Grof, koji je osvojio svjetsku slavu putem romana "Drakula" Brama Stokera iz 1897, dobio je svoj nadimak zbog običaja da pogubljava zarobljene Turke i druge protivnike nabijanjem na drveni kolac.
The count, who gained world fame through Bram Stoker's 1897 novel "Dracula," earned his nickname due to his habit of executing captured Turks and other opponents by impaling them on wooden spikes.