Anons,

I just spent two hours finding the best match I could of Hillary & Elizabeth Ballory, "the blood countess." I started out just to do a quick meme but had a hard time finding pics w/ similar perspective. Anyhow, reposting here just for spoopy keks.

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The Disturbing True Story Of Elizabeth Bathory, The Blood Countess

By Elisabeth Sherman

Published August 8, 2016

Updated July 23, 2018

IN 1602, RUMORS BEGAN TO CIRCULATE around the village of Trenčín, present-day Slovakia: Peasant girls looking for servant work in the Csejte Castle were disappearing.

Many looked to Countess Elizabeth Bathory when attempting to explain the disappearances. Bathory, scion of a powerful Hungarian family and the product of inbreeding between Baron George Bathory and Baroness Anna Bathory, called the castle home. She received it as a wedding gift from her husband, Hungarian war hero Ferenc Nádasdy.

In 1578, Nádasdy became chief commander of the Hungarian army and embarked on a military campaign against the Ottoman empire, leaving his wife in charge of his vast estates and the governing of the local populace.

Since then, views that Bathory tortured her servants began to spread. These views would become much more dramatic in 1604, when Bathory’s husband died.

According to witnesses, it was at this time that Bathory began murdering her victims, the first of which were poor girls lured to the castle with the promise of work. Soon enough, witnesses said that Bathory expanded her sights and started murdering daughters of the gentry sent to Csejte for their education as well as kidnapping girls who would never have come to the castle on their own.

As a wealthy noblewoman, Bathory evaded the law for six years, until Hungarian King Matthias II sent his highest-ranking representative, György Thurzó, to investigate the complaints against her. Thurzó collected evidence from some 300 witnesses who leveled a bevy of truly horrifying charges against the countess.

According to the reports and the stories told long after, Bathory burned her victims with hot irons; beat them to death with clubs; stuck needles under their fingernails; poured ice water over their bodies and left them to freeze to death outside; covered them in honey so that bugs could feast on their exposed skin; sewed their lips together, and bit chunks of flesh off their breasts and faces.

In addition, witnesses said Bathory liked using scissors to torture her victims. She used the instrument to cut off their hands, noses, and genitals. One of her favorite pastimes, witnesses said, was using scissors to slice open the skin between her victims’ fingers.

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https://allthatsinteresting.com/elizabeth-bathory-true-story

>>5010901

>>5010928

A more scandalous piece from History channel:

On this day in 1609 or 1610 (sources are not conclusive), Count Gyorgy Thurzo makes an investigative visit to Csejthe Castle in Hungary on orders from King Matthias and discovers Countess Elizabeth Bathory directing a torture session of young girls. Bathory was already infamous in the area for her torture and murder of servants and peasants, but her title and high-ranking relatives had, until this point, made her untouchable. Her bloodthirsty activities have led many to cite her as one of the first vampires in history.

Bathory was born in Transylvania in 1560 to a distinguished family that included kings, cardinals, knights, and judges. Though she counted many luminaries among her relatives, her family tree also featured some seriously disturbed kin. One of her uncles instructed her in Satanism, while her aunt taught her all about sadomasochism. At the age of 15, Bathory was married to Count Nadady, and the couple settled into Csejthe Castle. To please his wife, her husband reportedly built a torture chamber to her specifications.

Bathory’s torture included jamming pins and needles under the fingernails of her servant girls, and tying them down, smearing them with honey, and leaving them to be attacked by bees and ants. Although the count participated in his wife’s cruelties, he may have also restrained her impulses; when he died in the early 1600s, she became much worse. With the help of her former nurse, Ilona Joo, and local witch Dorotta Szentes, Bathory began abducting peasant girls to torture and kill. She often bit chunks of flesh from her victims, and one unfortunate girl was even forced to cook and eat her own flesh. Bathory reportedly believed that human blood would keep her looking young and healthy.

Since her family headed the local government, Bathory’s crimes were ignored until 1610. But King Matthias finally intervened because Bathory had begun finding victims among the daughters of local nobles. In January 1611, Bathory and her cohorts were put on trial for 80 counts of murder. All were convicted, but only Bathory escaped execution. Instead, she was confined to a room of the castle that only had slits for air and food. She survived for three years but was found dead in August 1614.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bathorys-torturous-escapades-are-exposed

>>5010940

REALLY Spoopy that you said that b/c one source said the official portrait of her was "spirited away" in 2016. Let me go see if I can find that link.

>>5010940

OK, found the source about the original portrait going missing, but I was wrong about the date – it went missing in the 1990's, not 2016. Sorry, my head is fuzzy. Too much internet today.

"English: The original portrait of the Countess Elizabeth Bathory from 1585 is lost (spirited away in the 1990s). However, this is a fairly contemporary copy of that original, probably painted in the late 16th century. She was 25 when the original portrait – the only known image of her – was painted."

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_Bathory_Portrait.jpg

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>>5010947

Wow, good diggin, Anon. I seem to recall a rectangular black stone ring on a Hillary in a pic – The one where she is sitting on a sofa wearing striped bell bottoms and I think round glasses. (?) I dunno.

>>5011091

Yes, but if I were to guess, I would think she would have it in her house in Chappaquickdick or whatever the name is. (Can't be bothered looking up to spell the name of the Clinton's town right, kek.) But you get my drift…

Still, I found the words, "spirited away" rather ominous, too. I mean those are conversational words. Insider words. Maybe even joking words. But no one writes "spirited away" in what is supposed to be an informational piece. And author unknown on that bit. Hmmm….

>>5011140

I remember those breads w/ the jewelry digs. It was summer. I want to say August ? I think Q posted that medallion then anons went searching. I remember somebody traced to Gloria Vanderbilt's medallion. Then I joined the crew digging on the pool, which led me to that young "artist" kook who does all the pedo artwork. I don't think I saved stuff about the jewelry as I was focused on that artist. But I do know Voat has done some digs on the jewelry, too.

>>5011140

My folder on the artist (Durdevic) is dated 8/17 thru 8/19 2018.

>>5011264

Great find!!! Hmmm… and now we are back to the world of "art" auctions…

>>5011241