Vampires Through the Ages by Brian Righi

Author:Brian Righi
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: dead, blood, bloodsucking, dracula, lestat, children of the night, anne rice, energy, psychic vampire, monster, fangs, protection, myth, mythical, vampire, history
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Published: 2011-11-08T16:00:00+00:00

Bloody Countess

When my men entered Csejthe Manor, they found a girl dead in the house; another followed in death as a result of many wounds and agonies. In addition to this, there was also a wounded and tortured woman there; the other victims were kept hidden away where this damned woman prepared these future martyrs.

—letter from györgy thurzó to his wife (december 30, 1610), as quoted in kimberly l. craft, infamous lady: the true story of countess erzsébet báthory

The company of men made their way grimly through the darkness wrapped against the winter cold in heavy woolen cloaks. Their leader, Lord György Thurzó, the Palatine of Hungary, paused for a moment as the silent troop continued to file by. Peering through the lightly falling snow to the mountain slopes above, the dark shape of an imposing castle perched like a dangerous beast threatening to devour them. Yet for Lord Thurzó and his men, what waited for them behind those ancient walls that night would be something they would never forget.

When the men finally reached the castle’s massive wooden doors, they were surprised to find them open and unguarded. Creeping inside the smoky, torchlit hall, they spied the body of a young servant girl lying in a pool of her own blood.

One of the men moved forward and examined the corpse. “She is from the castle, my lord,” he whispered. “It looks as if she has been stabbed and beaten many times.”

The men hurriedly discarded their cloaks and drew their swords.

“I want every inch of this damned castle searched,” Thurzó growled. “But most importantly, I want the countess.”

As the men advanced farther into the castle, what followed was a confusing nightmare of horrid sights and sounds. Two more unfortunate women were found tortured and discarded: one long past help while the other clung weakly to life with shallow, ragged breaths. Thurzó stopped long enough to order two of his men to carry the survivor back down the mountain to the village below while the rest continued onward. Deeper into the castle’s depths the men were halted by anguished screams coming from behind a bolted door. Bursting through the wooden barrier, they were shocked by the sight of three old women and a disfigured boy gleefully stabbing to death a young naked girl stretched on a table. In one corner of the chamber another small girl huddled with her head in her hands awaiting the same fate. Rushing forward, the men quickly arrested the murderous foursome and bound them with heavy ropes.

Continuing through the hellish chambers, the armed men came upon still more dead girls all bearing the marks of torture. When they finally chanced upon the door of the countess’s private chambers, even the most hardened among them hesitated. Then, making the sign of the cross as if to protect himself from the evil that waited within, Lord Thurzó stepped forward and kicked in the door.

Rising from an overstuffed chair, the richly clad visage of Countess Erzsébet Báthory came into view, cast by the hellish glow of the fireplace behind her.

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