Countess Elizabeth Bathory

       Countess Elizabeth Bathory (aka Báthory Erzsébet) is hands down one of the most famous “real vampires” in history. Her sadistic and vampiric activities are still known today by many for their horror. But before I get to her vampire-like cruelties I need to cover her life and what led up to her blood drinking. Elizabeth Bathory was born in 1560 and raised on the family estate of Esced in Transylvania. Her family was very rich and very insane, many of her family members being quite screwed up, which is most likely where she herself got some of it.