Cachtice Castle and Elizabeth Bathory Redux

History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind

Diane Student

Travel, History, Places & Travel, Paranormal, Haunted, Society & Culture, Ghosts

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

The Cachtice Castle lies in ruins in Slovakia, but was once a home to royalty. This then became a prison for Baroness Elizabeth Bathory. Her family was known for cruelty and she knew violence from the time she was a child. Legends claim that she grew up to become the "Blood Countess," a prolific female serial killer. But was she really that or has history given her a bad rap via a story concocted by people who wanted her power and possessions? The Castle is a magnificent, but crumbling structure that many claim is haunted because of intense emotions and pain trapped in the stone. Does Madame Bathory still walk its halls? Join us for the history and hauntings of Cachtice Castle.

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Music used in this episode:

Main Theme: Lurking in the Dark by Muse Music with Groove Studios

Outro Music: Happy Fun Punk by Muse Music with Groove Studios

Other music in this episode:

Countess Bathory Theme written and produced by History Goes Bump

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0:00.0	History tells the story of the world and of our lives.
0:21.4	Sometimes that history goes bump in the night.
0:32.4	Broadcasting from the center of oddity and the supernatural in central Florida. It's the History Goes Bump
0:41.5	podcast. Hello, you spectacular people. Welcome to History Goes Bump Redux. I am your host,
0:52.5	Diane. And this is Kelly. Kelly, on this episode, we're going back to a location that we did. I think this was back in 2015. There's lots of different ways that I've heard this castle pronounced. The way that we're going to pronounce it is how the internet told us to do it. Tocquee Castle. This was the former home of the Blood Countess Elizabeth Bathory. Oh my. Are you ready to go
1:16.0	back and meet this awful, horrible countess, or maybe she was maligned and that story about her,
1:22.0	all those legends aren't true. I'm ready.
1:27.1	Music I'm ready.
1:40.8	The Chuk T. Se Castle lies in ruins in Slovakia, but was once a home to royalty.
1:45.8	This then became a prison for Baroness Elizabeth Bathory. Her family was known for cruelty, and she knew violence from the time she was a child. Legends claim that she grew up
1:50.9	to become the Blood Countess, a prolific female serial killer. But was she really that, or is history
1:56.8	given her a bad rap via a story concocted by people who wanted her power and possessions.
2:02.3	The castle is a magnificent but crumbling structure that many claim is haunted because of
2:06.6	intense emotions and pain trapped in the stone. Does Madame Bathory still walk its halls?
2:12.3	Join us for the history and hauntings of Chuktisa Castle.
2:30.2	Music history and hauntings of Chuck Tisa Castle. Do you see the crumbling castle?
2:32.3	The side of which brings a chill. It's a Do you see the crumbling castle on the hill?
2:37.0	The sight of which brings a chill.
2:41.3	It tells a story of a countess who like to kill.
2:44.4	The daughters of the men who work the mill.
2:48.1	Have you heard of the blood countess?
3:24.9	Coma and gather around us to hear the story of the blood countess, a creepy tale that astounds us. Chak dishek Castle originally belonged to Peter and Pongrack from the Hunt-Posnin family.
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