Happy Halloween listeners! In honor of my favorite holiday, I send you off into the last creepy night of October with the story of Elizabeth Bathory, the inspiration behind modern vampire lore and the most prolific female serial killer in history. Bathory is said to have bathed in the blood of virgins to stay young and beautiful with a victim count as high as 600 and as low as 50. Tune in for all the bloody details.

Countess Dracula by Tony Thorne - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1174971.Countess_Dracula

Astonishing Legends: Elizabeth Bathory Part 1 -https://www.astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2019/6/21/blood-bathory-part-1

Serial Killers: Elizabeth Bathory - https://www.iheart.com/podcast/409-serial-killers-28186923/episode/the-blood-countess-elizabeth-bathory-29783846/

House of Bathory by Linda Lafferty - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18184303-house-of-bathory

Soulless by Gail Carriger - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6381205-soulless

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