Elizabeth Báthory: The Blood Countess – True Crime Documentary | History’s Most Infamous Woman

Elisabeth Báthory, a Hungarian noblewoman born in 1560, is often called the most prolific female serial killer in history—though her true story is tangled in politics and legend. She was accused of torturing and murdering dozens, possibly hundreds, of young servant girls in her castle, with witnesses claiming beatings, burnings, and even needles shoved under fingernails. Her most infamous myth says she bathed in their blood to stay young, but there’s no solid historical proof that ever actually