Erzsébet

The legend says that one of her maids Erzsébet slapped after something hard pulled her hair while combing. In this battle, there was a drop of blood on hand Erzsébets behind. When the drop down slowly crept over her skin, Erzsébet noticed that her skin looked much younger and more vital in the blood. As a result she got the idea that the blood of young virgins gave her the key to eternal youth.
In the following years, tortured and murdered over 600 young girls with the aim of bathing in and drinking their blood. This earned her the nickname “Blood Countess” and “Countess Dracula” on. When palatine György Thurzó in 1610 by order of the king invaded the castle of Báthory and her arrested, Erzsébet was the death penalty saved by the good name of her family. She was imprisoned for life in some rooms of her castle. Its four main dienstlui did get the death penalty.
The trial Báthory was supported by many gruesome testimonies. However, were a big part of the testimony of its heirs who obviously benefited from her death. Some maids testified know that there was never any killings. Torture of domestic workers by the rich at that time was indeed an everyday phenomenon. Indeed, there are even indications that Erzsébet not tortured young girls, but offered them medical help. And the massacres were simply herbs bath water stained red.
The fact remains that Erzsebet was convicted and died in solitude. But it was actually the bloodthirsty serial killer of all time? The truth died with her in the room complex.