Elizabeth Báthory was born on August 7, 1560, into one of the richest noble families in the Kingdom of Hungary, but her name became tied to one of the darkest legends in European history. She was ...

Elizabeth Báthory is remembered as a monster who murdered hundreds of young women. But the case against her collapses under ...

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 ...