Let’s visit Elizabeth Bathory’s Castle aka the home of The Blood Countess ‍♀

One of the famous castles in Slovakia is Čachtice Castle which was Elizabeth Bathory’s fortress of horrors. 

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She is also known as the Blood Countess who was found guilty of unaliving as many as 650 young women in her dungeons.

According to legend, she bathed in their blood for eternal youth and even drank from their veins making her one of the earliest recorded female vampires. She was later arrested and permanently imprisoned at Čachtice Castle.

There are others who believe that Elizabeth Bathory was innocent and actually a victim of a witch hunt and political conspiracy.

Elizabeth was a woman of power in a patriarchal society who owned considerable lands and was extremely wealthy following her husband’s death.  

So, she was not only a political enemy of Hungarian nobles but also the powerful Habsburg empire.

It’s eerie how much this story echoes the Salem Witch Trials of Massachusetts where accusations were made on innocent people to secure their land.

We will never know the true story but you can visit this castle with just a short train journey from Bratislava and is the perfect day trip for lovers of horror, vampires, and dark tourism.

Filmed by me and my iPhone 13 Pro Max
Thanks for the music: “In the Shadows” by Ivan Duch    • In the Shadows | Royalty Free Vampire...  

‍I have a detailed guide to this magical destination that you can read on my blog thirdeyetraveller.com

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