Elizabeth Bathory - The ‘Blood Countess’

[@robertjames-life4768]

With all the years of inbreeding that went on with monarchs of Europe it’s no wonder some were nuts.

[@paganmin104]

Dont think this is not going on today , with all the multinational rats available, coming and goin as they pleace ..

[@SokkingBTtulaj]

She wasn't actually insane. All the accusations were made up by the catholic church and the Habsburg house since she was a wealthy calvinist with huge lands and had no man to protect her after her husbands death. The catholic church ripped every rich widow like a swarm of vultures, especially if they were of an other religion.

[@ineedmorecarrots6063]

@@SokkingBTtulaj and your source is?

[@palacaxoxo]

@@ineedmorecarrots6063 are you a catholic by any chance?

[@dasit1965]

SokkingBTtulaj most of it was true.

[@natashamcmeekin3236]

“Cannibalism was forced on some of the girls...” “Sabrina don’t just stare at it, eat it.”

[@voodoochild7533]

I. HATE. YOU 🤣🤣🤣

[@tdh7869]

Nicely done.

[@javierescuella2917]

Is this a CAOS reference ? 👀

[@soundsbysisa]

@@javierescuella2917 same

[@williamseneyjr.6277]

@@javierescuella2917 No, it's a line from American Psycho.

[@crushedcranium]

Does anyone else think it's sad that her "servants" received a worse fate than she did?

[@bloodymary7651]

No

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

Yup

[@Sam-mw4lh]

Why would anyone feel sad for a lowborn peasant?

[@bloodymary7651]

Sam 980 Exactly! They deserved it

[@brewtalityk]

yeah well didn't you listen? Elizabeth said it was their doing! She got a lighter punishment because she didn't do anything to stop it. lol

[@ignitionfrn2223]

0:40 - Chapter 1 - Beginnings 2:00 - Chapter 2 - A husband's influence 4:55 - Chapter 3 - Unfettered sadism 6:35 - Chapter 4 - The black widow 7:20 - Chapter 5 - Accomplices 11:35 - Chapter 6 - The gynaceum 15:55 - Chapter 7 - Confined

[@hayliedlr]

I'm glad you address the bathing in blood myth. That didn't surface until some years after her death. A favorite telling of Elizabeth to add to her gruesome cruelty.

[@gloriamontgomery6900]

I think that story surfaced some 200 years afterwards

[@australium7374]

@@gloriamontgomery6900 no accounts within a decade of her death point to such. Just a myth. Quite interesting

[@redadmiralofvalyria867]

@@australium7374 what's interesting to me is that what's worse the MYTH or the REALITY of her 🤔

[@NorthKoreaUncovered]

​@@redadmiralofvalyria867 I mean that's like asking whether it's worse to be hit by a Corvette or a Hummer, the end result is pretty much the same.

[@redadmiralofvalyria867]

@@NorthKoreaUncovered fair enough, if you ask me this is the rare moment in both time & history where that should STAY a myth(no one would want to know the truth to this bitch)

[@Miss_K3k97]

“By the age of ten she became a stunningly beautiful young lady.” *Hi, I’m Chris Hansen, why don’t you have a seat..?*

[@Absgail1]

Kekistani Goddess 😂😂😂

[@suicidalman4718]

You're a funny countess

[@B-MoreCity]

I'm dead. 😂🤣😂🤣😂😭💀⚰

[@ashaonnainnanet]

Copycat

[@qtaro-7097]

*I THOUGHT I HAD IT ALL TOGETHER*

[@mohammedyusufal-bakistani]

She and Ramsey Bolton are a match made in heaven!

[@gardenho173]

Or Micheal Bolton 😉

[@bovis9933]

More like a match made in hell

[@ilkkarautio2449]

Ramsay was always my favorite character, only one i can feel comfortable with. If Finland falls as a state and anarchy begins again in my lifetime, im going to take all i can from it.

[@MaryamKhan-el3rf]

or maybe joffrey

[@dearestgirl1]

I hope both, Ramsey and Roose get killed in sequels, they are really very disgusting human beings. They would really get along with Erzbet

[@Luboman411]

I'm also shocked that this story hasn't been made into a horror movie or two. We almost never see sadistic, evil, bloodthirsty women in horror movies. This seems like a great story for such a movie!

[@mikaellapineda9797]

There's a movie about Elizabeth Bathory entitled "Stay Alive" it was inspired by her story.

[@ethanayala9955]

There are a few but aren't really good. They don't portray her true life very well, and mainly focus on the folklore. Also, I don't think a single movie can portray her life accurately at all. (Even if the movie is 3 hours long.) Bathory's life was violent since she was a child (literally.) Only a series might do her justice. For a series to accurately portray her life, they would need to: 1. Get into her childhood and talk about the environment she grew up in. (This is what creates the villain that she becomes). 2. It would have to be a hardcore series. (No joke). In her real life she killed a crap ton of people in extremely depraved ways. The series would have to include on screen murders and tortures that would make you sick to your stomach. 3. State the influences of her husband and her closest servants on her sadistic fate. There were at least some. 4. State how the King and Thurzo owed her money, from her husband's time at war, and used her crimes as a way to clear the debt owed to her. (Yes, nobody arrested her andout of moral outrage, only political motivation. 1/2

[@ethanayala9955]

5. Show her ultimate demise and the trial that got her servants executed. And show how she tried to shift all the blame on her servants. 6. And finally her fate in a bricked up room. There is a-lot of other things that can be talked about too. You can see how one movie won't be able to accurately portray her life. The biggest obstacle for the series would be the extent of on screen brutality that can be shown. This is why it is probably hard for people to accurately portray her life today. But it would extremely likely be a huge hit in the homes of people. It would have a-lot of things people would want to see on TV. Like you stated. 2/2.

