What story may have contributed to the belief that prince vlad was a vampire?

Answer 1

Oh honey, let me spill the tea for you. The legend of Prince Vlad being a vampire is likely linked to his reputation for impaling his enemies and ruling with an iron fist. People love to gossip and exaggerate, so of course, they turned him into a blood-sucking creature of the night. But hey, who needs facts when you've got a good story, right?

Answer 2

Dracula - which was Prince Vlad alias by the way. So the connection is rather obvious.

Etheor: The 'Dracula' connection is really a relatively new thing. A lot of strange rumours surrounded the real Vlad Tepes, that he liked to drink people's blood and the like. Eventually this grew out of control and was mixed with various mythologies until he was eventually equated to the Dracula we know today.