Who was the lady that kille over 500 girls and bathed in their blood?

Countess Elizabeth B谩thory, 1560 鈥?August 21, 1614), was a Hungarian countess from the renowned B谩thory family. The family is famous for defending Hungary against the Ottoman Turks. She is known as the most infamous serial killer in Central European history and is remembered as the ';Blood Countess'; and as Bloody Lady of Csejte, after the castle near Trencs茅n, in Royal Hungary, where she spent most of her life.





After her husband's death, she and four collaborators were accused of torturing and killing hundreds of girls and young women, with one witness attributing to them over 600 victims, though she was only convicted on 80 counts. In 1610, she was imprisoned in Csejte Castle, where she remained bricked in her room until her death four years later. She was never formally tried in court. The B谩thory case is the inspiration for the story of the Countess bathing in the blood of virginal girls whom she killed in order to retain her youth. Like Vlad Tepes, who inspired the creation of Count Dracula, these stories have led to the modern nicknames of the Blood Countess and Countess Dracula.