Possible Clues:

• __ the Impaler, said to have inspired the character of Count Dracula
• Toronto baseman Guerrero Jr., in headlines
• Nickname that drops "imir"
• Cruel old ruler’s verse on youth
• Infamous "Impaler"
• -- the Impaler, a national hero of Romania
• Seussian bird who flies off with Whoville in his beak
• ___ III (Wallachian prince who inspired "Dracula")
• __ the Impaler: model for "Dracula"
• Deadly 'Impaler'