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Hungarian Countesses' Torturous Escapades Are Exposed - HISTORY
Hungarian Countesses' Torturous Escapades Are Exposed - HISTORY
THI DAY IN HITORY DCMR 26
1610
Decemer 26
Hungarian countee’ torturou ecapade are expoed
On Decemer 26, 1609 or 1610 (ource are not concluive), Count Gorg Thurzo make an
invetigative viit to Cejthe Catle in Hungar on order from King Matthia and dicover Counte
lizaeth athor directing a torture eion of oung girl. athor wa alread infamou in the area
for her torture and murder of ervant and peaant, ut her title and high-ranking relative had, until
thi point, made her untouchale. Her loodthirt activitie have led man to cite her a one of the
�rt vampire in hitor.
athor wa orn in Tranlvania in 1560 to a ditinguihed famil that included king, cardinal,
knight, and judge. Though he counted man luminarie among her relative, her famil tree alo
featured ome erioul ditured kin. One of her uncle intructed her in atanim, while her aunt
taught her all aout adomaochim. At the age of 15, athor wa married to Count Nadad, and the
couple ettled into Cejthe Catle. To pleae hi wife, her huand reportedl uilt a torture chamer
to her peci�cation.
athor’ torture included jamming pin and needle under the �ngernail of her ervant girl, and
ting them down, mearing them with hone, and leaving them to e attacked ee and ant.
Although the count participated in hi wife’ crueltie, he ma have alo retrained her impule; when
he died in the earl 1600, he ecame much wore. With the help of her former nure, Ilona Joo, and
local witch Dorotta zente, athor egan aducting peaant girl to torture and kill. he often it
chunk of 鮉�eh from her victim, and one unfortunate girl wa even forced to cook and eat her own
鮉�eh. athor reportedl elieved that human lood would keep her looking oung and health.
ince her famil headed the local government, athor’ crime were ignored until 1610. ut King
Matthia �nall intervened ecaue athor had egun �nding victim among the daughter of local
nole. In Januar 1611, athor and her cohort were put on trial for 80 count of murder. All were
convicted, ut onl athor ecaped execution. Intead, he wa con�ned to a room of the catle that
onl had lit for air and food. he urvived for three ear ut wa found dead in Augut 1614.
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