How to get a stake in one of the world's most unusual homes ++REFEED++

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++CLIENT REFEED++ SOURCE: AP TELEVISION NEWS RESTRICTIONS: HORIZONS CLIENTS ONLY LENGTH: 4:46 SHOTLIST : 1. Wide of aerial of castle 2. Man on horse and cart nearby 3. Wide castle entrance 4. Tourists walking up hill 5. Wide of castle exterior 6. Various of interior of castle 7. Various of tour group 8. Various of interior of rooms 9. Wide of antique, camera pans to red curtain moving in the wind 10. Camera view walking along secret passage 11. SOUNDBITE : (English) Alexandru Priscu, Press Officer "This is the castle secret passage, as secret as the price as secret as the buyer" 12. Various of exteriors 13. American tourists walking in the park 14. SOUNDBITE :(English) Vox Pop, American tourist (no name available) "I am from Hawaii and my friends from Boston and Philadelphia and we came to the castle because we heard is very beautiful and famous and also we like to meet Dracula " 15. Close up saw cutting wood for souvenirs 16. Peasant sawing the wood with the castle in the background 17. Various of painted wood with pictures of Vlad the Impaler 18. Various of locals opening the market near the castle 19. Vampire vodka on the shelves 20. Young couple buying tickets early in the morning 21. SOUNDBITE (English) Vox Pop "We are here to see the castle, we heard it is on sold and we hope for our future child that he or she can see it too. " Solovastru Nicu selling goods like cheese and local made brandy 22. SOUNDBITE :(Romanian) Solovastru Nicu, Local trader "We hope to be administrated by locals so we can have an income too " 23. Various of tourists around the castle and the market 24. People entering the castle and woman playing the flute 25. SOUNDBITE : (English) Corin Trandafir, Lawyer "The castle is still for sale we did not set any price but we have offers in access to what has been published ($78 millions), we noticed a big interest in the castle which comes as no surprise, the castle is no one tourist attraction in Romania. We are carefully reviewing all the offers as the owner are taking into consideration a number of other elements beyond the financial aspects for sale. " 26. The tower 27. SOUNDBITE : (English) Alexandru Priscu, Press Officer "Whoever buys the castle should not forget that DRACULA never dies." 28. Closing of secret window in the dark (ENDS ON BLACK) LEAD IN : One of the world's most unusual pieces of real estate, the fortress known as Dracula's castle, complete with 800 years of history, has officially been put up for sale in Transylvania, Romania. The 13th century fortress called Bran castle is more commonly known as "Castle Dracula." New York architect Archduke Dominic Habsburg last year offered to sell the castle to the local authorities for US$80 million, but that offer was rejected. On Monday (2 July), he formally listed the castle for sale to the right purchaser. He predicted the castle would sell for more than US$135 million. STORYLINE: This imposing castle that dominates the surrounding countryside in Transylvania is for sale. Some have claimed the castle once belonged to Vlad the Impaler, who is thought to have been the inspiration for Bram Stoker's vampire character, Dracula. Vlad III was a prince of Wallachia, now part of Romania, who lived from 1431 - 1476. He is said to have punished criminals by impaling them on stakes, thus earning the nickname 'impaler' His surname Draculea (sic), is a diminutive derived from his father's title Dracul, which means dragon or demon in old Romanian. However, there is no evidence that Vlad ever lived at Bran castle. Some legends maintain that Vlad was briefly a prisoner at the fortress. It is estimated that more than 400,000 visitors a year, over half of them foreign, visit the castle. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/46972a548e2fe277455117e36fa46c11 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork