Onstage and Backstage Podcast

Bruce Scivally, sat down with Patrick Phillips of Pop Culture Tonight for the Halloween segment, 'Monsters of Pop Culture,' to discuss the little known facts and history of Count Dracula.    About the Book Dracula FAQ unearths little-known facts about both the historical and literary Dracula. The 15th-century warlord Vlad III, known as Vlad the Impaler and Dracula (son of the Dragon), became a legendary figure in his native Wallachia. Four hundred years later, Irish author Bram Stoker appropriated Dracula's name for a vampire novel he spent seven years researching and writing. About Bruce Scivally Bruce Scivally is the author of several books on film history, including James Bond: The Legacy, Superman on Film, Television, Radio & Broadway, and Billion Dollar Batman. After spending 22 years working in the film industry in Los Angeles, he moved to Chicago, where he teaches scriptwriting and film history classes at the Illinois Institute of Art—Chicago and Columbia College. About Pop Cultu