[@SpookyDarling]

there are quite a few, most recently one with Julie Delpy as Bathory. They're all very, very bad though, which is a shame, because this could be such an interesting political-horror-drama miniseries no doubt.

[@Evax814]

American horror story season 3 is kinda inspired by her story

[@vladodobleja748]

I'm a simple Romanian from Southern Romania.I see a Hungary video and I press like.Hello Western neighbours,peace and love!

[@zacharycollins9485]

Hello from Charleston, South Carolina! Peace and love to you all in the east! ✌️❤️

[@janetlieb2507]

Hello from ohio U S A! Blessings !!❤

[@balazsvarga1823]

This lady and Vlad Tepes: A much better love story than twilight!

[@TheHannibalTV]

Interesting stuff love the artwork.

[@schnarfschnarf5886]

Wow just got done , well halfway through a shoot on wcw for three hours and looked here

[@nicholasshade8679]

This is innteresting. I love history. I love the story because she was a serial killer. I love it because she was related to Vladimir Teppes. Vladimir Teppes was Count Dracula.💟

[@f50koenigg]

You should make love with Elizabeth bathory.

[@LegendarySpaceRipper]

Shame that we do not know whether she actually committed any crimes.

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

"By the age of 10 she had became a rather stunning, beautiful, lady." *THE FBI WOULD LIKE TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION*

[@AllYourPals]

Or you could sick the inquisition on them if they make it out of commoragh

[@Eminem12378]

"Ladies and gentlemen... we got him..."

[@celestebivin1659]

@Mr Meow it is obvious you don't know much about historical life. She would not have been looked at as a child. It was not uncommon for girls during her time, especially nobles, to get married at 12. They knew how to run a household and handle servants. Childhood did not last a long period back in her time. Only in recent history do people stay children for an increasingly long time. You can not judge history by our standards.

[@yerma6847]

@Mr Meow starting to sound like s sympathizer it will always be remembered for the fact of sheer atrocity it will always be

[@danielponder690]

"Have a seat Simon. What are you doing here?"; no this is a common way to word it, historians remarked how beautiful and stunning Henry VIII's legs were at aged 12 or so....

[@LoveNathasha]

Why is there a picture of Elizabeth the First at 9:58? o_O

[@Hidden-Kard]

True wth

[@jlmontgomery6283]

Ikr

[@chrisrus1965]

Wait: what are you saying about the 9'58 painting?

[@Liletter]

LoveNathasha, SIMON WHISTLER MESSED UP, MARK THIS DAY ON YOUR CALENDARS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS DAY AGAIN NEXT YEAR!

[@LoveNathasha]

chrisrus1965 It’s a painting of Queen Elizabeth I, not Elizabeth Bathory.

[@bondoly66]

Psychopathy and unbridled power is a bad combo.

[@th3azscorpio]

Always.

[@moonlily1]

The latter tends to cause the former.

[@jenniferirwin82]

Exactly!!!

[@lucas5665]

@@moonlily1 Not really, Psychopathy is something you're born with. "Power doesn't corrupt, it reveals"

[@moonlily1]

@@lucas5665 I've not read anything in my study of psychology that stated psychopathy is something you are born with.

[@Kod1akk]

The castle is creepy when you know what happened there And i have been there like 3 times

[@janetlieb2507]

Did you experience anything? She is supposed to haunt there. Tell us of your visit!🦇

[@Kod1akk]

@@janetlieb2507 well i haven't experienced anything paranormal ,i think that stuff starts to get creepy at night.

[@patriciaParsa]

I used to live in the vicinity. I’ve heard there are allegedly satanic groups having their rituals somewhere nearby, but don’t know if it’s true. Been there during the day and it seemed quite peaceful. I believe in night it’s a different place.

[@JugglernautNr9]

Do you know if they did any excavations around the castle? Did they find bones or skeletons that would indicate such crimes? And in the castle of sárvár there have been many cases as well, allegedly. Do you know anything about that?

[@Kod1akk]

@@JugglernautNr9 ummm i only remember a paranormal squad or whatever and they caught some activity i don't remember anything else

[@harmonetheanimationaddict4419]

*New servent girl shows up* Elizabeth: It's free real estate.

[@Henners1991]

Everyone's complaining about a painting of Elizabeth I (another lady with similar hair in dress of the same period). But not one comment complaining about a painting of 19th century soldiers being used to represent 16th century Turks?

[@beardedbjorn5520]

I just commented that. It looks like they’re using Mauser 71’s hahaha

[@ingriddubbel8468]

It's not the same period. Elizabeth Tudor was about 15 in that painting meaning it was the late 1540's. The Countess was murdering 55 to 60 years later.

[@ashleyschroeder9609]

@@ingriddubbel8468 that's true plus Queen Elizabeth died in 1603 or 1604.

[@edienandy]

I wondered about that. I didn’t know exactly the time period the painting came from but the soldiers’ clothes looked much too modern to be from the 1500s.

[@coreyfellows9420]

Hahaha

[@LungsOutJem]

I have to say, I've written books on historical "vampires," and your recounting of these incidents is the best I've ever heard. You and your researchers are spectacular.

[@drunkensailor112]

Written books without citing a single source like this video?

[@reaperbohlen]

This video is completely wrong, it's all fiction! I am Hungarian and I am aware of the history of my country. All you need to know is that the accusations against Bathory are considered false by historians and the whole process is a witch-hunt. Elizabeth Bathory managed her estates of hundreds of thousands of acres, supported Peregrine students studying abroad, and treated her serfs with great affection. Her letters, which are considered authentic, clearly show her to be a noblewoman of social sensitivity and devotion to God. She also practised medicine, and her castle was a hospital. It was probably the confiscation of her estates that was the reason for the false and conspiratorial accusations against her.

