The First Vampire In History-Countess Elizabeth Bathory
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Elizabeth Bathory,
We always hear and read about relentless, merciless and fearless male murderers, rapists, burglars and sadistic men etc, and the keyword here is MALES. But, we never hear or read such rare cases about ruthless or criminal females! Well, this story is not only about an ordinary female killer, it’s about the most ruthless women in history who killed, tortured and drank the blood of her victims! It’s about the first vampire in history!
Countess and Vampire of Transylvania 1560-1614: the most prolific female serial killer in history. It’s believed that the first version of Dracula was based on her life story where she committed the most horrible crimes of all times. She is a descendant of a high rank family in Hungary, and her father was a prominent man. Because of this prominence, the Bathory family adopted intermarriage scheme amongst the family members to preserve the fine blood and keep it in the family. So, due to this routine, unexpected problems occurred, sometimes on a higher level of hideous psychosis which produced finally our pretty lady, the sadistic vampire Elizabeth.
She was a beautiful woman with pretty face and soon was engaged when she was 15 to Ferenc Nádasdy apparently for a political gain. He was an army leader who commanded wars against the Ottoman Empire. Her husband was always away a thing that gave her time and full control of their properties. She became the sole lady of the castle that was situated in a remote area in the central of what is known these days as Romania.
After the demise of her husband, her central attention was to maintain her youth and vitality especially she was aging quickly. Her sexual desires didn’t fade besides her ambition to seize the throne; she consulted her obedient alchemist to find out a solution to preserve her beauty and youth. Her alchemist recalled a far-fetched similar story about a legend where blood of young and virgin girls was used as a natural rejuvenator remedy to keep the person young and fresh. However, she viciously liked the idea and started to slaughter girls from the surrounding villages. And the good thing about her is that she supervised and ordered proper Christian burial rituals. But soon the pastor in charge of the ceremonies refused because the dead girls reached a suspicious number who “had died due to unknown reasons”. However, she threatened him in order keep the secret and she continued to bury the bodies until one of her victims escaped and reported the crimes to the local authorities. King Matyas of Hungary then order Elizabeth’s cousin, governor of the province to raid the castle which brought the genocide to an end eventually.
Story of her murders began by abducting young peasant girls where she used to torture them and kill them with the collaboration of her four servants. She didn’t only murder poor peasants, but she started slaughtering lesser nobility girls because she believed that the royal blood is more effective than the normal one. It’s always been said that she used to bathe in her victims’ blood believing that this will retain her youth and beauty! Finally, investigators found clues leading to her and later was arrested along with her accomplices. Her servants were executed immediately in a quick trial but as for her, daughter of a powerful family, she had been placed under house arrest for life till she died four years later in her confinement. This way, her family name will not be tarnished! Lastly, reports and witnesses reported that she murdered around 650 virgins. The bodies were found buried everywhere like in the nearby fields, in the silos around the castle and in the dungeons of the castle itself, not to mention the corpses thrown in the river.
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Very much dear, thanks.
Fantastic hub. I love hubs like this. Great work!
I followed IE here, and boy am I glad I did. I had heard of this women before. Not to long ago, the TV show TAPS did a haunting sighting at her castle's ruins. Of course they didn't see anything. But you'd think that if this would be the one place in the world, ghosts would be found lingering in the mist. Great stuff Shame! I dig your writing stuff.
I believe that she was preceded by her monsterous great grandfather Vlad the impailer to whom Bram Stoker modled Dracula after.
Thanks dear IntimatEvolution, appreciate your comment.
RKHenry, you've always been a good reader, thanks so much. And, I support you in the ghost thing, it's weird out there, creepy...
Onusonus, I don't know about her father but great stuff! A freak family they are! Thanks.
Yikes!
I had already heard about her, but a lot of people haven't. Gruesome woman.
Bit of friendly advice: Breaking up your articles into a few more paragraphs will look better and read easier.
Oh, thanks for the advise dear Deltachord, will do it :) Thanks.
Its really gruesome. Surprisingly I read about her the first time. Thanks for the info.
Welcome Somesh. It is gruesome...
Hi shamelabboush,
I had read about her but had forgotten some of the details. Very deranged person! So...you have been there to visit the castle? I agree that this would certainly be a place for lingering ghosts! Good hub about a very interesting (if gruesome) subject.
Hi Peggy W, I've never been there but visiting this place would send me the chilles for sure. Thanks for coming by.
well not only does this sound like the first "vampira" tale it also sounds like thats where the stories of the "wicked queen" who wants to be the fairest in the land came from perhaps...(ex; snow white)=) Good hub. I love history even if it may be gruesome, we still should know about it!
By the way- I was only gone for a bit, and now I am back. Glad to see you missed me!-JJ
Hello JJ, of course I missed you. Welcome back and thanks for stopping by...
Bloody great hub that I really got my teeth into !
Hey CabinGirl, Thanks... :)
Ahh you are too sweet...
This is my first time hearing of the Countess Elizabeth Bathory. Would you consider writing a screenplay or a book about her? I bet it'll do very well! Please let me know!
