The Vampire Countess The story of Lady Bathory is a strange and grisly real-life vampire tale. She was born in 1560, and was a countess in Hungary. She was said to be very beautiful with an angelic complection. It's also certain she was very cruel. This countess was obsessed with her looks. She wasn't going to trust her beauty to a plain old jar of cold cream. The countess got the idea that applying human blood …showed first 75 words of 2443 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2443 total…as another victim, and was set free. So, Elizabeth was damned to a death while alive. Sealed into a tiny closet of her castle -- and never let out -- she died four years later. Elizabeth did not ever utter even a single word of regret, or remorse. A note of interest: When Elizabeth was 25 years old, Stephan Báthory (a prince of Transylvania and her uncle) was elected King of Poland.