to ask who the fuck are the moderators on here and suggest that unless there was a very good reason to delete the HSBC thread - and I would like a very good reason - then this site is over-moderated

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and I am not 12

can you please treat us like grown-ups

thank you

Didn't the Egyptians entomb the slaves of the dead kings with the bodiesin the pyramids?

Elizabeth Bathory was a vampire myth was she not?

fit2drop I've been here years I'll have you know....

That would be her, apparently she started off after assaulting her maid and after seeing her blood on her flesh thought it made her skin look younger.

Eventually when she realised it wasn't "working" anymore she thought maybe it must only be virgins blood, she set up a fake school for the poor in her castle and started killing them off dozens a day. Eventually she and her accomplice were caught because they got careless and started simply flinging the corpses over the wall.

I know Glitterz.... are you hinting for a whip round for a gold watch? :)

nup, just refuting your suggestion that I'm up for a ruck because another forum I happen to use is closing

1600 - 1610: Elizabeth's henchmen continued to provided Elizabeth with new girls for the blood-draining ritual and her blood baths. Elizabeth went out of her way to see to it that the dead girls were given proper Christian burials by the local Protestant pastor, at least initially. As the body count rose, the pastor refused to perform his duties in this respect, because there were too many girls coming to him from Elizabeth who had died of "unknown and mysterious causes." She then threatened him in order to keep him from spreading the news of her "hobby" and continued to have the bodies buried secretly. Near the end, many bodies were disposed of in haphazard and dangerously conspicuous locations (like nearby fields, wheat silos, the stream running behind the castle, the kitchen vegetable garden, etc.). But one of her intended victims escaped and told the authorities about what was happening at Castle Cachtice. King Mátyás (MAHT-yash) of Hungary ordered Elizabeth's own cousin, Count György (pronounced DYERD-yuh) Thurzo, governor of the province to raid the castle. On December 30, 1610 they raided the castle and they were horrified by the terrible sights. One dead girl in the main room, drained of blood and another alive whose body had been pierced with holes. In the dungeon they discoverd several living girls, some of whose bodies had been pierced several times. Below the castle, they exhumed the bodies of some 50 girls.

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phew Glitterz thats a relief, cos I am a bit strapped this week...

:)

Not a very interesting one here but I always found this slightly intriguing...

In Tudor times for many crimes they would nail your ears to a bit of wood quite high off the ground and then kick a chair away from underneath your feet. It would rip your ears off.

Don't ask me why I always liked that one.

fit2drop wtf are you on about? other forums and stuff are you10?

oh and this bit too....

In fact, Elizabeth killed 612 women -- and in her diary, she documented their deaths. A complete transcript of the trial was made at the time and it survices today in Hungary. Of the people involved in these killings, all but Countess Bathory and the two witches were beheaded and cremated. Due to her nobility, Elizabeth was not allowed by law to be executed. The tow accomplices had their fingers torn out and were burned alive. The court never convicted Countess Elizabeth of any crime, however she was put under house arrest. She was sentenced to life imprisonment in her torture chamber and stonemasons were brought to wall up the windows and doors of the with the Countess inside. They left a small hole through which food could be passed. King Mátyás II demanded the death penalty for Elizabeth but because of her cousin, the prime minister, he agreed to an indefinitely delayed sentence, which really meant solitary confinement for life.

oh hush ya gums shoesytwoshoes I was chatting with Glitterz, she knows what Im on about, and didnt get as arsey as you. jeeezz

No, Henry should have gotten the pyramid. :o I think it was called that anyway.

fit2drop really, really.
so glad your a mind reader

LeQueen love your description

"he really was a bit of a shit*

wonder if that would have worked for the prosection in 1500 whatever it was

bit like saying jack the ripper was a naughty boy