Augustinerstraße 12 – Most haunted places in Vienna
Countess Elisabeth Báthory liked to spend most of her winters right here in Vienna.
In the Stadtpalais at Augustinerstrasse 12 to be exact. According to her maids, Elisabeth killed more than 80 young girls. Most of them visited her to learn courtly etiquette and never made it back home.
They say that to kill these young women, good old Lizzy used various gruesome methods of torture.
According to the legend Viennese people tell each other: Fresh blood dripped down Elisabeth’s skin while torturing the girls and she realized that she wouldn’t age where the blood had touched her skin.
If you listen closely, you might still hear the screams of pain coming from the Stadtpalais.
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