Quote Originally Posted by wpack10 View Post
But if I recall correctly from the documentary I watched in school last year, didnt Ivan impale a bunch of nobles on stakes in a certain way so they suffered for a long time?
Yeah, but everyone was pretty sadistic back then. Torturing people was normal. What made Vlad stand out is the sheer numbers of people he killed (ranging from 40 to 80 thousand of his own people, as well as huge numbers of POWs) as well as the glee he took in it.