Bonus Patreon Upcycle - Elizabeth Báthory: The Blood Countess

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🗓️ 2 January 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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As RedHanded takes a festive pause, we've picked two of our favourite Patreon Bonus episodes from 2024. To get a full-length, bonus episode of RedHanded every month – plus weekly video episodes of Under the Duvet and much more besides – head to Patreon.com/redhanded and sign up. Or, head to patreon.com/redhanded/gift to buy a membership for someone else!

For our second upcycle, we dive into the dark and twisted tale of Elizabeth Báthory: Hungary’s infamous ‘Blood Countess’. Was she, as the spooky stories claim, a sadistic vampiress who sacrificed virgins in her quest for eternal youth? Or could she have been an innocent victim of a medieval smear campaign?

Join us as we unravel the truth behind the eerie myths surrounding one of history’s most bloodthirsty figures.

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0:00.0	Wondry Plus subscribers can listen to RedHounded early and ad-free.
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0:08.8	They say Hollywood is where dreams are made, a seductive city where many flock to get rich,
0:14.2	be adored, and capture America's heart.
0:16.7	But when the spotlight turns off, fame, fortune, and lives can disappear in an instant.
0:23.6	Follow Hollywood and Crime, the Cotton Club murder on the Wondery app or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:36.6	I'm Hannah.
0:37.8	I'm Suruti.
0:38.9	And welcome to your Halloween Patreon bonus episode.
0:45.0	I am staggered.
0:46.7	It has taken us this long.
0:48.0	I know.
0:49.1	I don't know why.
0:50.7	I guess it's always like, let's just wait.
0:52.9	I feel like it's... And this probably highlights my ignorance and historical unproubours,
1:00.3	but in my head, Vlad the Impaler, Bluebeard, Elizabeth Bathory, all the same.
1:04.9	Yes, and I think we did Vlad the Impaler last year,
1:07.7	and that's why we were like, we've got to save Elizabeth.
1:10.9	Mm-hmm.
1:12.2	And it is now her time to shine.
1:15.4	And you might have heard of Elizabeth Bathory, the vampirish femme fatal of medieval Central Europe.
1:21.6	The legend goes, she was a pampered royal who bathed in the blood of virgin maidens to achieve eternal youth.
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