Elizabeth Báthory Research Paper

Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed or Erzsébet Báthory was a Hungarian noblewoman in 16th to early 17th century Central Europe. Though many may be unfamiliar with this name, she is constantly referred to as one of the most notorious female serial killers of all time, as she was accused of murdering over 600 young females. Because of how atrocious and brutal her crime was, she is mentioned to be the key influence of the fictional novel Dracula, made by Bram Stoker, and now holds the Guinness World Record for being the most prolific female murderer ever. Elizabeth Báthory is never innocent of her accused crime within many testimonies of numerous dead bodies found around her castle and witnesses. However, whether this whole crime was completely

The Báthory family was a Hungarian noble family of the Gutkeled clan, known for being one of the most powerful and influential protestant families that produced several skillful people into the political field, including such as Stephan Báthory, who is Elizabeth’s cousin known as the great Polish king and the prince of Transylvania, and one of the other cousin who served as the prime minister of the Kingdom of Hungary. Nonetheless, in addition to their distinction, the Báthory family was also said to be known for the phenomenon of family members having irregular personalities as well as Elizabeth’s brothers being a pederast and her uncle being an extreme satanist, other relatives being sadistic, masochistic, or tantrum-prone and so more according to some theories. These theories are stated since the Báthorys’ repeated consanguineous marriages to maintain their vast wealth and the transcendental status of their lineage since inbreeding and consanguinity are scientifically proven to be associated with an increased risk of children inheriting recessive

a 12-year-old girl named Pola somehow managed to escape from the castle. But Dorka, aided by Helena Jo, caught the frightened girl by surprise and brought her forcibly back to Cachtice Castle. Clad only in a long white robe, Countess Elizabeth greeted the girl upon her return. The countess was in another of her rages. She advanced on the 12-year-old child and forced her into a kind of cage. This cage was built like a huge ball, too narrow to sit in, too low to stand in. Once the girl was inside, the cage was suddenly hauled up by a pulley and dozens of short spikes jutted into the cage. Pola tried to avoid being caught on the spikes, but Ficzko manoeuvered the ropes so that the cage shifted from side to side. Pola's flesh was torn to pieces. (h2g2, 2001).

Eventually, all of her servants were punished, but since Elizabeth was such a high-class countess she was never put on trial and convicted of any crimes. Instead, the Báthorys’ considered her to be a menace to the sake of their family name, they decided to lock her up in her bed chamber with black painted walls and tiny slits for ventilation and to place 1 meal per day. At last, after more than spending 3 years of living in her room completely alone surrounded by darkness, Elizabeth Báthory died on August 21, 1614, at the age of