Castle Bran the place where Vlad Tepes lived also knowned as DRACULA.       
Vlad Tepes adopted the method, very popular in Middle West, from his good cousin Stephen the Great, the latter being the first to use this terrible agony in the Romanian people.
However, about Stephen the Great is the description given by John Neculce, in his omnibus entitled “A bat of words” which is described as “a great man of state, rather fast, fierce and feasts with blood without remorse.

In terms of vampire, known in Romanian folklore as the strigoi, (name of vampire is seen in Serbian) is noted that the faith is preserved in the villages of Bran on the existence of evil spirits called strigoi. Village elders remembered that until half a century ago it was believed that there were some people in life – strigoi – who went on a normal life, and during the night in sleep, their souls left the band and haunting the village and tortured people in sleep. These evil spirits haunt from midnight until the first singing of the roosters, they no longer had the power to causing bad to people.

Belief in strigoi and other evil spirits is a part of popular mythology. It can be told, imagined by every individual. But beyond this imaginary universe populated with vampires and strigoi, the tourist can meet in Bran reality that will enjoy and relax the soul.
The fierce image of Dracula in mind, came to Bran, the tourist will meet in beautiful places in this mountain area shepherds with herds to grazing or mowing the grass, whose women to war woven textiles adorn the interiors of homes or preparing traditional dishes (Bulzul Shepherd, beat, beat milk, etc..) both in their household as well as hostels for those who say prepared to spend at Bran from sunrise until sunset and even over night when perhaps the dream will come and Dracula vampire whose strength will wither on the clove housewife sitting above the door entrance for the elderly so she knows that the house of evil spirits appear.

Note that many people in Romania near castle Bran still live with fear of the strigoi and have meet at least one person who have the capacity of turning in to a strigoi.

Strigoi are creatures “mythological” of people if subsequently adopted by the Romanian people. Strigoi representation Gauls believed evil spirits of those whose deeds asleep were not worthy of entering the “kingdom of Zamolxis“, but these data were transmitted only orally, legend and lost the original content. Romanian people then transformed into bloodthirsty creatures with the power to take any form and to control the thinking people at this point of view (people under the influence of alcohol, people with mental problems, etc.).