Elizabeth Báthory (1560 – 1614)

The legend attached to the name of Erzsébet Báthory lives on in the ‘Carmilla‘ of J Sheridan le Fanu, the Hammer ‘Karnstein’ trilogy of movies, and the influential role of the female vampire in today’s psyche. Lilith Silver in ‘Razor Blade Smile’ is the latest incarnation of the female vampire begun with the Hungarian Countess nearly 400 years before.

Erzsébet Báthory was a psychopath.

The two factors that determine whether you are a psychopath are: emotional detachment and lifestyle.

Factor One looks for a selfish, remorseless, individual with inflated self-esteem who exploits others.

Factor Two describes a lifestyle that is chaotic, antisocial and/or criminal, marked by impulsiveness, a lack of responsibility and reactive anger . According to Hare, a psychopath will score high on both factors, whereas someone with Antisocial Personality Disorder will score high only on factor two. [1]

The items are as follows:

• 1. Glibness/superficial charm
• 2. Grandiose sense of self-worth
• 3. Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom
• 4. Pathological lying
• 5. Cunning/manipulative
• 6. Lack of remorse or guilt
• 7. Shallow affect
• 8. Callous/lack of empathy
• 9. Parasitic lifestyle
• 10. Poor behavioral controls
• 11. Promiscuous sexual behavior
• 12. Early behavioral problems
• 13. Lack of realistic, long-term goals
• 14. Impulsivity
• 15. Irresponsibility
• 16. Failure to accept responsibility for own actions
• 17. Many short-term marital relationships
• 18. Juvenile delinquency
• 19. Revocation of conditional release
• 20. Criminal versatility