"The Impaler" who inspired "Dracula" (4)
I believe the answer is:
vlad
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">the impaler who inspired dracula</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for vlad that I've seen before include "__ Dracula, the 15th century Prince of Wallachia, called the Impaler" , "Infamous impaler" .)