[@LungsOutJem]

@@reaperbohlen firstly, you're commenting on a 5 year old video. Newer information has come to light since this was made. Secondly, great claims require great evidence. Please cite your sources so we can all enjoy them.

[@reaperbohlen]

@@LungsOutJem I have nothing to prove, because innocence does not have to be proven, guilt has to be proven. Evidence obtained by torture is not admissible. If you have written a book about vampires, you should know that the legend of Elizabeth Bathory, from which her cult still exists today, was born in the 18th century, after László Thuróczi, a Jesuit monk, published his book* on the Kingdom of Hungary and its rulers in 1729. What is the title of your book and where can I buy it? *Ladislaus Thuróczi:Ungaria suis cum regibus compendio data, Tyrnaviae (Nagyszombat). 1729.

[@LungsOutJem]

@@reaperbohlen Thank you for the information. My book was published as The Weiser Field Guide to Vampires (2009), but the original was at least three times as large before my editors whittled it down. That's part of the reason it has such an extensive works cited section.

[@ToiYeuYAHWEH]

So the moral of the story is: NEVER marry your 1st cousins!!! :-o

[@JA17SBLVIIIMVP]

Don't tell me what to fucking do.

[@clairemcfadyen90]

Yes TOIYEUYAHWEH , Marrying 1st cousins cause's awful disease in children. The children are usually extremely low iq, lots of disabilities and disease ridden.

[@MrShalvayez]

@@clairemcfadyen90 Yeah, just look at the southern states...

[@jaimesaenz221]

@@MrShalvayez That's largely a myth though purposefully publicized anecdotes do exist. Thanks to DNA we now know EXACTLY what populations are most inbred. Guess what? They're not southern and most certainly not white. Lol.

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

More like don't have kids with your family members

[@KattMurr]

I first heard the name "Bathory" in the 90's, but it was the name of a Swedish Black Metal band. Since there was no Google back then, I was unaware of where the name came from. When I did learn years later, I found the story fascinating and fitting for the band..

[@456death654]

Cradle of filth did a concept album on Elizabeth named cruelty and the beast

[@Okbuddypal]

Venom also had a song about her that was also named after her on their second album Black Metal

[@stevenknotts1945]

​@@456death654 Yes!

[@charismw2319]

The way he talks, not just the accent, just the ups and downs of his voice is so soothing. I could watch these videos and his other channel all day. He also helps me relax at night to sleep. Keep making these videos

[@calvinware7957]

That image of Anna and Elizabeth is haunting.

[@bonniea8189]

It looks very modern too. That, and another modern-looking drawing, looked very out of place in this. Additionally, they used images of completely unrelated women (Elizabeth Tudor among others) and a 19th century painting of Turks in this video. Looks like the graphics team was rushed (or lazy).

[@NicoleM_radiantbaby]

I had to pause and rewind the bit about the man being sewn to a horse for stealing to make sure I heard you correctly. Wow, that's dark!

[@evearcana2392]

Nicole Mazza poor horse 😢

[@MrKosman123]

@@evearcana2392 it was a dead horse thankfuly

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

@@evearcana2392 poor man.

[@ahobimo732]

Criminal punishments in the medieval period were shockingly brutal.

[@hl8808]

Mark O humans are disgusting creatures

[@ParanormalEncyclopedia]

Interesting coincedence: her ancestor Stephen Bathory served and received lands from Vlad III aka Dracula

[@alextarot]

Why you think that is a coincidence. Possible it's very purposeful

[@bovrar2nd861]

@@alextarot hummmm... Perhaps it is more than a coincidence 🤔

[@alextarot]

@@bovrar2nd861 i literally said that 🙄

[@themanwithnonamecalledwyat7575]

@@bovrar2nd861 I agree is probably more than a coincidence

[@uiaa4055]

@Truth Seeking What kind of drugs are you on dude

[@tayoniscott3877]

That young girl picture is of Queen Elizabeth 1, Queen of England....

[@fwwilliamson]

Oops

[@hufflepufflez3293]

I was fucking confused too, that's a pretty famous portrait.

[@annscott3114]

straight away I thought, Wow if he can make such a glaring mistake as that (9.55, a young Elizabeth 1 ) what else is inaccurate!! still enjoyed it though.

[@rubybryant8039]

Yeah I saw lmao

[@saxglend9439]

Deliberate

[@springcady6589]

I really enjoyed this story.. My husband told me about the story years ago, but I've never seen an actual documentary on her.. Love your presentation and you have a great speaking voice as well.. I will definitely watch more!!!

[@JW-ix4bt]

There is some debate as to whether or not she actually committed the crimes she was accused of, or if she was in fact an innocent woman who was falsely accused by the king of Hungary who didn't want to pay back his debt. Supposedly, the king borrowed a large sum of money from Erzabet's husband and when her husband died she tried to get him to pay up. There is also no evidence for the donkey story, that she suffered from epilepsy, that she and her husband tortured servant girls, or even that she murdered anyone. All of the "witnesses" as well as her coconspirators were tortured prior to giving their testimonies and Thurzo also may have had ulterior motives. It is interesting to point out that the king's debt to the Bathory family was forgiven after her incarceration (from what I've heard).

[@kaylew108]

I've heard something like this before. It is an interesting thought, and if true is horrible. It shows the power of propaganda and what can be done by more powerful people

[@gingerkid1048]

Also her nephew was King of Transylvania who the Austro-Hungarians were scraping with but needed to help keep the Turks at bay. Lots of reasons to get rid of her...after her trial her sons in law ended up very wealthy.

