You are listening to The Evidence Locker.

Our cases have been researched using open source and archive materials.

It deals with true crimes and real people.

Some parts of graphic in nature and listener discretion is advised.

Each episode is produced with the utmost respect to the victims, their families, and loved

ones.

The pale count has stood at a window in the tower of a Gothic castle, perched on top

of a hill in the Transylvanian countryside.

With her raven black hair pulled up into a graceful bun, she looked fierce as she stared

out at the rolling hills of the little Carpathians.

The year was 1604, and her husband had just passed away, making her the wealthiest woman

in all of Hungary.

She owned a string of castles, ruled over many villages, and even loaned the king some

of her wealth.

Is the years past, and the countess is beauty-fated, local peasants grew increasingly wary of

going to shade the castle.

Stories of unimaginable cruelty began to surface, describing incidents of torture, black magic,

and cannibalism.

Perhaps the most frightening story of all was that she tortured young girls, had her servants

collect their blood and pales, and then bathed in it.

She believed that by dousing herself in the blood of virgins, she could preserve her

own beauty.

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