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Elizabeth was born in
Nyírbátor, Hungary -
When Elizabeth was 11 she witnessed her 2 sisters being raped then killed
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At age 15 she married Count Ferencz Nadasdy who was 25
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Elizabeth Bathory gave birth to her first child Anna
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She gave birth to 2 more daughters then her first born son Paul
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A peasant girl was combing Elizabeth's hair and accidentally tugged a little too hard. Elizabeth became furious and smacked the girl on her cheek, she slapped her so hard that it drew blood. Some was left on Elizabeth’s hand but it wasn’t till later when elizabeth noticed that were the blood was her skin looked young and new like the peasant girl. They drained the blood into a huge vat so she could soak in it. She bathed into it to beautify her whole body.
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Elizabeth's own cousin and Thurzo raided the castle come to find many terrible sights. In the main living room they found one girl dead, her blood was drained, another alive with several holes pierced in her body. They discovered several more girls in the dungeon, severals bodies had been pierced. They discovered some 50 girls under the castle floors.
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Elizabeth, who refused to plead guilty or innocent, never showed to the trials. At the trial the majordomo, Johannes, said that about 37 unmarried girls had been killed, 6 of which he had asked to come work at the castle. They had been cut with scissors, pricked with pens, and even burned by a iron onto short spikes while in metal cages hung from the ceiling to provide Elizabeth with a “blood shower”. Elizabeth killed about 612 women, she would record their killing in her diary.
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July 3rd Elizabeth was sentenced to life imprisonment in her house. They bored up all the openings that she could get out of. They left a small opening to put food through. After 4 years of imprisonment.
