Elizabeth Báthory: 17th-century ‘serial killer’
The Hungarian countess Elizabeth Báthory is said to have murdered hundreds of girls and bathed in their blood to keep herself beautiful. But is there any truth in the gory story or is it just a malicious lie?
In the first decade of the 17th century, some disturbing claims swirled around the Kingdom of Hungary: of young girls’ disappearances, of torture and of murder. At the centre of them all was one woman accused of wanton cruelty and sadism, a countess named Elizabeth Báthory. Seemingly, she
