The Beast of Bladenboro

Naomi Aaron

The Beast of Bladenboro

In 1953, there were strange killings that were appearing in Bladenboro, North Carolina. Something was killing animals and leaving their bodies bloodless and skulls crashed. This killer was given the name “The Beast of Bladenboro” (Hotz). The first witness to see The Beast was a police officer, who described it as a black and large four legged animal. The second victims of The Beast were dogs. The dogs were ripped apart and found with not any blood in their bodies (Hotz). After this incident, numerous dogs were killed and their bodies torn. Most of the people who say they have seen The Beast described it as being dark and bigger than a dog (McCray). Everyone, including tourists, want to see The Beast of Bladenboro, so they could have a story to tell everyone. Police told townspeople, especially women and children, to stay inside their houses when the sun went down and to never walk outside alone (Hotz). One morning in 1954, a bobcat was caught in a large cage. Many people suspected that the bobcat was the Beast of Bladenboro, or wanted to believed that the bobcat was. Then the killings of 1953 and 1954, suddenly stopped and the tourists left Bladenboro, North Carolina. On June 15th, 2013 dogs were found dead with little to none blood in their bodies. Many people believed that this was the second coming of the Beast of Bladenboro (Mathews). The tourists came back to Bladenboro, North Carolina to look for the Beast. But, just as quick as it appeared, the killings stopped and the news channels left.

Works Cited:
Hotz, Amy. “The Beast of Bladenboro.” Starnewsonline.com. 27 October 2006. Web. 12 October 2015.

Mathews, Dana. “Has the Vampire Beast of North Carolina Returned? New Killings by Mystery Animal Match Classic Cryptid Case.” Weekinweird.com. 02 July 2013. Web. 12 October 2015.

McCray, Jonathan. “The Vampire Beast of Bladenboro.” Canofmystery.blogspot.com. Web. 12 October 2015.

Redfern, Nick. “The Beast of Bladenboro.” Monstrumathenaeum.org. Web. 12 October 2015.

Stroming, Jason. “The Beast of Bladenboro.” 2015.

Links for further research:
http://theoccultsection.com/2014/03/31/the-beast-of-bladenboro/Gives you images of what the Beast of Bladenboro might look like.

http://ads.bladenjournal.com/elizabethtown-nc/communication/newspaper/bladen-journal/2014-10-21-1325378-8th-annual-beast-of-bladenboro-festival-a-family-friendly-event-friday-oct-24-6-00-am-10-00-pm-saturday-oct-25-10-00-am-00-pm-classic-cruisers-car-show-free-horse-and-carriage-rides-dream-land-amusement-rides-friday-night-and-all-day- Talks about the annual Beast of Bladenboro Day in Bladenboro, North Carolina that people celebrate every year.

http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Seekers-Society-Beast-Bladenboro-ebook/dp/B00B8W2JZS
http://www.wect.com/story/8432580/bladenboro-beast-is-on-the-prowl-on-the-history-channel
Example of when The Beast of Bladenboro was on the History Channel and many viewers watched and wanted to learn more about the Beast.
https://books.google.com/books?id=pcC6NW_NCK4C&pg=PA123&lpg=PA123&dq=beast+of+bladenboro&source=bl&ots=uGVvEhEsQq&siq=d4LYosRFagq2Nes7FM_Qi3N5yK0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBzgoahUKEwii-v7O8M_IAhVL6IAKHXpaDas#v=onepage&q=beast%20of%20bladenboro&f=falseThis article talks about animals including the Beast of Bladenboro that have been a mystery and only a few have claimed to see them.

The Living Life of Elizabeth Bathory

Author: Caysie Smith

            When you think of vampires, you probably do not think about the “Blood Countess” who began to lurk amongst the people in 1560 (Joshi 6). However, the people like Joshi who do know about Elizabeth Bathory acquaint her to be part of a very powerful family in Hungry (6). If you were to look up Elizabeth Bathory, you would not find anything about her being wise and adored by the people. In fact, you would be told Elizabeth was once a cruel aristocrat who, according to what you believe, may or may not have been a vampire. Although the decision to believe if vampires are real or not is up to the individual, it is known for certain that Elizabeth Bathory practiced being one (Joshi 6).  

Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Bathory

As Elizabeth grew up she found that she enjoyed watching other people suffer in pain. Even as a child she liked to torture her pets (Bullock 239). Some believe she liked watching and conducting such horrors because she grew up having to cope with seizures and severe outrages (Melton 41). Since Elizabeth was very wealthy, she possessed a great amount of servants. Elizabeth took a certain interest in the girls who she was in charge of. Unfortunately, this interest was used for supplying Elizabeth in what she enjoyed most, which was torturing (Joshi 6). Elizabeth loved to bestow great amounts of physical pain on these girls from slapping, biting, cutting, and other sadistic actions. Sometimes Elizabeth would even settle for death of the peasant girls.

Elizabeth’s pleasures were taken up a notch when she was told that drinking virgin’s blood would keep her from aging. So, being such a ruthless woman, Elizabeth not only murdered and drank the girls’ blood, but also bathed it. Since Elizabeth came from such a powerful family, servant girls’ blood became too “weak” for her she began devising a plan on how to get virgin’s blood from other wealthy families.

Elizabeth decided to open up a school for aristocrats’ daughters. However, Elizabeth had no intentions of teaching these little girls anything. When word got out that the families’ daughters were missing, Elizabeth’s school was raided and all horrors were exposed (Joshi 6). The Blood Countess’s accomplices went to trial and were murdered by the government. However, Elizabeth was convicted and pleaded innocent of her crimes even after a journal was found in her hand writing a list of more than 650 names of all the girls she tortured and murdered.

               

 Works cited:

Bullock, David L. “Bathory, Elizabeth (1560-1614).” Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopdeia. Ed. Anne Commire. Vol. 2. Detroit: Yorkin Publications, 2000. 239-244. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 21 Oct. 2012.

“Elizabeth Bathory.” Angelfire.com. N.p, n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2012.

“Elizabeth Bathory.” Photograph. Evilladies. Evil Ladies, n.d. Web. 22 Oct. 2012.

Joshi, S.T. Encyclopedia of the Vampire: The Living Dead in Myth, Legend, and Popular Culture. Santa Barbara, California. Greenwood, 2011. Ebook.

Melton, J. Gordon. The Vampire Book: The Encyclopdeia of the Undead. Canton, Missiouri: Visible Ink Press, 2011. Print.

Sheppard, R.Z. “Gothic Whoopee.” Time 146.7 (August 1995): 70. Academic Search Premier. Web. 16 Oct. 2012.

“Vampire.” Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology. Ed. J. Gordon Melton. 5^th ed. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale Group, 2001. 1620-1623. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 21 Oct. 2012.

Links for further research:

Evil Ladies
http://evilladies.com/serial-killers/countess-of-blood-elizabeth-bathory/ 
Articles and information about evil women in history

Weird Encyclopedia
http://www.weird-encyclopedia.com/Bathory-Elizabeth.php
 Articles and stories about many unsolved legends and myths

How Stuff Works
 http://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/hungarian-countess-serial-killer1.htm
Research by Josh Clark about the life of Elizabeth Bathory as one of the world’s most brutal murderer