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21st August 1614, death of Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Báthory, while imprisoned in Čachtice Castle in modern day Slovakia. Three years previously Báthory was tried for the torture, murder and mutilation of hundreds of girls and young woman between 1590 and 1609. Due to this reputation, her body was moved after her burial on the 25th November, after the local villagers rose in anger at having her buried in their cemetery. It is thought that her body was then moved to her family crypt in Csejte. However the church and the castle do not bear any grave markers alluding to her tomb, whose location is now unknown. You are invited to follow @ofgrave.concern for more dark tales of history, and inspired macabre art. See also this week's History Fantasy Dinner where Elizabeth Bathory is a guest. @ofgrave.concern @historymagpie #elizabethbathory #elizabethbáthory #serialkillers #serialkiller #murderesses #transylvania #hungarianhistory #cachtice #cachticecastle #vampiress #bathinginblood #darkhistory #gothictales #macabre #macabrehistory #16thcentury #16thcenturyhistory #grusome #gruesome #gruesomehistory #historystory #historicaltales #historicalstory https://www.instagram.com/p/CSzWrZOntMG/?utm_medium=tumblr

7th August 1560, birth of Hungarian countess Elizabeth Báthory, claimed to have ordered the torture, murder and mutilation of hundreds of girls and young woman between 1590 and 1609. The actual number is unknown, however one witness claimed to have seen the number of victims recorded in Bathory’s own handwriting as 650. Found guilty at her trial. It was believed that her public execution would bring disgrace to Transylvania, Instead she was immured in a windowless room in Čachtice Castle, dying four years later. Later folklore involves the stories of her bathing in the murdered girl's blood, although this was never claimed during her trial. Although the drinking of blood (especially the blood of those executed) was thought to transfer their energy and spirit, the legend of Elizabeth Báthory’s blood bathing may have originated with her epilepsy, and the common treatment of the period; in which blood from a non epilepsy sufferer was rubbed onto the lips, alongside pieces of skull. Bottles shown are handmade from casts taken from actual 18th and 19th century medical bottles with original artwork inspired by actual macabre historial medicines. They can be found for sale at www.ofgraveconcern.com/apothecarybottlesandjars You are invited to follow @ofgrave.concern for more dark tales of history, and inspired macabre art. #elizabethbathory #elizabethbáthory #serialkillers #serialkiller #murderesses #transylvania #hungarianhistory #cachtice #cachticecastle #vampiress #bathinginblood #darkhistory #gothictales #macabre #macabrehistory #16thcentury #16thcenturyhistory #grusome #gruesome #gruesomehistory #historystory #historicaltales #historicalstory #medicinebottle #ceramicarts #historyofmedicine #medicinehistory #folkmedicine #bottleart #bottleartwork https://www.instagram.com/p/CSR3fCXnoML/?utm_medium=tumblr

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