Publisher's Synopsis
While "serial murder" is not formalized by any legal code, the crimes of serial killers have often been seized on by the media and the public consciousness-especially in cases where there are many victims or the murders are carried out in gruesome fashion.
The legends of vampires like Dracula have generated massive interest throughout time. Indeed, the story of a man (in some versions a very handsome, dashing man), who feeds on the blood of virgins to survive, and who walks the earth only at night, has been revived throughout the centuries in different forms. However, one famous tale that has been lost among the legends is the story of a female Dracula, an educated woman from a well-known family of 16th century Hungary who was so afraid to lose her beauty and young looks that she engaged in dangerous practices, combining witchcraft with exsanguination. Countess Elizabeth Báthory is this female Dracula. She is said to have drained the blood of approximately 600 young women, to drink it, spread it all over her body as a nurturing blend, or simply to bathe in it.
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