Episode 450: Elizabeth Báthory
In the cold corridors of Čachtice Castle, Countess Elizabeth Báthory ruled with elegance—and terror. Born into nobility in 1560, she was beautiful, brilliant, and powerful. But behind her aristocratic grace lurked whispers of horror. Servants vanished. Noble girls sent to her finishing school were never seen again. By the time she was arrested in 1610, over 600 victims were rumored to have perished at her hands. They said she bathed in blood to preserve her youth. But was she a monster… or a pawn in a deadly political game? Entombed in her castle walls, Elizabeth died in silence. Her body may be lost, but her legend lives on forever...
The Book: https://a.co/d/5YdB6pj
Sources for this episode:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-69057709
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/december-29/bathorys-torturous-escapades-are-exposed
https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/elizabeth-bathory
https://historiamag.com/vampire-or-victim-the-real-countess-bathory/
https://www.biography.com/crime/elizabeth-bathory
https://www.czechcenter.org/blog/2024/2/3/elizabeth-bthory-the-hungarian-countess
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-Bathory
http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/predators/bathory/countess_1.html
