Tomb of Dracula vs Dracula Lives 1974

[StrayLamb]

Dracula's chronology for the period around 1974 looks like this, with notes added..

DRACULA/VLAD TEPES
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TOD 21 [In Transylvania, November 1973 - thought dead]
DL 1-FB [From London, Dracula heads to Manhattan to follow up a lead on Cagliostro]
DL 1 (1 - 8) [In Manhattan, investigating a lead on Cagliostro]
DL 2/5 (11:2)-FB
DL 1 (9 - 13)
DL 8 [Still in Manhattan]
DL 9 [Continued from DL 8]
DL 2/5 (11:3 - 11:4)-FB [In Manhattan, Drac's coffin is loaded aboard a ship bound for New Orleans]
DL 2/5 [In New Orleans at start of Mardi Gras, which is assumed to start earlier and lasts longer in the MU]
DL 4 [In Los Angeles]
DL 5/4 [LA to Las Vegas, returning to NYC]
DL 9/3 [In Illinois, returning to New Orleans by train]
DL 3/5 [Arrives in Paris, from New Orleans]
TOD 22 [In Moldavia]
GSSM 1 [Flies from Europe, and returns to Europe]
GSCH 1 [Returns to London]
TOD 23 [In London]
GSD 2 [Late April]
TOD 24-FB
TOD 24
TOD 25-FB
TOD 25
GSD 3 [Late September]
DL 6 [In Rome]
DL 7 [In Boston, heads to Washington DC, mid-January 1974]
DL 13/2 [In Paris]
TOD 26
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Suggested revised chronology, which requires only a single trip to the USA, and streamlines his movements thru Europe..

DRACULA/VLAD TEPES/PRINCE VLAD DRAKUL III (*ADD THIRD ID)
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TOD 21 [In Transylvania, November 1973 - thought dead]
DL 1-FB [From London, Dracula heads to Manhattan to follow up a lead on Cagliostro]
DL 1 (1 - 8) [In Manhattan, investigating a lead on Cagliostro]
DL 2/5 (11:2)-FB
DL 1 (9 - 13)
((M/PREM 13 - Dracula is said to be battling Cagliostro)) **included here only for completeness**
DL 8 [Still in Manhattan]
DL 9 [Continued from DL 8]
DL 2/5 (11:3 - 11:4)-FB [In Manhattan, Drac's coffin is loaded aboard a ship bound for New Orleans]
DL 2/5 [In New Orleans at start of Mardi Gras, which is assumed to start earlier and lasts longer in the MU]
DL 4 [In Los Angeles]
DL 5/4 [LA to Las Vegas, returning to NYC]
DL 7 [In Boston, heads to Washington DC, mid-January 1974]
DL 9/3 [In Illinois, returning to New Orleans by train]
DL 3/5 [Arrives in Paris, from New Orleans]
DL 13/2 [In Paris]
DL 6 [In Rome]
TOD 22 [In Moldavia]
GSSM 1 [Flies from Europe, and returns to Europe]
TOD 22 [In Moldavia]
GSCH 1 [Returns to London]
TOD 23 [In London]
GSD 2 [Late April]
TOD 24-FB
TOD 24
TOD 25-FB
TOD 25
GSD 3 [Late September]
DL 6 [In Rome]
DL 7 [In Boston, heads to Washington DC, mid-January]
DL 13/2 [In Paris]
TOD 26
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