I agree with Dohn121...someone should write a book or make a movie about this chick!
Dear dohn121, this is very thoughtful of you, but I can't think of writing a book about her when we have such great writers on HubPages specially you. I'd be so honoured to ask you personally to go a head and write about her. On the other hand, a book or a lengthy hub or even a blog would be a hit. Thanks for the gentle gesture :)
Hi Pachuca213, a movie is great idea, though the first vampire script was based on her life story! That chick was something really!
definitely a psychotic girl...but thats what you get when you inbreed within the family and the chromosones are too closely linked...either deformaties,mental retardation or mental psychosis...
She is all what you mentioned except the Chromosones thing. She comes from a royal family and she received good education. The thing that twisted her mind was her servants for they were all evil. I suggest you expand your reading about her. She is such a worth of reading phenomenon.
You quoted:
"the Bathory family adopted intermarriage scheme amongst the family members to preserve the fine blood and keep it in the family. So, due to this routine, unexpected problems occurred, sometimes on a higher level of hideous psychosis which produced finally our pretty lady, the sadistic vampire Elizabeth"
That would explain the messed up mentality since she was obviously the product of inbreeding, royal or not it is still the same.
Correct, and that kind of marriage had occured thousands of years ago since the times of ancient Egyptians where royalties used to keep IT in the family! Pharoas used to marry thier sisters believing that their blood is blue. According to this, we've never heard of such a hideos mentality like our beloved countess! And, intermarriage among her family was based on cousins only not brother-and-sister relations... Anyhow, many factors played major roles to produce this human being as a peerless female. Glad to have this debate with you Pachuca213 :)
Oh, I am sorry. I didn't mean for it to be a debate, I just was going by what you had said. I just know I learned that when you do marry in your family alot of times it can turn out badly (genetically)....=)
No Pachuca don't be sorry! I highly respect your mind and way of thinking... It's just interesting to discuss serious matters with someone intelligent like you :)
Oh why thank you...I have to admit I enjoy an intelligent conversation as well. Thank you!
Thank you, you're so sweet :)
horiffic but fascinating story, I enjoyed reading it.
Enjoyed reading this. Thanks!
actually someone beat her and Vlad the Impaler,going all the way back to the fifth or sixth century
it is indeed kephrira
thanks angelsblood, will check that later
your welcome ;)
what can I say? I like Vampires ^-^
Shamel- I ordered a book about her...thank you for the insight!
Ei shamelabboush, I think you should try to incorporate some amazon products in this page. Pachuca213 is a good proof that you can sell. ^_~
I didn't buy the book RG San Ramon- I ordered it from the public library...but he sold me on the interest in the story.
@Pachuca213 OIC. But some people would probably want to buy some books about it. :)
Very interesting story. Thanks for featuring it. Wonder if this is why a lot of stories say vampires came from Transylvania.
Hi angelsblood , maercy on me please :) Great to see you here.
Oh, thats so nice Pachuca213, let me know of your view later ok! Thanks...
dear R.G. San Ramon, thanks for the insightfulness. I haven't really tried to sell anything thru my hubs but I might give it a shot... Appreciate your advice.
For sure emievil, vampire stories originated from this city.. Thanks for your comment.
Wow, what a gruesome story! Well written, I enjoyed reading it, shamelabboush. Gave me chills! Didn't pay to be a virgin, not even back then, eh? That picture, though, that really got me. Wow, where'd you find it? I never heard of the Countess Bathory before, either, so this was informative as well as interesting. Thanks again!
Extremely interesting hub! I had not heard about her before.
Great job! I had heard of her but not in this detail.
good information,new this first time.
Hi Paradise7, I ran over her story on the net and it got me caught in the details... It's fantastic and horrible...
Thanks cjcarter.
Hi sneakorocksolid and thanks...
Thank you Davis.
Hey people, I've already written and finished the screenplay - The Blood Countess. @shame - brilliant stuff!
Great fierycj, thanks dude :)
shamel
this is waaaay cool. i like stories that arouse interest as well as the hair on my skin! creepy and well told! thanks for sharing. can we expect more hubs like this? I hope so! :D
Cris, my friend! Its been a while! Yes, you can say you will see more horrifying hubs lol :) Thanks Cris, appreciate it.
I got halfway through the book "The Blood Countess"...It is quite disturbing and very very perverse. I had to stop reading it for it bothered me so very much...she was indeed a very disturbed woman. And even at a young age witnessing her two sisters being murdered couldn't have helped her mental state either...very very sad but sickening life.
I know Pachuca213, that's why I chose to write a small hub about her. She is sadistic. And good for you that you read the book as you said...
Good Hub Shame, I've read about this vicious lady. She was truly demented. Thanks for a good read.
Thanks for reading heyju.
Her story is one of my favs!!! She was a vampire for sure! Her story is very interesting I didn't know her family was insest, but makes since for the time period.
Thank you chrissie123. She's a nloddy vamp.
don't know what 2 say..but this is kind of scary.it's hard 2 believe.
But it's true aimi.
BirteEdwards says:
4 months ago
Gruesome