    • @rickjackmortman6523
      @rickjackmortman6523 7 років тому +21

      Clovey Life is a gift, Immortality a curse - Wolverine

  • @lil_weasel219
    @lil_weasel219 7 років тому +4

    Jure Grando Alilović (1579-1656) was probably the first real person described as a vampire in historical records, he was from Croatia's region of Istria

  • @talatnoor5904
    @talatnoor5904 2 роки тому +4

    Kid : Mom tell me a bedtime story .
    Mom : Ok sweetheart * starts telling a horror story *

  • @bhaktikasote3438
    @bhaktikasote3438 Рік тому

    Excellent video. Thanks

  • @ShizL
    @ShizL 7 років тому +48

    Fun fact: The book was a whole misunderstanding .Vlad Țepeş actually comes from Walachya.

    • @stefanivanov8914
      @stefanivanov8914 7 років тому +2

      Bram Stoker was bad informed.
      But all people know that Dracula comes from Transylvania. All mass-media promovate this lie.

    • @stefanivanov8914
      @stefanivanov8914 7 років тому +4

      And then...Wallahia and Transylvania are in Romania.

    • @marius4iasi
      @marius4iasi 7 років тому +29

      Dracula is a fictional character, he may come from wherever the author wants him to come. Stoker was not bad informed, he did read about Vlad the Impaler, and used his story as background, but he chose to place him in Transylvania so that he would make a whole backstory that Dracula was descended of the ruthless Attila the Hun through the Székelys. None of this makes sense in real life, but he was not interested in getting the facts right, he wanted to create a work of fiction which would scare the shit out of people. So saying that the book was misunderstood, or that Stoker was bad informed makes no real sense, since Stoker did not want to write history, he wanted to create mythology.

    • @asashoryuLapisphilosophorum
      @asashoryuLapisphilosophorum 3 роки тому

      hi there greetings ua-cam.com/video/hk7Bksr1_88/v-deo.html dracular????

  • @ineedsleep5394
    @ineedsleep5394 2 роки тому +2

    Me: watches these videos when im bored because they are very cool
    My family: are they ok-

  • @KTChamberlain
    @KTChamberlain 3 роки тому +3

    Surprisingly, with at least a dozen adaptations, only one matches Dracula's appearance, including his mustache and that's the 1970 version by Jesus Franco, starring Christopher Lee as Dracula, outside of the Hammer Horror franchise.

  • @steampoweredpixel
    @steampoweredpixel 4 роки тому

    I had the honour of meeting Bram Stoker's great-grandnephew, AND Bram Stoker's great-grandson last year when Dacre Stoker was doing a talk and book-signing for 'Dracul'... They BOTH signed my copy, and the great-grandson lives in my area!!! :D

  • @rad9511
    @rad9511 7 років тому +47

    im a romanian just saying

    • @oddsock3254
      @oddsock3254 6 років тому +3

      bootleg internet so are millions of others

    • @yxcvbnmyxcvbnm9353
      @yxcvbnmyxcvbnm9353 6 років тому +4

      Cathal the psycho let him be happy, everyother time they just get called thieves

    • @iancuPotcoava24
      @iancuPotcoava24 6 років тому +3

      Spicy Plumbob Yes, because people are not smart enough to make the difference between Romanians and Gypsies. I guess you don't, aswell?

    • @marmutamagica8822
      @marmutamagica8822 5 років тому

      I am sunt romn

    • @asashoryuLapisphilosophorum
      @asashoryuLapisphilosophorum 3 роки тому

      hi there greetings ua-cam.com/video/hk7Bksr1_88/v-deo.html dracular????

  • @brindade2004
    @brindade2004 3 роки тому +8

    Dracula has been inspired from stories of Vlad the impaler and Lady Elizabeth Bathory also known as Blood Countess.

  • @theking-nz1ut
    @theking-nz1ut 4 роки тому +2

    Every time you think of a Vampire.....you think of Count Dracula.

  • @luissilva7698
    @luissilva7698 2 роки тому

    One of my favorite novels.

  • @SickMLion
    @SickMLion 7 років тому +4

    the art in this was beautiful!!

