Infinite Road
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BrașovBran

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Narrated by The Storyteller Focus: The Real Dracula 32 km · about 31 min · 7 stories

Carpathian roads to the castle: the Saxon merchants of Brașov, Vlad the Impaler's actual military campaigns — grimmer than the fiction — the fortress at Râșnov, and Bram Stoker's research, which borrowed a castle he never visited for a count he invented.

The stories

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  1. 1
    Brașov, Brașov

    The Saxon Roots of Brașov

  2. 2
    Brașov, Brașov

    The Military Campaigns of Vlad the Impaler Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3

  3. 3
    Cristian, Brașov

    The Military Campaigns of Vlad the Impaler Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3

  4. 4
    Râșnov, Brașov

    The Military Campaigns of Vlad the Impaler Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3

  5. 5
    Râșnov, Brașov

    The Defensive Role of Râșnov

  6. 6
    Zărnești, Brașov

    Bram Stoker's Dracula Research

  7. 7
    Bran, Brașov

    The 1690 Battle of Zernest

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Where the stories come from

Infinite Road draws from a library of primary sources — public-domain county histories, the WPA American Guide Series, National Register of Historic Places records, local records, and encyclopedic sources — then writes and narrates each story in its own words.