[@madmax1717]

THat means everything Simon said is fake lol

[@lisakaz35]

Then why didn't her relatives stick up for her?

[@amandab5941]

Because her sons could inherit before she died if she was locked up. Also, no one had much love for a woman with as much power as she had.

[@wendymariespeener5865]

Now this is how you do a bio video. No loud music, no millions of cutaways and no unnecessary facts about the other players just to take forever to get back to the subject at hand. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💯💯💯💯Bravo!, I thoroughly enjoyed that.

[@BatJester]

Why do you have a painting of Queen Elizabeth of England? 9:54 thats is a painting Elizabeth had made for her father King Henry 8th before he died!!!!

[@JodesDaPhee]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who caught that.

[@BeeWhistler]

Dang, I thought that looked familiar... Yeah, that's pretty ridiculous.

[@Muffintop868]

I noticed that too.

[@ingriddubbel8468]

She had it commissioned to look studious. I believe it was a gift for her father's birthday.

[@MsJubjubbird]

yeah I was going to say. The outfit is all wrong for the period

[@janetlieb2507]

She got into trouble when she killed aristocratic young ladies🕷

[@devinpauze1899]

I found out recently after my grandmothers passing that I'm actually directed related to Elizabeth Bathory and she actually inherited that castle gifted to Bathory, but never actually did anything or accepted anything to do with it due to the history of what happened in that castle. Really interesting stuff!

[@BoundlessEyes]

That is really interesting! Are there other unsavoury types in your family tree that you know of? I always wondered whether Bathory was a psychopath born or made. Other notable sadists in your family tree would lend weight to the genetic argument. (No judgement here, btw, my great grandfather on the American side was an incestuous child molester. My ex boyfriend was a lovely German man whose late grandfather was a Nazi in the SS - never spoke a word about it after the war, found his documents in a box in the attic after his death, apparently.)

[@BorderPrince8]

Devin Pauzé Lol join the club kiddo, Im supposed to be distantly related to big daddy Stalin

[@sodapop83]

sure, jen..

[@impofstpete727]

Doubtful. The castle is little more than a ruin now. Not to mention the distance of generations would be next to impossible to prove. In fact, the Mormon church has said that there is great difficulty proving lineage before 1600. The records are scant and unless you in personal possession of the documents it's highly unlikely.

[@Aj-me8mo]

LIAR. You lie!

[@Sarahcha_93]

I'd like to point something out. The painting that is shown at around 9:54 is a painting of Queen Elizabeth I of England and NOT Elizabeth Bathory. It's a very famous painting, I'm surprised you'd make that mistake :P

[@jonijohnson3487]

RobinHood

[@GeraltofRizziaa]

It’s seems to be pretty common to mix up the two. I don’t see why, since the only thing they have in common is they’re both named Elizabeth.

[@trudysloan]

Seen that too, I was confused as to why they would have that photo in this video xx

[@heathermackintosh5849]

Yep saw this and was like WOW!! Lol Not accurate.

[@charlottsie2187]

I was about to comment that too!

[@donblack1571]

The original Mad Queen.

[@noemiv.6954]

The original mad and fake history for Erzsébet. She's name is not Elisabeth Bathory, she's name is Báthory Erzsébet.

[@sirmiles1820]

LMAO. you funny

[@noemiv.6954]

@@sirmiles1820 Ez van. Legalább az eredeti neve legyen tisztelve, nem volt angol neve. Vagy...nem Nicolas Cage, hanem Ketrec Miklós. Amelyik nemzet nem tiszteli még a nevet sem, annak én sem tisztelem.

[@anonimniprofil3816]

She wasn't queen of anything.

[@xxoesxx6166]

Lmao she be like "off with your heads!!" In her own way

[@MatthewFraser1]

One of the best channels on KZbin. Please don't stop making these. I'd watch a biographic on literally anybody in this format

[@balazsbelecz2689]

Hi! I'm from Hungary. I see your point of view and it is hard to deny that owing to the legends, we might think that the "Blood Countess" made a lot of terrible things, but according to some researches of Hungarian historians Elizabeth Báthory wasn't insane and she was just the victim of a show trial. This is based on the facts that for example the countess had no interrogation, which was actually unfair according to the Peace Treaty of Vienna of 1606, and her servants were killed right after their interrogation. Maybe György Thurzó wanted to weaken the Báthory-dynasty or the countess' son-in-law wanted to get the lands of Elizabeth. Otherwise I really liked your video and I think it's really informative. Thank you!

[@zsofiabotos1474]

OMG! What a smart opinion !!!

[@csak49]

Thank you, I was about to point out these aspects of her story, right before I found your comment.

[@jwhyte67]

As I stated on another comment, reality is probably somewhere in between. There is little doubt that there is some exaggeration to the stories but over 300 people testified against her (only the coconspirators were tortured into confessing) and literally none of her family came to her defense. So yes, there was probably some ulterior motives at play but to assume she was some innocent angel who was solely victimized is ahistorical pap.

[@guibox3]

Unlike most of charges of witchcraft, sodomy, heresy and devil worship leveled by the church that was done simply on word and false witnesses alone to be even remotely believable, I think there was more than enough direct evidence linking her to exactly what this video says. This is given even more credence considering that it wasn't done by the church and nobody had an axe to grind against her politically. Actually, she was clearly more of a cash cow for everyone.

[@balazsbelecz2689]

@@jwhyte67 Yeah, I wouldn't say that she was an innocent angel, simply history was/is always cruel for women if we consider the examples how the men tried to hold back any of the possible historical women.( I'm not a feminist or something like that, but those were other times. By the way I wouldn't have thought that my comment could get any replies as it was simply a task in my class to comment under this video so I didn't mean to trigger anybody. But I'm delighted that it was thought-provoking for some people.)

