The Blood Countess

            You may have heard of Elizabeth of Bathory, otherwise known as the Blood Countess. She was born into an important family of Hungarian nobility. She’s one of the most notorious female serial killers in history.  She and four accomplices killed and tortured hundreds of girls. The four accomplices were convicted of torturing and killing eighty girls. Elizabeth on the other hand was never tried. She was instead locked in a castle for her remaining four years of life.

            The Blood Countess once slapped her maid for a minor offense. Blood spurted out of the maid’s nose and onto the Countess. She thought her skin looked younger in the places that had been touched by blood. This started a long line of maids who had their wrists slit. Elizabeth bathed in their blood.

            Elizabeth of Bathory certainly had strange views on cosmetics. Whether she was evil or mentally unbalanced doesn’t really matter. The Blood Countess’ brutal blood baths are truly the most extreme way to stay looking young I’ve ever heard of.