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I love how you told both possible sides of her case. Yes she was guilty of horrific crimes of treating her servants like crap but....was the rest of it made up to take over her fortune? Great way to look at it. Keep stories like these coming!!! Great job!!!

I’ve listened to and read about this story, but none has mentioned that she could have been innocent . Your version is by far the best, very interesting. Thank you

This is the only version of the "Blood Countess's"story I've seen that examines it from both sides. We often forget that history many times is a matter of perspective, if not outright lies . Thanks for reminding us . Blood baths would be problematic, as it tends to clot. Thanks for another great video, guy.

Its terrible as throughout history the murders have become infamous to the point their names are etched in our brains but the victims aren't and that is truly heart breaking.

It was said she had 4 children, I would be interested in what they would've said about their mother, if anything. Great job oddie

Never ever stop theses vintage crimes. Love them,

Her story has always fascinated me... highly debatable still. My conclusion is this is one of the best political propaganda cases to date. In her time she was wealthier than the King himself, in a time where women didn’t have power. Granted she probably was a harsh ruler... I highly doubt it was anything like described. Still makes for and interesting story to date. Well done Oddy!

Love your stories. You are a great story teller and I love all the historical photos. You are very creative.

I wonder how the four children turned out with these parents? That would be an interesting investigation.

I know he is tired of hearing this. But, I will never be tired of hearing his most memerizing voice. 😘

I'm always impressed by the level of work that goes into your videos Oddie! The animations and art that you include are fantastic!

The research is so impeccable, it is difficult to cast a verdict of guilt or innocence. Very well done!

I’ll never understand why reaction channels react to all those stupid animated horror stories but don’t react to your vintage horror stories🙄 I’m gonna keep begging for them to review your channel tho. You deserve more subscribers for this amazing content❤️

Absolutely stellar work! This should definitely be considered to be THE go-to video for the full and frank story of Elisabeth Bathory!

I discovered you’re stories today, and immediately subscribed. This is absolutely fascinating. I have watched 3 tonight, and look forward to many more.

This story has haunted me since I first heard it back in the seventies. Your version was quite an in depth one and l appreciated a lot. Thank you for retelling. I was aware of the innocent or guilty angle, personally I think the truth lies in both - part guilty/part innocent. I guess we may never really know one way or the other.

It’s funny they supposedly cared so much about “ the girls “ at the castle yet they killed them so easily in her place after the abuse. They framed her and took her land . We all know the history of the Catholic Church and sadly the things they still cover up now. RIP to the innocent slave girls.

Oddie, you are a great artist, researcher, writer, sweet soul... we love you!

It certainly does shed new light on this story. I have heard this story many times and it always made me shudder to think that a woman could kill so many people. It makes perfect sense that she was being overthrown by others hungry for what she had power over and why they would seal all records of her trial. Not speaking her name for 100 years was a bit much though! Thank you for this video!! I am always soothed by your voice, such a pleasure to listen to. I may watch a few more of your videos today.

Found your channel and had to subscribe. Great content, I look forward to seeing more!!

Favorite part is the pastor's testimony about the invisible black cats and dogs that attacked him. They were invisible AND black? Oh, really? How's that work, sir? lol Powerful wealthy women were only as safe as their family were able to make them or wanted them to be. As you pointed out, that could be used to argue both sides, which I thank you for presenting. Love how unique and creative your videos are! Knowing how stories grow, I believe it was highly exaggerated. How many aristocratic daughters could you kill before they'd complain?

I'm going to save this gem to watch when it's dark later, thank you Dear Friend.

Great, I love the artwork you choose to go along. You have a great voice to listen, learn and be entertained. Variety is good, yes, Gothic mystery, anything spooky. Thank you so much, I love it all.

As a Romanian, i have heard of the Bloody Countess, and in Transylvania she is still well known by rural folk through tales. Romanians living in Transylvania were called ''the tolerated'' basically meaning we were close to/if not slaves with little to no rights. It is known here that a lot of her victims were poor Romanian girls from Transylvania who were easily persuaded or kidnapped without anyone ever noticing. But it went to the extent where the general unrest would reach it's apex and everyone started hiding their daughters and in some small villages, almost all young girls dissappeared. I have read that she didn't want to risk going further away from her owned lands to persuade or kidnap victims because she didn't other important people rulling the adjacent lands to know what she was doing, she could've been killed, imprisoned or blackmailed and she was indeed intelligent so she started luring girls from the middle class (hungarian smiths, doctors etc) and small nobility thinking maybe that it was less risky, that is when people first started taking actions and ended with her trial and imprisonment. The blood baths are indeed false just like Vlad Tepes being Dracula. The journal with the names is probably something dramatic added later on after her death. But, there is one of her guards that is said to have befriended her and she did confess her mass killings to him, and that may still be in our historic archives. The sad part is we'll never know how many souls she tormented, could be 100 could be 1000 but she definitely was a very sick human being . As for the framing part, in that time it was way easier to assassinate somebody than to go all this way with this if it was BS

I want to believe she was mostly innocent and this was religious-political as well as influenced by the satanic witchcraft in the day. But, I agree with you that there was likely cruelty towards her servants as was also common. I think that in every story however contrived there is an element of truth in it which makes it believable. Thank you for your stories. Your storytelling is really enjoyable.

