ČACHTICE, Slovakia (AP) — More than 400 years after her death, the truth about “the Blood Countess,” a Hungarian noblewoman alleged to have been the most prolific female serial killer of all time, ...
The story of Elizabeth Báthory begins with unusual privilege. Born in 1560, she belonged to one of the most powerful noble ...
The author argues in The Blood Countess that notorious 17th-century Hungarian noblewoman Elizabeth Bathory was wrongly accused of killing 650 women and girls. What inspired you to seek the real story ...