  • @adrianneagoe3652
    @adrianneagoe3652 7 років тому +397

    Dracula is the only thing Romania is known for😂

    • @notsojake
      @notsojake 7 років тому +28

      Adrian Will Not Participate Mmda, cam aşa 😂 Totuşi, majoritatea ştiu că Dracula e din Transilvania, şi nici măcar nu ştiu că Transilvania e în România :/

    • @pppriest3206
      @pppriest3206 7 років тому +6

      Romania un mister

    • @ShizL
      @ShizL 7 років тому +41

      Romania is a great country.
      1.We all landform types.Beautiful places to visit, full of nature.
      2.We have awesome unic foods.
      3.We have smart people (We're one of the smartest countries in the world actually, somewhere in top 50 as I know)
      4.We have a *KNOWN* history.
      5.We have gorgeous girls.
      _There are rare countries to have all of this.What is "shit" about Romania?The minorities?Wrong.Actually, black race is almost predominant in US (I'm not being racist). Is the country too small?No, it has a medium lenght.

    • @dreannalawrence5671
      @dreannalawrence5671 7 років тому +13

      Sebastian Stan?!?!

    • @stefanivanov8914
      @stefanivanov8914 7 років тому +1

      da, pacat

  • @andriup
    @andriup 7 років тому

    Great video!

  • @keironrichmond7272
    @keironrichmond7272 7 років тому

    I do love these videos.

  • @y2kmedia118
    @y2kmedia118 4 роки тому +4

    So I'm the only one here before Netflix's Dracula?
    Actually, I'm literally the only one excited for that potential masterpiece

    • @SHZpai
      @SHZpai 4 роки тому +1

      Y2K Media nah I’m here bc of that

  • @hunterofdarkness8329
    @hunterofdarkness8329 3 роки тому +9

    Short answer: Dracula was curious of the stone Mask and that when he wore it and spilled it with blood he became a Vampire

  • @meenukushwah3363
    @meenukushwah3363 2 роки тому

    The Netscape gold touched my heart

  • @reddrumdrum
    @reddrumdrum 6 років тому

    Already know the story but I like it I wanna see what animation they make

  • @ayaan3762
    @ayaan3762 3 роки тому +4

    1:36 her facial expression says it all🤣🤣

  • @lillinablue
    @lillinablue 4 роки тому +3

    I think 1897 Dracula By Bram Stoker is the most celebrated tale about vampires.
    A lot of movies are based on this masterpiece.

  • @senortenpiedad8515
    @senortenpiedad8515 5 років тому

    Dr. Van Sweeten was the one who made the studies against the rumors of vampires terrorizing the cities, Bram Stoker made the character as Van Helsing.

  • @cosmincelau6157
    @cosmincelau6157 6 років тому

    @Ted-ED, this should be an educational chanel. Please, present accurate, and complete informations.

  • @Aron-zr1br
    @Aron-zr1br 7 років тому +14

    Always thought Bram Stokers book was a let down, nice to see I have history on my side. Sheridan Le Fanus Carmilla is a must read however:)

    • @hephaestus9901
      @hephaestus9901 4 роки тому

      Because all popular things are good and all good things become popular.

  • @jovanbojcic8017
    @jovanbojcic8017 7 років тому +26

    VAmpires originated from Serbia and Vampir is a serbian word that spread trough the world :P

    • @AS-mo9sh
      @AS-mo9sh 7 років тому

      Fenectio slavic, you mean. in many slavic languages, its also "vampir"

    • @jovanbojcic8017
      @jovanbojcic8017 7 років тому +9

      Jedwig lamb yes but first it beggan in serbia with our vampires one of the most popular is Sava Sevanovic
      then it quickly spread trough rest of europe

    • @asashoryuLapisphilosophorum
      @asashoryuLapisphilosophorum 3 роки тому

      dracular???? hi there greetings ua-cam.com/video/hk7Bksr1_88/v-deo.html

  • @neogeoriffic
    @neogeoriffic 5 років тому +1

    George Hamilton in Love at First Bite is a must see film!

  • @ni_ki_00
    @ni_ki_00 6 років тому +2

    1:47 the map looks like a heels haha 😂😂