[@caoimheb6838]

I discovered this channel today and literally have not stopped watching! I’ve heard of many of these people before, but it’s good to hear the interesting facts, while disregarding the myths! You have the best story-telling style, and this is definitely getting me through lockdown!😂

[@skorpionmajor9386]

Imagine if Elizabeth and Vlad Dracula were married

[@MrAnticlimate]

@Zak Jansen - Sources?

[@daisydove3336]

Their child would be named damian

[@novato455]

Despite how cruel he could be, Vlad became something akin to a hero for his people then and today, this woman? Well it didnt happen.

[@alexandracenuse8762]

Well Vlad Dracula(if we assume you talk about Vlad the Impaler and not his father)was only murderous towards thieves and ottomans. If you talk about his father tho,I don't really have much information about him so idk

[@tylerdurden3722]

The Dracula version is told by Germans. The Romanian version sees him as a hero. Vlad's method of cruelty was mostly psychological towards enemies. The Ottoman Empire was a superpower who was busy conquering the Balkans. Vlad knew he couldn't take on the Ottomans directly so he used every trick he could. Guerilla warfare, scorched Earth, etc. Including psychological warfare. That is, he impaled 10's of thousands of Ottoman soldiers in locations he knew the Ottoman army would march past, in hopes of demoralizing the Ottoman army. Those tactics were effective. Vlad once dressed up as an Ottoman and took a strole in the enemy's camp to identify the Sultan's tent. (He was raised as a hostage under the Sultan. So he could speak the language fluently). Later he returned with soldiers for a night raid, all dressed as Ottoman soldiers, to assassinate the Sultan. The Sultan was in a different tent at that time. He escaped with most of his men. The Ottomans continued to slaughter each other until morning in confusion. Hence why Vlad was seen as a hero. At one point, the Saxons (German people) in Transylvania rebelled, led by Vlad's brother, who was a pretender to Vlad's. He used the same tactics on them. Thus, "Vlad Dracula" was born as a kind of propaganda war amongst the Germans in Eastern Europe and Austria. Leaflets like these were distributed. Dracula is based on such leaflets. But he did do some weird things. Like inviting all the beggars to a grand feast and burning the building with them in it.

[@uss_04]

More like “Blood Bath”ory

[@Janovjev]

bah'toe-ree is the proper pronunciation, making the pun redundant.

[@christineparis5607]

@@Janovjev Killjoy.

[@christineparis5607]

Good one, bro.😁

[@surlygirly1926]

Janovyev: US was simply making a play on words with the pronunciation given by this vid ... and a good'un it was. 😄

[@j0nnyism]

Hes pretty close. Hes butchered names in a far worse manner before

[@jamesburke3413]

Thank you for covering Elizabeth Bathory. Until I saw your video I only knew bits and pieces about her. Keep up the great work.

[@davidroberts5577]

I'm so glad I discovered your channels, I find your presentations absolutely awesome...Your delivery and the knowledge that you share is truly amazing.

[@TheDarkChaplain]

It'd have been interesting to make note of Thurzo's words about her "never reappearing in this world again" not actually holding up, as she ended up the inspiration for the proto-vampire Carmilla, as written by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, which carried her legacy further up the ladder of history than anyone would've expected.

[@chadvogel3594]

This has to be the most sadistic person that ever existed.

[@cindyistheshiz]

chad vogel pretty close. Look up Gil de rais. MAJOR sicko!!!

[@overdrive7349]

@@cindyistheshiz Killer of babies? Oh yes.

[@moonyasnow36]

10:00 just wondering why you used a picture of Elizabeth I there

[@mikeroger1334]

Is that the I have autism hat?

[@moonyasnow36]

@@mikeroger1334 Yup, it is!

[@vanessabrockman379]

The book mention that Elizabeth Bathory wanted to look like Queen Elizabeth in her pictures

[@chriscueva1866]

So this is where the Black Metal band Bathory got their name? Dope.

[@abigailsaoirsefinnegan]

Chris Cueva that and the Venom song. Stay metal.

[@outis439-A]

Metal sanctuary here I see...

[@williamdeloach8613]

Quorthon repeatedly claimed that he didn’t take the name from the venom song, but he did

[@ryankellas1349]

@@williamdeloach8613 ummmm what? Pretty sure you're wrong there buddy

[@ryankellas1349]

Too bad for him, she's innocent lol

[@JukeBoxDestroyer]

when I was 18 I thought it a great idea to get the signatures of Elizabeth Bathory and Gilles de Rais tattood on the sides of my head, now age 47, not such a great idea after all.

[@katnero8]

text is one of the easier tattoos to cover up! you might be able to get a tattoo over it so you can avoid having a tattoo you dislike or resorting to laser♡

[@FairyFarron]

Damn even old blue beard huh, not many people know of what he did nowadays

[@Aj-me8mo]

Ohhh edgy girl so edgy.

[@starvingbuddha7622]

@@FairyFarron ahhh bluebeard and his litanies to satan... good times!

[@datalondojones7969]

I am surprised that Netflix hasn't done a series about her yet, that would be dope!

[@tovarishchfeixiao]

Nah, better if they don't. netflix very likely would make her to be a black skinned lesbian nowadays.

[@yes3293]

@@tovarishchfeixiao Can't wait for the backlash Niggaflix received for portraying black people in bad way

[@artaddict4214]

Wow! Thank you for making this video. I have never heard this woman's story told with so much description. I have always been fascinated by this story and I have to say you did an amazing job.

[@ethanayala9955]

Her story is unfortunately sometimes told from the folklore perspective. Her real story is darker than you can even imagine.

