Dubbed “the most prolific female murderer of the Western World” by the Guinness Book of World Records, Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Bathory left behind a gruesome legacy for allegedly torturing and ...

One historian is argues that the 'Bloody Countess' accused of being the most prolific female serial killer was innocent ...

Known to history as the 'Bloody Countess', Elizabeth Bathory is believed to have been the most prolific female serial killer in history, allegedly killing up to 650 women. However, in recent years, ...

ČACHTICE, Slovakia — 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 ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - French actress Julie Delpy resurrects the specter of a blood-drenched countess in her third outing as director to recast one of Europe's most celebrated villains as a desperate ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The 16th Century Countess Elizabeth Bathory has been described as "the most ...

Magnify has boarded “The Blood Countess,” a vampire mystery movie starring Isabelle Huppert as Countess Elizabeth Báthory, a 16th-century Hungarian serial killer. Directed by renowned German New Wave ...

It seems the mad countess has finally won her bid for immortality — or at least eternal youth. Hungarian noblewoman Elizabeth Bathory has been a favorite horror tale figure in Eastern European myth ...

When it comes to infamous female serial killers, Aileen Wuornos has nothing on the 16th century’s Elizabeth Bathory, a Hungarian countess who allegedly drank—and even bathed in—the blood of virgins in ...

Julie Delpy, wearing many bonnets as writer, director, star and composer of "The Countess," braves yet another version of the wicked old tale of Erzebet Bathory, the Hungarian countess who bathed in ...

Velton (The Image of Her) spins an alluring story based on the historical Hungarian “blood countess” Erzsébet Báthory, who was accused in the 17th century of murdering hundreds of girls. In 1610, ...