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, remains elusive. From her ...

Some legends are so chilling that they cling to the imagination long after the stories end. One of these legends surrounds Elizabeth Báthory, a noblewoman from the sixteenth century whose name has ...

Throughout Central Europe, 16th-century noblewoman Elizabeth Báthory is infamous for torture and murder. But was she really as evil as history tells it? Irretrievably mired in myth and speculation, ...

Báthory-Kitsz's quest began with the discovery of Raymond T. McNally's 1984 book on the subject, “Dracula Was a Woman: In Search of the Blood Countess of Transylvania.” “It was the first biography in ...

The movie will be directed by Ulrike Ottinger and was co-written by Ottinger and Elfriede Jelinek, the acclaimed author of "The Piano Teacher." Magnify has boarded “The Blood Countess,” a vampire ...

Báthory moved to Čachtice in 1604 after her husband died. Tales of her malice toward staff became so widespread that local families hid their daughters from her service, says Tony Thorne, a linguist ...