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'''Elizabeth Báthory''' (August 7<sup>th</sup>, 1560 – August 21<sup>st</sup>, 1614) was a countess from the renowned Báthory family of nobility in the Kingdom of Hungary. Although the number of murders is debated, she has been labeled the most prolific female serial killer in history and is remembered as "The Blood Countess." | '''Elizabeth Báthory''' (August 7<sup>th</sup>, 1560 – August 21<sup>st</sup>, 1614) was a countess from the renowned Báthory family of nobility in the Kingdom of Hungary. Although the number of murders is debated, she has been labeled the most prolific female serial killer in history and is remembered as "The Blood Countess." | ||
After her husband Ferenc Nádasdy's death, she and 4 collaborators were accused of torturing and killing hundreds of girls, | After her husband Ferenc Nádasdy's death, she and 4 collaborators were accused of torturing and killing hundreds of girls, with one witness attributing to them over 650 victims, though the number for which they were convicted was 80. Elizabeth Báthory herself was neither tried nor convicted. In 1610, she was imprisoned in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Čachtice_Castle Čachtice Castle], now in Slovakia and known as Čachtice, where she remained bricked in a set of rooms until her death 4 years later. | ||
The stories of her sadistic serial murders are verified by the testimony of more than 300 witnesses and survivors as well as physical evidence and the presence of horribly mutilated dead, dying and imprisoned girls found at the time of her arrest. Stories describing her vampiric tendencies (most famously the tale that she bathed in the blood of virgins to retain her youth) were generally recorded years after her death, and are considered unreliable. Her story quickly became part of national folklore, and her infamy persists to this day. She is often compared to [[Vlad the Impaler]] of Wallachia (on whom the fictional Count Dracula is partly based); some insist she inspired Bram Stoker's ''Dracula'' (1897),[9] though there is no evidence to support this hypothesis. Nicknames and literary epithets attributed to her include '''The Blood Countess''' and '''Countess Dracula.''' | The stories of her sadistic serial murders are verified by the testimony of more than 300 witnesses and survivors as well as physical evidence and the presence of horribly mutilated dead, dying and imprisoned girls found at the time of her arrest. Stories describing her vampiric tendencies (most famously the tale that she bathed in the blood of virgins to retain her youth) were generally recorded years after her death, and are considered unreliable. Her story quickly became part of national folklore, and her infamy persists to this day. She is often compared to [[Vlad the Impaler]] of Wallachia (on whom the fictional Count Dracula is partly based); some insist she inspired Bram Stoker's ''Dracula'' (1897),[9] though there is no evidence to support this hypothesis. Nicknames and literary epithets attributed to her include '''The Blood Countess''' and '''Countess Dracula.''' | ||