Countess Elizabeth Báthory was a monster - a sadistic, murderous, vampire-witch who, in her castle in Hungary in the early 1600s, tortured and murdered over 600 young girls, then bathed in the blood of her victims.
Or did she? Was she truly the supreme supernatural evil of 500 years of legend? Or was she an innocent victim of witch-hunt hysteria and political scheming?
Or was she something else entirely?
Dig into the mysteries of this gruesome, complicated tale with our guest, legal historian Kimberly Craft, in our 2023 Halloween Special.
Music featured in this episode was provided by Kevin Macleod, Doug Maxwell, Esther Abrami, Aaron Kenny, Brian Bolger, Jimena Contreras, Quincas Moreira, Twin Musicom, Myuu and John Patitucci.
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THE MOTHER OF FORENSIC SCIENCE Frances Glessner Lee
THE UNVEILED Huda Shaarawi
THE WARRIOR QUEEN Chand Bibi
VERSAILLES CHRISTMASTIDE Mary Stuart Boyd
THE SCREENWRITER Frances Marion
THE ORGANIZER Celia Sánchez
THE FIRST ACCUSED Tituba
THE PIRATE Ching Shih
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THE RANI OF JHANSI Lakshmibai
GONE TO THE ENEMY Eve
THE UNBOWED Wangari Maathai
THE QUEEN OF THE COMSTOCK Eilley Bowers
THE EXILE Stefania Turkevych
THE ROUND-THE-WORLD CYCLIST Annie Londonderry
THE MYSTIC Margery Kempe
THE ROADBUILDER K’awiil
THE MEDIUM Helen Duncan
THE PAINTER Victorine Meurent
THE GUIDE Bibi Sahiba
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