Was Elizabeth Bathory a psychopath?

Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Báthory was responsible for the torture and deaths of countless peasant girls in the early 1600s. How did she get ... The torture and murder was done largely for Báthory's pleasure, and some scholars believe she was a sexual sadist in addition to a psychopath. read more

Such was the case of Erzsébet “Elizabeth” Báthory, a late-16th-century Hungarian countess — and the most prolific female serial killer in history, whose murderous reign historians are still trying to make sense of today. read more

Elizabeth Bathory Born 1550 Nyirbator, Kingdom of Hungary Died 1614 (age 54) Csejte, Kingdom of Hungary Victims Bathory would lure adolescent daughters of local peasants with the promise of working in her castle, she then started kidnapping young women from higher social status. read more