The Blood Countess: Elizabeth Bathory
Not Just the Tudors
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The History of Sex Scandal in Society Podcast
Judge Thusso wrote to the king of Hungary about his findings and was given permission to arrest Erzabeth. Evidence suggests that the Countess appeared to lash out at the girls in anger. Many members of her household were also arrested and interrogated, and they talked of girls being attacked. Why were medieval priests so worried that women were going to seduce men with fish? Who was the first gay activist? And what on earth does the expression sneezing in the cabbage mean? I'll tell you, it's not a cookery technique, that's for sure.
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