[@waterytime]

9:58 is a painting of Elizabeth the 1 of England when she was younger

[@smalllady1596]

I know Queen Elizabeth was dead when this happened...

[@chrisrus1965]

Oooooppppssss.....!

[@arupian666]

noooooo... surely he hasn't fucked something up in one of his videos ???????? Shocker.

[@snafutari8799]

Quorthon would love this...

[@kendoweeb2766]

Robert Blackowicz Hell yeah! Was looking for someone commenting about the band down here. 🤘

[@snafutari8799]

@@kendoweeb2766 honestly, I'm surprised there weren't more comments about Bathory. \m/

[@savagedarksider5934]

The Joker will love her.

[@michaelbatts5655]

Under The Sign Of The Black Mark! Ha ha!

[@benoitbvg2888]

RIP Quorthon 🤘

[@Peyton1218]

"The penalty for torture... TORTURE."

[@arschleckerify]

I have been on her castle last weekend and it’s a stunningly well formed hill castle that unfortunately burned down because of lightning strikes, I hope Slovakia is gonna restore the castle to the previous shape

[@dandalcais5887]

Unbelievable ... as in, impossible to believe. So some accounts come from priests who Bathory asked to perform religious funerals for her victims ??? Odd. And Bathory was so wealthy that the ruling Hapsburg's were in her debt ... seems like motivation for them to destroy her. The King of France and the Pope cleared their insurmountable debts to the Knights Templar by roasting alive (not burning) their Grand Masters. By comparison, the gentle Hapsburgs merely imprisoned and vilified Bathory.

[@ulverup]

@@Avatrass by research you mean delve into wacky conspiracy theories made up by internet detectives? no credible historian believes she was framed.

[@ingriddubbel8468]

@@Avatrass , the research is correct. You, sadly, read some revisionist history nonsense and choose to believe it. There were too many people involved for this to be a conspiracy to control a powerful woman.

[@ingriddubbel8468]

@@Avatrass , the research is correct. You, sadly, read some revisionist history nonsense and choose to believe it. There were too many people involved for this to be a conspiracy to control a powerful woman.

[@matincatrat]

The conspiracy theory unravels as soon as you look at how important her family's legacy would have been to everyone associated to the family. Seriously, try to frame it from the perspective of any other noble woman: she becomes widowed, so all of her children and associates plot together to invent some story about how she's a serial killer the likes of which her people had never seen? To take her stuff? That they had access to anyway? No, the reality is that she had only been allowed to carry on with her behaviors for as long as she did because everyone turned a blind eye due to her status. Even the trial was kept as minor and shushed as possible while still giving some consolation to the countless families who lost children. It was in everyone's best interest for Erzabet Bathory to be a good mother and pillar of the community, and the last thing anybody wanted was for her to be put in a cell. To say that her own family wanted to get rid of her in an organized coup is insane.

[@MrRedsjack]

Historians~ Few hundreds witnesses, plenty of confessions, scores of dead bodies with torture marks around the castle, even despised by her family, friends and local priests. Investigators caught her in the act or just after it, she had a large torture chamber which was still covered in fresh blood when finally arrested. ~ internet idiots and a couple of feminists She was framed for a debt that she owned from the crown. If you want to frame someone for murder, especially as a king you don't really need to make someone into super Hannibal Lechter the return 2 electric bogaloo.

[@wilk4093]

Currently binge watching this channel. Recently discovered it and I love it 😍

[@presence9745]

experienced terror at a young age yet i found myself strangely attracted to it because i felt that it was the purest form of spirituality...Aleister Crowley

[@YourPeepingTom]

Elizabeth, while watching people be tortured- "im not like other girls hehe"

[@bonniehudson193]

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. I LISTEN TO YOU OFTEN. I APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME YOU HAVE SPENT GATHERING THE INFORMATION IN YOUR VIDEOS. You are entertaining and the research you put together keeps me listening to you. I know a lot about many of the subjects and people you choose but what is so impressive to me is that I can almost guarantee you will share things about someone or something I hadn’t ever heard about I think your channel is fantastic and I think you are an entertaining narrator. I never get bored listening to you nor do I start to think of other things because, like so many, you NEVER SOUND MONOTONOUS OR DULL. Thank you for your time and energy you put into your videos. It is impressive how you are able to put together just the right pieces of information to tell an entire story. You do this quite well. There is one last thing I would like to say to the people who comment... This is something I am going to add to all my replies from now on. It gets so sad when I see people work so hard putting entertaining videos together just to be knocked down and most of the time, for NO REASON, people just want to be nasty because their lives are not going well so they have to try and bring others down too. It would be very interesting to those who critique people’s videos negatively create their own channel. I know from my own experiences in the entertainment business how difficult and draining filming of any sort can be. I don’t think negative people understand what is involved in creating a channel and branding the channel. People need to understand a person creating a channel has to find the right subject and research, something to catch a whole lot of people’s attention and interest to keep people keep coming back. The information has to be read and broke down which could mean thousands of documents and pages need to be reviewed. Once all the research has been read a decision needs to be made of what information to share. This decision not only must be entertaining but, only a very small amount of those possible thousands of pages of information can be used while still being able to give viewers the entire story. Also, the right pictures need to be found or illustrated by hand which must resemble every episode, a style people recognize. Filming which more often that not, follows overuse of vocal cords due to take after take, many times, over in order to keep continuity and remain the same with every episode. Finally, cutting and editing while as I said keeping an original motif, keeping a similar appearance, form, characteristic. A channel needs to have just the right look and sound that scream “unique, enthralling,” creativity which will engross and captivate a viewer and a channel that does not have an appearance of another, not like anything or anyone else. This in of itself can be fatiguing, especially always maintaining a format people recognize as a particular individual and channel. So people, before you have something negative or just want to be a SMARTY PANTS, why don’t you create your own channel and do it so well that you have thousands or millions “following” and “liking” you, then come back and write your rude comments. I guarantee you won’t. The world needs to stick together and help each other out. Support people, there is good and bad in everything. It is just as easy to point out the positives and if you are pointing out errors to help a person or giving constructive criticism try doing it in a tactful manner. Try changing your thought process, look for all the good points in people’s channels, write those comments and ignore the things you don’t like or just don’t watch that certain channel. Your lives will drastically change for the best by thinking this way, for this I can honestly tell you because I have seen it many times. TRY SEEING ALL OF THE POSITIVES IN EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING AND WATCH YOUR LIFE CHANGE FOR THE BEST. Take care everyone and have beautiful days. I hope everyone can take this thought and just try it for 1 month, only say and write positive words so that is all your brain sees and hears. It is a fact that your brain will physically change for the best too!!! You will be very surprised and so will everyone around you. Things will start going your way. P.S. Forgive me for any errors for I am so tired I could barely keep my eyes open and cannot write or edit another word. .

