ELIZABETH BATHORY

(Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed)


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Catch a black hen and beat it to death with a white cane. Keep the blood and smear a little of it on your enemy. If you get no chance to smear it on his body, obtain one of his garments and smear it.
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She actually tried all sorts of “witchcraft,” but her real crime was the murdering of other people in her rituals. She was arrested and died in jail. In Hungary, it was forbidden to speak her name aloud, and for many her name is still synonymous with evil.

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Elizabeth Bathory
  • Born: August 7, 1560
  • Died: August 21, 1614
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Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed was a Hungarian noblewoman from the family of Báthory, who owned land in the Kingdom of Hungary (now Hungary, Slovakia and Romania).