Elizabeth Báthory: The True Essence of a Vampire

Elizabeth Báthory was a Hungarian countess who is considered to be one of the most prolific female serial killer in history known for mass killings. She lived from August 7, 1560 to August 21, 1614.

She was selfish and when her husband died (of stab wounds), she immediately seek replacement since she never really cared about him.

Her obsessions include maintaining her youth and vitality. She was vain and she believed that girl’s blood, especially that of the pretty ones, would make her look fresher and younger and brighter.She strongly believed that if she bathe in the blood of young virgins and then drank it, she would keep being beautiful and young.

She was accused killing and persecuting hundreds of young women along with her collaborators. Her killings reached a number of over 600 but the number she was convicted for was only 80. She lured some girls with the promise of employment in the castle. She enslave people and those who does not want to come with her were taken forcibly, tortured, bound and stabbed with needles and scissors. She buried dead people in several places like in her garden, in a church and so on. Her accusations include:

• severe beatings over extended periods of time, often leading to death
• burning or mutilation of hands, sometimes include faces and genitalia
• biting the flesh off her victims faces and other bodily parts
• freezing to death
• experimental surgery
• starving of victims
• sexual abuse

In 1610, she was imprisoned and had been placed under house arrest in a bricked in a set of rooms where she stayed until her death four years later.

Elizabeth Báthory is also known as the Blood Countess and is labeled the Bloody Lady of Csejte.


Sources:

Lady of Blood: Countess Bathory
Elizabeth Báthory
http://www.abacom.com/~jkrause/bathory.html