[@Biographics]

Thank you for the kind words and for your appreciation of our work. It means a lot.

[@BalkanRedneck]

17:05 that's not Bathory's tombstone. It the tombstone of a Bulgarian national hero named Hadji Dimitar. The inscription reads "Here rests H. Dimitar, from the town of Sliven (ineligable) He who dies in the struggle for freedom, does not die"

[@prapanthebachelorette6803]

Thanks for correction

[@RevAmbient]

Forgot to mention that she was an idol pop star in her younger days. good video still.

[@BeeWhistler]

o.O

[@pariyarashidi3011]

Fate

[@mfwiloseintouhoubossfights9305]

A loud one at that

[@Menddoxs]

All her variants are welfare servants except singer Liz..... and adult liz

[@jackhammertwo1]

And i happen to have four versions of her, Yes That includes the adult version

[@reneeparent1596]

I DID enjoy it! I never heard so many details about Bathory before. That's why I love these videos. Keep on keeping on, Simon.

[@KBallelli]

Always so well done. I enjoy all of your videos. I think if history were taught more like this in school, people would have a better outlook on it.

[@wendychavez5348]

I actually did enjoy that video. I had thought I knew a lot about Countess Bathory, but you went into so much more detail about everything than I'd ever heard before.

[@davidjmrussell5497]

I watch all your vids. Excellent. The timing is great too. Around 2i0 minutes. I usually listen whilst doing my 20minute workout on my rowing machine.

[@Starae336]

Awesome Bathory bio thank you! Heaps of new facts I didn’t know about, most others just repeat the same old stuff.

[@Lakota828]

I'm disappointed that the only focus of her story is the "urban legend" aspect of Bathory's life. No mention of how Thurzo benefitted greatly from painting her as a villainous murderess in order to get her claims and fortune. Also, all "testimonies" were given under torture, which is inadmissible. Did she do such things? I'm not sure. However, to only paint one story is highly disappointing and not at all accurate to the full story.

[@arxsyn]

Lakota828 She had legitimate children with her husband though. So she had heirs to her fortune and properties

[@Lakota828]

@@arxsyn and? Thurzo still took them all. She had to send her kids away for their safety.

[@veryberry39]

Well, they couldn't even be bothered to research enough to use the right paintings, so I can't say I'm surprised. On the other hand, I'm glad I only needed to watch one video to know this series is trash!

[@caitthecat]

@@arxsyn All girls whose husbands received any wealth on her death

[@arxsyn]

Rensie Niltiac ? I don't know what you mean? are you talking about dowry or inheritance rights? You'd be surprised, a woman's whose husband does becomes a charge to her male relatives, she might not have any inheritance rights whatever from her deceased husband

[@Ciesiam]

This was very nice history lesson. What I appreciate from this is separating fact from fiction. It’s so hard to believe people like this exist.

[@FilbertoNecesitaAyuda]

Because, she was innocent hahahha

[@dafnedimarco]

I love to watch your viudeos, what about making one on Lucrezia Borgia?

[@ethanayala9955]

I have heard her name before. Isn't her story not proven to be true. But has similarities to the Bathory story?

[@idontgiveafaboutyou]

Ethan Ayala yeah but she was an interesting historical figure

[@gloriamontgomery6900]

Yes! Great idea!

[@gloriamontgomery6900]

@@ethanayala9955 Lucrezia Borgia was reputed to be a poisoner, but it is likely that that is just a legend. She was more “sinned against than sinning”. All one has to do is look at her marriages. The first one was arranged by her father, Pope Alexander VI, for political reasons. When the political climate changed, Alexander insisted that the marriage be annulled. Her second marriage ended when her brother murdered her husband for reasons that have never been clear. Her third marriage was also political and lasted until her early death after giving birth to her eighth child. She was 38

[@marshmallowdiptaco]

FYI - at 17:05 that is NOT her tombstone. It's a tombstone of a Bulgarian man. You can even see the Cyrillic alphabet, which is not used in Hungary. Whoever edited this video is an ignoramus

[@LeglessWonder]

Are you trying to insinuate that Elizabeth Bathory was not a Bulgarian man?

[@Britton_Thompson]

*Fun Fact:* Elizabeth Bathory was successfully resurrected in the late 20th century, where she has enjoyed a second lifetime as an over-used inspiration for Scandinavian metal bands with no original song ideas of their own (Seriously, there have been waaaay too many songs written about Elizabeth Bathory by now)

[@audreypoupeau3623]

Surely, but the song trilogy "Elizabeth" by Kamelot is absolutely awesome❤

[@benmitchell1747]

9:54 That's Elizabeth I of England, not Elizabeth Bathory.

