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{{Quote|In 1611 in an isolated castle high up in the mountains of what is now modern Slovakia a woman was about to | {{Quote|In 1611, in an isolated castle high up in the mountains of what is now modern Slovakia, a woman was about to begin a death sentence condemned to spend the rest of her life walled up in a single room. At her trial Countess Elizabeth Bathory, one of the most powerful aristocrats of her day, was accused and convicted of murdering over 600 young girls. What appalled many was not just the number of deaths but the way in which these girls died. It was said that they were sadistically tortured for weeks on end, sometimes forced to eat their own flesh and their corpses left to rot in her castle. According to the evidence given at her trial, a picture emerged of a woman who not only had a need to inflict pain and commit murder but apparently developed an obsession with her victims' blood. Elizabeth Bathory's taste for this blood would eventually give her the title by which she's still known today, "Countess Dracula".|Introduction to the Discovery channel documentary about Elizabeth Bathory}} | ||
'''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." | ||