I've heard this story before, but never so beautifully told. You capture the drama and passion at the right times. I agree with you in that she may have been cruel, perhaps moreso than others, but not to the extremes told. Images were awesome. Well done, as usual. 👋

Love your videos, you give good commentary. I also like the old, old cases you do.

I absolutely love your commentary at the end.

As a 26 year old woman, hearing alm the disgusting, vile, psychopathic things she did to the girls & young women. I'm sure that I wouldn't have survived at all, would've died so quick. When I heard about the last one that "stole" the pear, the way you spoke about her. My heart hurts to all these beautiful girls & young women. That beast with her clan of helpers took the life from them.

Nice to see you posting again on here I was beginning to wonder if you were ok as it's been quite a while since you posted anything on here you and your wife stay safe

I absolutely adore you, Oddie! You have the best content and your voice is so soothing 🥰

I came across your KZfaq videos and you do a great job narrating. I'm watching as many as I can. I hope you can keep up with me.

LOVE this one! I think that the seizures and outbursts (if they actually happened) might have been due to inbreeding as well as mental problems. Plus the fact that she was intelligent. Highly intelligent people are sometimes very close to insanity. Fact is we will never really know the real story. But, these kind of stories are so facinating! Thank you so much for another awesome feature!!!! Please keep doing stories like this one!

I love everything pertaining to crime and history. Also when you read stories.

I love to hear about all the different cases that you present. Keep up the great job.

WOW! I just found this channel today, this is really remarkable in both the delivery of content and it's audio-visual artistry! Thank you for being amazing...just wow! I will be joining the patreon

generally, there are too many other youtubers doing the generic horror from crime. you are doing great with some of the tragic stories(many nothing to do with crime) back then when i sub to your channel 2 years ago.

I'd be curious if her cousin obtained Elizabeth's land and castles.

Love all of your videos but especially the historical crime ones...thank you!

I will always think she was guilty. Like the Tsavo lions, we'll never know how many victims she had. To get her fortune, her relatives could just as easily have had her poisoned or outright murdered with the amount of staff coming(but never going). There are exaggerations, of course, like the iron maiden-there is really no documented proof of them at that time. And she didn't need supernatural powers, she had lands and titles.

I can understand her satanic attributes because of her family background which must have had a big impact on her future life but as you know the truth is nearly always elaborated upon we will never know exactly what happend but as its been known there is never smoke without fire i enjoy your videos very much I’m pleased you are going to introduce a variety of storys i must add you have a lovely voice at the end of the video

So happy to be a part of your patron group! So adore your work!!

Nice work! You put a lot in these vids. Thank you

Oddie, I’ve missed you so very much 🤗...please, don’t forget your old friends/family here on KZfaq!! My love to Oddette, as well!! Blessings 🙏❤️😊

Would love more Lovecraft or other authors, I swear you could do audiobooks for a living! Quite honestly I will watch anything you put out your delivery makes anything interesting! 🤗 for you and Odette hope you both are well!

Love your videos, so interesting and informative to learn from. Keep up the great and excellent work, just fantastic!

Well done! Thank you for debunking some of the reports as they were so horrendous. I can certainly see something like this happening to steal back in the day, especially against a woman when her husband had died. Cruel times they were.

Bathory was definitely and undeniably guilty. Let's just say she made 2 huge mistakes 1. Never leave any witnesses 2. Never leave any evidence of the crime.

Whelp, I WAS going to get to bed after an all-nighter, buuuuut I've been WAITING FOR THIS!! Love you Oddie

I love this stores you present to us. I enjoy these stories.I also appreciate the photos and other pictures and special effects ,that you include in each story. Thank you for all the hard work and dedication you put into each video!

Thanks, Oddie. I have enjoyed all your posts. Also, love the artwork. Happy holidays to you, and yours. ♡

Whether or not she did everything she was accused of who knows? But, there is no doubt she was an evil, abusive, arrogant, mistress, like others of her kind. The rich still get away with such evil, but have to be far more secretive about it. PS You do an absolutely wonderful job of combining images with the story. You keep it interesting and move at a perfect pace. Very enjoyable narration. Much thanks for the hard work you put into the videos.

This was really well presented! Thank you for another upload!

Your videos are awesome, this is the perfect time to be uncovering situations in the past that sometimes feel a little to close to home these days. You give people an excellent place to learn

MAN, you're doing wonderful, please don't stop and you're getting progressively better as you go.🎩📚🙌👍👌

I just found this channel and I can’t stop watching. Thank you for all your hard work and research. I’ve been searching for a channel like this for a while! Can’t wait to see more!

