"...Darvulia, ihre vertrauteste Kammerfrau, brachte einen Eimer Wasser aus dem Haus. Die Frauen stEzen Ilonas Körper, während Elisabeth das Wasser Eer die blasse Gestalt goss. Das Wasser gefror schnell, und das Mädchen erstarrte auf der Stelle.
Einen Moment lang betrachteten die Frauen staunend die lebende Statue. Ein blattförmiger Eiszapfen, scharf wie ein venezianischer Glassplitter, wölbte sich zwischen den Beinen des Mädchens hervor. Das Schamhaar er dem Zapfen war mit glitzernden Kristallen besetzt. Auch ihr Bauchnabel hatte sich mit Kristallen gefElt, einer funkelnden Traube aus kleinen Juwelen. "Schönheit" sagte Elisabeth kalt, "wie melos heftest du dich an die fugsamen!"..." (Quelle unbekannt)
“….the motivation for the act [of murder] can be summed up in three words: manipulation, domination, and control. These are the elements that give the perpetrator a heightened satisfaction that he does not achieve from anything else in his life.” (Douglas/Olshaker:The Cases that Haunt Us)
Countess Bathory used a variety of methods to torture servant girls and, later, noblewomen. Her husband, when he was home, also took part in torturing the servants. After his death, Darvulia instructed her in methods of torture, and a mysterious woman dressed as man, referred to as "Stephan" (and probably a member of the Hapsburg royal family), used to often visit Erzsebet and join in the "games". Helena Jo, Dorka, and Ficzko assisted in the tortures, and initially Katalin did too, but was eventually declared "unfit" for torturing and was demoted to gravedigger.
The tortures Erzsebet Bathory inflicted upon women included:
