Countess Bathory ( 16-17 centuries ), a relative of Vlad Tepes Dracula , noble and incredibly rich aristocrat . Descendants remembered her for numerous murders of women and death in prison . Historians still cannot come to a consensus - whether Elizabeth Báthory was cold-blooded serial killer or just a victim of political intrigue ? Because the majority of rumors appeared after the death of the Countess . However , it is known that the countess loved to take rejuvenating baths , according to one of the accusation – bloody baths . It is said that recipe of blood rejuvenating Bathory found by accident . Hungarian historian Turotsi said about it this way : ‘‘ Once one of gentlewoman , combing her mistress ’ s head , was guilty in something and for her mistake had such a strong slap into the face , that the blood splattered in mistress ’ s face . When the countess wiped the blood from her face , it seemed to her that the skin at that place was much more beautiful , whiter and thinner . She immediately decided to wash her face , and the whole body in human blood to increase her beauty and attractiveness .’’
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