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Erzsébet Báthory was the hungarian countess who killed 612 women around early 1600, and in her diary she documented their deaths.
She became known as "Hungary's national monster", and was (along with Vlad Dracul) the model for Bram Stoker's Dracula. This latter claim, however, is often disputed.

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She was married to Count Ferencz Nadasdy and became a countess living in Castle Csejthe a mountaintop fortress overlooking the village of Csejthe, which lies in the north-western part of Hungary. Here she apparently developed a practice of torturing servants and prisoners for her own pleasure. They were tortured in every possible way there was. She even liked to whip her victims on the front to see the expressions of pain and horror in their face.

After her husband's death her her fears of growing old began to grew, and she became obsessed with the idea of remaining young and beautiful forever.

One day, when striking a servant girl for combing her hair too hard, some of her blood fell on her hand.
She thought the blood made her skin look younger and become convinced that blood was the secret of eternal youth. She was also convinced that blood from virgin girls would be the most effective. The maid was murdered so that Erzsebet could bathe in her blood. From here her most notorious deeds began. The tortures the girls would be put through would last for weeks, months.
They were then cut in several different ways to provide blood for Bathory to wash herself with.
More than six hundred women died because of Erzsebet. These women ranged from peasants to members
of the nobility.

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~CorvenIcenail Feb 24, 2012
Love the idea of the background
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*kinley Nov 4, 2011  Student Digital Artist
Wow, cool pic, and her story is still so chilling and frightful!

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`IreneLangholm Nov 5, 2011
Thank you. :) Indeed it is.

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~StrawBerryPhotoLog Feb 21, 2011
im currently writing a fictional story tying togeather rumours, theories, and truths of her story togeather, to form a fictional diary of Erzsebet
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`IreneLangholm Feb 22, 2011
Oh, interesting! There are quite a few versions of the Erzsebet legend. Where are you doing the research?
I'd love to read your story sometime.

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~StrawBerryPhotoLog Feb 23, 2011
I using a lot of internet (not so trust worthy I know, just for basic legend details) and book references on the legend and also on the conspiracy, I haven't entirely decided on which side to approach entirely yet. the legend is much more dark though. undoubtedly Once pleased with every chapter I should be writing and posting it perchance on here. depending entirely on the length I choose
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`IreneLangholm Feb 23, 2011
You can find some good stuff on the internet, it's just a matter of assessing the source, you know. A very interesting project to take on. :)
You mention conspiracies. Would you care to tell me a littlebit about that?

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~StrawBerryPhotoLog Feb 25, 2011
conspiracy is that the entire story of the blood countess was formed by the church and people whom owed the Nádasdy-Bathory Family money such as Matthias of Austria. things supporting this is following; You must remember in those days, average beatings and cruelties to your servants and maids was not unusual, and part of everyday life. Ersebet was also married to a warrior Ferenc Nádasdy, his family was known for being cruel to the servants and help as well, again not so unusual. In that time there was many disease. It is also assumed that Erzsebet also took in towns people when sick, almost like a hospital. (this wasn't assumed to be because she was nice more because she had to.) Erzsebet also wasn't permitted to speak at her own trial. All of those testifying of her accomplices were tortured before hand to get them to admit all the horrible atrocities she was accused of, typical of the time of witches (two accomplices were accused of being witches) -- All in all the entire conspiracy sums up as, people owed her money, couldn't pay back. so they weaved a story and spread rumors about missing or deceased girls. that would rid their debt to her family.

Neither legend or Conspiracy has a ton to back them, and most take the road of the legend which is more of dark glamor. Conspiracy is more of the typical "churches fault." conspiracy's of the time that came with the burning of witches who under extreme torture admit to accusations.




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hope that helped shed light on it a bit. Nothing extravagant like the JFK shooting theory (also find that fascinating, and a great conspiracy book by Russell Twyce called "Shiva's Messenger"
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`IreneLangholm Feb 25, 2011
Very interesting. Both are probable. Although I choose to believe the horrific legend. ;) There were, after all, female serial killers back then as well. But I think if it's true, the story has probably been embellished quite a lot over the years.

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~StrawBerryPhotoLog Feb 25, 2011
true, im not aiming for the legendary 600+ but i do plan on making her the legendary version.
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