Elizabeth Bathory was a wealthy noblewoman accused of torturing, murdering, and bathing in her servant's blood. But how much of these sensationalized details of her life were true? And how much was fiction?
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Story Sources:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bathorys-torturous-escapades-are-exposed
History Today article by Richard Cavendish https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/death-countess-elizabeth-bathory
Book: Infamous Lady: The True Story of Countess Erzebet Bathory by Kimberly L. Craft
Book: Encyclopedia of the Vampire - The Living Dead in Myth, Legend, and Popular Culture edited by S.T. Joshi
Daily News Hungary article by Zsoka Kovacs https://dailynewshungary.com/the-martyr-criminal-of-hungarian-history-and-the-peasants-revolt-led-by-him/
CNN article by John Malathronas https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/blood-countess-slovakia/index.html
All That’s Interesting article by Elizabeth Sherman https://allthatsinteresting.com/elizabeth-bathory-true-story
Crime Library article by Katherine Ramsland https://web.archive.org/web/20140311102723/http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/predators/bathory/countess_1.html
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-prolific-female-murderer
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