If Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story left you curious about Erzsébet Báthory, revisit the accusations and disputed accounts behind “Countess Dracula” with Evidence Locker.
16th century Transylvanian Blood Countess, Erzebet Báthory, was labelled as the most prolific female serial killer in history in The Guinness World Records. It is believed that she tortured, mutilated and murdered as many as 650 young girls, then bathed in their blood to preserve her youthful beauty. Historians are divided whether she was in fact a sadistic landowner or the victim of an effective smear campaign.

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Most Evil Women in History: Countess Dracula
The Lies about Elizabeth Báthory revealed
Elizabeth Bathory – The ‘Blood Countess’
Nadasdy Muzeum
Wikipedia
Daily Motion – The Lady Killers
The disturbing true story of Elizabeth Báthory, The Blood Countess
Elizabeth Báthory – The Blood Countess
The Bloody Countess?
Inside the ruined castle of a medieval serial killer
Epilepsy: from the early civilizations to modern days

Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
Narrated by Noel Vinson
Music: “Nordic Medieval” by Marcus Bressler
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This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

In June 2007, the dismembered remains of 36-year-old Sanna Garoës appeared beside three roads leading out of Windhoek. Her death brought two unsolved murders from 2005 back into the headlines and gave Namibia a frightening name for a possible killer: the B1 Butcher. Then a fourth woman’s remains were found more than 400 kilometres away. Police announced her identity, only to discover that the woman they had named was alive. As investigators followed reports of DNA evidence and competing leads, a difficult question remained: which of these crimes, if any, belonged to the same person?

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Resources
The Namibian, On the trail of the B1 butcher, 21 June 2007
The Namibian, B1 butcher case throws spotlight on missing women, June 2007
The Namibian, Head and legs found, 12 July 2007
The Namibian, B1 Butcher victim identified, 16 July 2007
The Namibian, Solidarity for slain Sanna, 20 July 2007
The Namibian, The B1 road a lifeline and a curse, 27 July 2007
The Namibian, A long farewell, 31 August 2007
The Namibian, Police mum on B1 Butcher case, 2007
The Namibian, Butcher victim alive, 17 October 2007
The Namibian, Body parts case to High Court, 2008
The Namibian, B1 Butcher DNA evidence in spotlight, 29 April 2008
The Namibian, Otjomuise rape case thrown out, 10 February 2010
The Namibian, Orina jailed for 40 years, 23 May 2011

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Narrated by Noel Vinson
Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler
Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios

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In October 1849, one of America's greatest writers was found delirious on the streets of Baltimore, wearing someone else's clothes and unable to explain how he had ended up there. Four days later, Edgar Allan Poe was dead. He was just 40 years old.
No death certificate survives, no autopsy was performed, and the medical records have long since disappeared. Over the past 175 years, countless theories have emerged, ranging from alcohol poisoning and disease to political election fraud, robbery and even murder.

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Web
The Edgar Allan Poe Society
Encyclopedia Virginia
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
Poe Museum
Articles
Here at last he is happy – The Death and Burial of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance
University of Maryland – 175 Years Later, Mystery Still Shrouds Poe’s Death
Murder or Madness: What Really Killed Edgar Allen Poe?

Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe
Narrated by Noel Vinson
Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler
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This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archive materials.