Countess Dracula
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Countess Dracula is a real life character who lived in Hungary from 1560 until 1614. The Countess’ actual title was Countess Erzsebet Bathory, but she earned the title as Countess Dracula with her wicked deeds. In fact, her blood thirsty actions had some influence on the modern day persona of Dracula from the Bram Stoker tale. While she is not actually referenced to in Stoker’s novel, a sequel written much later by David Logan titled Dracula’s Return includes Countess Dracula who is portrayed as the character Princess Daria Borisovna Semovsky.
Why so much attention on a Countess, you ask?
Countess Bathory, also known as the Blood Countess as well as
the Bloody Lady of Cachtice, was born on August 7, 1560 in Nyirbator,
Hungary. Prior to her death at age 54 in 1614, she was found guilty of
killing somewhere between 300 to 650 girls, all virgins, in the most
gruesome of ways from 1590 to 1610.
While living in Cachtice, Slovakia, formerly known as Csejte the Kingdom of Hungary, Countess Dracula was reported to have tortured young girls by all sorts of horrid means. It was reported to authorities that the Countess allowed girls to be kept outdoors without clothes on with water poured over their bodies in order to freeze them to death.
She was also accused of mutilating their skin, as well as burning their faces and/or genitals. Some witnesses reported Countess Dracula was seen literally chewing the flesh from their bodies. Other girls she reportedly starved, sexually abused, or gave beatings to over a length of time. Even more disturbing accounts of torture performed by Countess Dracula include doing unnecessary surgery on the girls, as well as using needles to drain blood from their veins.
On December 30, 1610 Countess Bathory was apprehended by local authorities who had received an overwhelming amount of evidence and testimony from more than 300 people who claimed to either witness Countess Dracula in the acts of torture and murder, or were victims who survived to tell their tale.
The Countess had been reportedly inviting adolescent girls to work or become educated in social etiquette under her gaze. After the girls arrived at the castle, they reported seeing other girls who had been tortured, as well as the decayed bodies of earlier victims.
But the really damaging testimony came from two high ranking court officials who personally witnessed the Countess torturing and murdering young girls who were working as servants. Other witnesses testified that the Countess had not kept her acts to only Sarvar Castle, but had tortured and murdered girls in her other residences as well, thus elevating the situation to a more disturbing level.
While 13 witnesses, four defendants, and numerous commoners and noblemen were made to report on what they saw Countess Bathory do in Sarvar Castle, it was without a doubt difficult to find the Countess guilty.
As someone of such aristocratic berth as the Countess, for these allegations to have been set forth, as horrific and obscene as they were, there would have to be absolutely no doubt that she was guilty of the crimes committed in order to save the face of Hungary’s royalty. And even with such a substantial amount of evidence stacked up against Countess Dracula, it was necessary to keep the details of the trial as low key as possible less the country fear being attacked and taken over by another country.
There have always been conspiracy theorists who believe that the Countess was framed because of her religious beliefs, which opposed the Habsburgs, who were in control of Hungary during the Countess’ reign. On the other end of the spectrum, stories have been passed down that include that the Countess drained the blood of the virgins and used it for bathing as a natural anti-aging tonic.
However, during her life it was well known that Countess Dracula dabbled with the occult and other malevolent forces to bring power and control into her life.
Some would suggest that these powerful entities took over the Countess causing her to commit such atrocities over the girls at the castle. No matter what the rationale behind the crimes she was charged for, the trial ended in the death of Countess Dracula. She was imprisoned in the walls of the castle, literally as brick masons erected a wall around her so she could not escape; only allowing a very narrow space for her to receive sustenance. She died there in that makeshift prison in 1614.
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