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What kinds of things would you do if you knew you'd never get caught?

Would you rob a bank, steal precious gems from a museum?

Or maybe even sneak into a top secret government building?

For most people, our riskiest fantasies are all about making our own

lives better, or doing something that's once in a lifetime. But for Elizabeth Bathory, she reportedly

used her complete power and impunity to satiate her thirst for blood. Elizabeth had it all, power, wealth and status.

And if the stories are to be believed,

she used it to do the one thing in the world she enjoyed most,

massacring innocent young girls.

The human mind is powerful. It shapes how we think, feel, love, and hate.

But sometimes it drives people to commit the unthinkable.

This is serial killers and murderous minds, a crimehouse original. I'm Vanessa Richardson.

And I'm forensic psychologist Dr. Tristan Engels. Every Monday and Thursday, we uncover the darkest

minds in history, analyzing what makes a killer.

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