[@danamartin660]

I realize u posted a portrait of Elizabeth Tudor I of England in her youth???

[@drevalynn]

I really enjoy your videos. Wish the recordings were done at a higher volume.

[@maccurtis730]

She may not be a Vampire but she did work with Evil Witches.

[@justsmashing4628]

Mr Whistler is Attenborough for the 21st Century. A compliment indeed.

[@crunkmachine]

Your videos are the best thing on the internet.

[@vaughnslavin9784]

You are an awesome story teller. Thank you!

[@izzygonzo]

Fun video, however the portrait used in 10:05 is Elizabeth Tudor of England not Elizabeth Bathory

[@l3ete1geuse]

One of the portraits in your video is Elizabeth I Tudor of England.

[@Twitch_Moderator]

Great history overview and narration of her creepy life 👍

[@Velo1010]

A horrific person she was. I can think about how we are seeing these inhumane acts of torture on lives in today’s times that we haven’t come too far in humanity.

[@princessolmeca2933]

Woman of dark desires Woman of eternal beauty Woman of dark desires Elizabeth Bathory!

[@nathanlong8295]

Erm erm....WAAAAKAAAaaAaa!!!

[@RandomNorwegianGuy.]

Bathory is a great black metal band

[@ivanaj.28]

Love the song, love the band :D

[@field952]

Bathory and Marduk

[@TitanHammer1776]

Don't forget, Venom did it first. ;)

[@adellemery3336]

I hope I'm wrong, but isn't the portrait at 9:54 of Elizabeth I, queen of England, instead of the monstrous woman discussed in this video?

[@mikebordewick9003]

The movie “Stay Alive” is based on Elisabeth Bathory and is a pretty good movie.

[@michealohaodha9351]

She got off too lightly - the privileges of rank. One code for the rich/ nobles, quite another for the rest of us

[@datareject]

And then Type Moon made her into a lizard

[@emmadentler5089]

Not only was there the picture of Elizabeth the first but the picture at 1:57 is not Elizabeth Bathory. It is a portrait of Lucrezia Panciatichi.

[@fahrudincatovic8133]

"...And so it came to pass that the Countess, who once bathed in the rejuvenating blood of a hundred virgins, was buried alive... And her castle in which so many cruel deeds took place fell rapidly into ruin. Rising over the buried dungeons in that god-forsaken wilderness, a solitary tower, like some monument to Evil, is all that remains. The Countess' fortune was believed to be divided among the clergy, although some say that more remains unfound, still buried alongside the rotting skulls that bear mute witness to the inhumanity of the human creature."

[@catharinaventer1232]

Mhh, make sure your pictures are related to the Video...there is a pic of Elizabeth the 1st in the mix

[@EmptyShaft]

Love your work Simon! Keep it up :)

[@jozefmasny8349]

Great content, you did your homework! Here in Slovakia you can visit Castle of Čachtice (former Csejte), I highly recommend, if you like scary places. The castle lives on Bathory and her story.

[@tykekai3555]

On the plus side this made for excellent musical material for Venom.

[@valmonbmw]

The toombstone from from 17:10 belongs to a bulgarian soldier Dimitar from the city of Sliven and he died in the bulgarian liberation wars. Great content btw and one of my favorite channels :)

[@AllenHanPR]

You don't know creepy until you actually walked in one of these castles.

[@aladynamedSusan]

Please tell me about it😩

[@RyanVonAegir]

Don't forget, she also became an idol and she is a bad singer.

[@earthboundgod95]

ahd don't forget she really likes halloween, too

[@rolandocastro7816]

Well found the FGO player

[@jmspikey]

It's become a hobby to my to just scroll through the comments of historical documentaries and see how long a Fate comment pops up you my friend did not disappoint.

[@TLOGN]

Not a bad singer, just need to polish her technique

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

Ahh, I see you're a fellow weeb of culture as well.

[@lunchboxbailey]

Nice to see you picking this lady up for your show! I just watched an episode of Lore on Amazon where she was the subject. Nice to see a more factual interpretation- as Lore definitely went to the dark side and showed some of the rumored ideas you spoke of.

[@Batmans_Pet_Goldfish]

"By the age of 10 she had become a rather stunningly beautiful young lady..." And an idol too.

[@natsumie.williams3931]

Batman's Pet Goldfish and later became a witch,a knight,a mecha and a phantom thief

[@Noobmasterdp]

How's she an idol?

[@kentuckyfriedass6272]

I Love DA Games I think it’s a fate grand order reference

[@Pun291]

@@kentuckyfriedass6272 indeed it is

[@purgal5250]

Wasn't the portrait used at 10 minutes of Elizabeth Tudor?!

[@serioussandvich5309]

The idea of a vampiric Elizabeth Bathory rising from the grave to continue her dark indulgences gives me chills.

[@purgefilms1116]

Do you believe in vampires ?

[@MochiiBunniie]

Any FGO fans? *Currently trying to summon Gil. Merry Christmas everyone 😊*

[@leventetoth3714]

FGO?

[@bengi8907]

@@leventetoth3714 Fate: Grand Order.

[@spikeriordan]

do one on the marquis de sade

[@sleepysartorialist]

Always been a fascinatingly horrible character. Thanks for delving more deeply into who she was. Just makes her even more horrifying but I learned a lot!

[@Ushisim]

FGO: "I'll just ignore all that. Cute loli idol"

[@pyrrhusofepirus8491]

Jesus Christ, ah yes, a women who jammed needles under the fingernails of young servant girls, that’s cute loli material right there,

[@think849]

Excellent work! This was fascinating. I've always found Elizabeth Bathory interesting,. Well done!