{"product_id":"countess-elizabeth-bathory","title":"Countess Elizabeth Bathory","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eWe all know who she was and how she lived. There have been countless movies about her. I have been speaking to her and I think she got a raw deal. Sure the blood of all those virgins was, well, misguided, AND can not be verified, but so was walling her up in a room in her house. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed\u003c\/strong\u003e (Báthory Erzsébet in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hungarian_language\" title=\"Hungarian language\"\u003eHungarian\u003c\/a\u003e; 7 August 1560 – 21 August 1614)\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elizabeth_B%C3%A1thory#cite_note-1\"\u003e[1]\u003c\/a\u003e was a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Count\" title=\"Count\"\u003ecountess\u003c\/a\u003e from the renowned \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/B%C3%A1thory\" title=\"Báthory\"\u003eBáthory\u003c\/a\u003e family of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nobility_in_the_Kingdom_of_Hungary\" title=\"Nobility in the Kingdom of Hungary\"\u003enobility in the Kingdom of Hungary\u003c\/a\u003e known for being a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serial_killer\" title=\"Serial killer\"\u003eserial killer\u003c\/a\u003e. She has been labelled by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guinness_World_Records\" title=\"Guinness World Records\"\u003eGuinness World Records\u003c\/a\u003e as the most prolific female \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Murderer\" title=\"Murderer\"\u003emurderer\u003c\/a\u003e, though the precise number of her victims is debated. Báthory and four collaborators were accused of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Torture\" title=\"Torture\"\u003etorturing\u003c\/a\u003e and killing hundreds of young women between 1585 and 1610.The highest number of victims cited during Báthory's trial was 650. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eHowever, this number comes from the claim by a woman named Susannah that Jacob Szilvássy, Countess Báthory's court official, had seen the figure in one of Báthory's private books. The book was never revealed, and Szilvássy never mentioned it in his testimony. Despite the evidence against Elizabeth, her family's influence kept her from facing trial. She was imprisoned in December 1610 within \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C4%8Cachtice_Castle\" title=\"Čachtice Castle\"\u003eCsejte Castle\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Upper_Hungary\" title=\"Upper Hungary\"\u003eUpper Hungary\u003c\/a\u003e, now in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slovakia\" title=\"Slovakia\"\u003eSlovakia\u003c\/a\u003e, where she remained \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Immurement\" title=\"Immurement\"\u003eimmured\u003c\/a\u003e in a set of rooms until her death four years later.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSo, if you want to know the real story, hear it from the woman herself. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"secretsensations","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":4240773636,"sku":"","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0954\/6522\/products\/25-elizabeth-bathory.jpg?v=1439564496","url":"http:\/\/www.secretsensations.org\/products\/countess-elizabeth-bathory","provider":"secretsensations","version":"1.0","type":"link"}