16th century Transylvanian Blood Countess, Erzebet Báthory, was labelled as the most prolific female serial killer in history in The Guinness World Records. It is believed that she tortured, mutilated and murdered as many as 650 young girls, then bathed in their blood to preserve her youthful beauty. Historians are divided whether she was in fact a sadistic landowner or the victim of an effective smear campaign.
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Resources
Most Evil Women in History: Countess Dracula (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhRJGavFkkg)
The Lies about Elizabeth Báthory revealed (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iAeCnGeAnI)
Elizabeth Bathory – The ‘Blood Countess’ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N3TSPZoY1o)
Nadasdy Muzeum (http://nadasdymuzeum.hu/bathory-erzsebet-2013-03-26)
Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_B%C3%A1thory)
Daily Motion – The Lady Killers (https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x21ht3c)
The disturbing true story of Elizabeth Báthory, The Blood Countess (https://allthatsinteresting.com/elizabeth-bathory-true-story)
Elizabeth Báthory – The Blood Countess (https://web.archive.org/web/20131215163808/http:/news.bbc.co.uk/dna/place-lancashire/plain/A593084)
The Bloody Countess? (https://notesonhungary.wordpress.com/2014/05/31/the-bloody-countess/)
Inside the ruined castle of a medieval serial killer (https://www.vice.com/en/article/ex9awa/inside-the-ruined-castle-of-medieval-serial-killer-elizabeth-bathory)
Epilepsy: from the early civilizations to modern days
(https://hekint.org/2017/01/29/epilepsy-from-the-early-civilizations-to-modern-days/)
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