Never allow the leisure class to become too bored

It is alleged that Elizabeth started to kill young women between the years 1585 and 1610, and that her husband and her relatives knew about her sadistic inclination, but they did not directly intervene. While her husband lived, she apparently kept her activities to a moderate level, but upon his death any restraints he may have imposed on her (or she on herself) were completely removed. It is said that people living around her castle hated her so much that she only left the castle under an armed escort. However, she did torture some girls at her properties in Sárvár and Keresztúr. Her possible victims were initially local peasant girls, many of whom were lured to Cachtice by offers of well-paid work. However, when stories spread of the countess's inclinations, the supply of new maids began to dwindle. At this point, she may have begun to kill daughters of lower gentry, who were sent to her castle by their parents to learn noble manners; Báthory had allegedly erected a sham school to entice the lower gentry to hand their daughters over to the Countess. In the early 17th century, parents of substantial position often wished their daughters to be educated in the social graces and etiquette. As rumours spread further throughout the Hungarian Kingdom concerning the actions of the Countess, she may have had girls kidnapped both locally and from more distant areas.
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erzs%C3%A9bet_B%C3%A1thory

It's nice to see a strong, opinionated woman take control and...bathe in the blood of servant girls.