How can they go to sleep knowing what they've been doing. HEARING them scream, yell, cry & continue....disgusting. Do we know who yhe girls/young women were? 650 lives taken in the most grotesque way. I FELT their pain, obviously never as them but...so digusting & vile. As a 26 year old woman & virgin too, my heart goes out to the victims. Everything that they could've done w/ their lives. 😭😭😭

Great content!! I've always been very fascinated by Elizabeth Bathory.

I love your videos. The historical crimes, the weird things, I love all of it.

My Lockdown binge right up my alley #ObseleteOddity. Thank you! Started in March 2020, & still going👍🏻 Love your voice, narrating and visuals🤞🏻

I find that everything you post is so fascinating and fun! Thank you

I love the special effects in your videos. Very very well done! Thank you for your work.

As always, an awesome story told from both sides of the aisle. I am inclined to believe she is guilty; however, I personally have a bias of law enforcement from working with them and am aware of this! Horror history is awesome & I would love to see some of your tape recordings of beyond the grave as well!! Very interesting. Thank you!

My opinion, I would think most of the story if not all was a created effort by all those interested in her lands and money.Yet who knows for sure and if indeed true-YIKES! Stay safe and thanks for uploading this little gift for all to enjoy-Cheers!

This is the best video on this story by far!!lots of knowledge and research and a perfect voice to narrate

Excellent video, please keep them coming. I appreciate the work you're doing here.

Old friend, I found this to be one of the best documentaries I have seen on the subject. The information on her early life and court records were very enlightening. Your friend Cee from the little haunted cottage in ireland 💚💚💚🍀🍀🍀😷

Great presentation as usual!!!

Your voice is amazing...keep the narration! Also I liked the whispering in the background it made it sound spooky

Im so happy that you did this video. Ive been fascinated with the stories of Lady Bathory for some time. You did a wonderfull job at telling the story from more then one side.

I love the stories and your storytelling. I introduced your channel to my therapist. Lol. She asked what I do during the quarantine and I said, I binge watch the Obsolete channel. The Therapist needs a Therapeutic out too! 😃❤️❤️

This was one of the best story Obs.Odd you have done! Great history, information and narrative plus research. Great job!

Yes these videos are great!!Keep them coming and do not be afraid to get into more of the macabre side of things..

Thank you Oddie and your patreons for sharing this video with us.

Great video showing both sides - enjoyed it immensely!

I love the content you provide! Thanks so much!

I myself, am fascinated of these things going on so many centuries ago. She certainly did not appear to be innocent, but maybe things were exaggerated to a certain point. Very well done.

OMG!! Finally an upload!! Can't wait to belong to patreon!!Ty!!

Love your professional narration and knowledge keep making these videos

Best yet! Thank you for the in depth research. Very thought provoking.

Video was great. Love your voice and the content.

Just found this channel and been binging. I love that this story was looked at all the way around. Not laser focused on her but examines other forces around her.

I really enjoy listening to your candor at the end of the vlogs.

Im not subscribed to your patreon but I will say I have never seen a Bathory doc with a two sided tale. I came for the details but you went further with the intrigue aspect that made this more in depth which I wasn't expecting. Thank you so much for your full attention to this story.

New subscriber I like whatever you want to do because nobody else will present these stories the way you do, keep up the good work 👏

I love your content. I think you're on the right track. Keep on keeping on

Wow! This was more in depth then what I've read about Elizabeth Bathory. Your voice is very soothing and the visuals flow so smooth painting pictures of your narration. Sad story, but realistic with religious and territory aspect.

Thank you for sharing history and both sides too😍 your great telling it and keeping facts in place.

Thanks Oddie, for once again flipping a story that I THOUGHT I knew so well. Still, tragic by degrees on both sides f the coin

I love the way you present history. Thank you very much for what you do. I love the obscure things you find that I might never have heard of otherwise. Keep up the good work.

i liked it. Thanks for making these videos and the time that you made and research for making these. I am looking forward to seeing more. These are good educational videos. Thank you.

Extremely well done video. This is an amazing channel.

Still loving all your content after all this time. I hope to hear a great many more stories from your beautifully smooth voice and perfect inflections. All my best Oddie and your and yours are staying healthy and happy

Have you ever been hypnotized? Mesmerized and captivated? This is what listening to your stories does for me. I’m almost innocence in a hypnotic trance that and snares me until the very end. Thank you for the amazing content as I always enjoy everything you post.

YOUVE NAILED IT. KEEP IT UP .ASSUMING WE LIKE THIS IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT . CHEERS!!!

You have the Greatest voice!😊🖤 I subscribed. What interesting stories! I Love history. It is great to hear all versions of it, and Amazing to see how it changes over time.

This story is mind blowing! I have no idea at all how to judge in this matter. It would be interesting to have people to answer the questions, that would be asked in a court of law. Story was stimulating I'm going to watch it again

This was awesome 👏🏼 I’ve never heard this other side, so interesting 🤔 I don’t know what to think now!!

Great video, thank you for presenting both sides.