Elizabeth Bathory is supposedly tortured and killed up to 650 girls in her castles left to her by her Count husband in Hungary., Especially her castle which had her own built in torture chambers. A lot of rumors were around and 300 witnesses. From what I can tell, there's controversy over whether she committed these murders or not and how many actually died and no key witness testimony. Do we have any archeological evidence of these bodies, or the torture chambers in the castle? How likely is it she committed these murders?
While there is some room to doubt some details, there's also a fair weight of direct personal witnesses with a consistent story. More can be said on the matter of Erzsebet Bathory should anyone wish to address it, so more posts will always be welcome. For the meantime, we do have some previous posts on the case, both provided by u/orangewombat. Content warning for graphic descriptions of torture and murder in the linked posts. Read with caution.