Over the following twentyfour years, he raped and abused her, never letting her or the children she bore him out of the dark, windowless cellar. Austrian dungeon monster josef fritzl may seek to avoid jail by pleading insanity and is on suicide watch after fellow inmates placed. The truecrime story that stunned and appalled the world. The urge to taste forbidden fruit was too strong josef fritzls frank confession to austrian prosecutors, passed to the media at his request, gives a. Elisabeth, daughter of 73yearold josef fritzl, had been kept captive in a dungeon in amstetten, austria, by her father since she was a teenager. Support moving to josef fritzl at least for now until a name is given to the incident in general by the media. For 24 years josef fritzl held his daughter elizabeth prisoner as a sex slave and, with her, he fathered seven of his own grandchildren. The josef fritzl story 2010 48min documentary, crime. On 28 august 1984, josef fritzl drugged his teenage daughter with ether and imprisoned her in an underground bunker behind eight locked doors. Josef fritzl monster of amstetten full documentary youtube. Fritzl admits abuse after hearing daughter elizabeths evidence josef fritzl apologised for his sick crimes after it emerged his daughter, elisabeth, whom he imprisoned and.
After imprisoning his daughter elisabeth in a basement dungeon, he forced her. The file has been handed to prosecutors in st poelten, a local paper, oberoesterreichische nachrichten. Physically assaulted, sexually abused, and raped his daughter during the long years of imprisonment that resulted in the birth of seven children were reported as foundlings. Josef fritzl kept sick mother locked in attic, leaked. Pervert josef fritzl loses teeth in prison punch up over. Testifying by videotape, elisabeth fritzl described her years of torment, repeatedly raped by her father josef and trapped with the children of incest in a dank cellar. Josef fritzl born april 1935 is an austrian criminal. Stefanie marsh is a british journalist, an author, and a features writer at the times, where she has been a correspondent in palestine and was one of the first englishspeaking reporters to cover the josef fritzl case. A very detailed account of what really went on although at the time it was written his court case had not taken place. The josef fritzl story 2010 through a series of interviews, this film tells the story of elisabeth, whose father, josef fritzl, locked her in the cellar of their home in august of 1984. Josef fritzl held his daughter, elisabeth, captive for 24 years behind eight locked doors in a concealed corridor part of the basement area. Josef had convinced his wife, elisabeths mother, rosemarie, that elisabeth had run off to live with a friend, even presenting letters he forced elisabeth to write. A promo i made for the josef fritzl documentary on netflix. She was nominated for feature writer of the year at the british press awards in 2006.
Incest monster fritzl to tell all in tv interview from jail house of horror victim elisabeth fritzl and her family are set to receive a massive cash windfall to help them start a new. It was great for me to have a second proper family in the cellar with a wife and a few children in an extraordinary and brazen interview, josef. When police first asked elisabeth fritzl for her story after 24 years captivity and rape by her evil dad, she said. The dungeon house where austrian incest monster josef fritzl imprisoned and raped his daughter for 24 years is to be demolished it has emerged. Bbc news europe inside josef fritzls cellar dungeon. The life sentence handed out to josef fritzl on thursday seems barely adequate for crimes which have shocked the. Josef fritzl held his daughter captive as a sex slave, and fathered seven children with her, creating a hidden family no one knew aboutnot even fritzls own wife. Following elisabeth fritzl s freedom on the 26th april 2008, the world was confronted with the horrifying reality of the nightmare she had been forced to endure for 24 years. He held his daughter captive in a basement dungeon that he built under his house. Pervert josef fritzl loses teeth in prison punch up over dating website monster josef fritzl who kept his daughter as a sex slave has lost several teeth while fighting in. The house of horrors where austrian monster josef fritzl kept his daughter as a sex slave for 24 years is being rented out and some ghouls.
For decades he imprisoned, raped and fathered children with his daughter. Elisabeth fritzl spent 24 years in captivity, confined to a makeshift cellar and repeatedly tortured at the hands of her own father josef fritzl. Interviews with family members, doctors and victims of 73yearold josef fritzl, who held his daughter captive in a basement for 24 years and fathered seven children with her. First words of daughter kept captive for 24 years by josef. The story of elisabeth fritzl, who spent 24 years in her.
Story of a monster 2010 pointed interviews and rare footage reveal the horrific case of josef fritzl, who for decades brutalized and sexually assaulted his own daughter. The secret location was so well hidden that when the police searched the property they failed to find it. Fritzl made his daughter write letters to him and her mother, saying she had joined a cult. Secret basement found in house owned by josef fritzl years. Bojan pancevski is a journalist, author, and eu correspondent for the sunday times of london. Police study old fritzl sex case mr fritzl confessed to imprisoning his daughter for 24 years. From his early childhood to adulthood, fritzl was a monster. All imagery and footage is sourced from the documentary. This is a followup to the news reports already written here on the amstetten horror. Josef fritzl, the austrian accused of raping and imprisoning his daughter, kept his ailing mother locked in an attic room with brickedup windows until her death, according to. During the 24 years that he had her imprisoned, fritzl often raped his daughter, and she had seven children by him. Post jobs, find pros, and collaborate commissionfree in our professional marketplace.
I am a victim, not a monster josef fritzl, the selfconfessed austrian rapist who imprisoned his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathered her seven children, insisted that he. Support, either new suggestion is better than the current name. Dungeon monster josef fritzl may try insanity defence. The josef fritzl story using previously unseen footage and photographs, and with exclusive interviews with family, friends and former colleagues, this documentary is the untold story of josef fritzl, the man the international media dubbed the monster. The true crime story that made international headlines. March 19, 2009 josef fritzl fathered seven children with a daughter he imprisoned and raped in a cellar for 24 years in the small central town of amstetten, austria. Secret basement found in house owned by josef fritzl years before he made his daughter his sex slave. The plot is interesting but the sequence of events is a bit confusing. Josef fritzl was born in 1935 in the small city of amstetten in lower austria. Her mother rosemarie hastily filed a missingpersons report, frantic over the whereabouts of her.
Josef fritzl simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The josef fritzl story interviews with family members, doctors and victims of 73yearold josef fritzl, who held his daughter captive in a basement for. Austrian investigators are examining a police file on house of horrors father josef fritzl for a rape in the city of linz dating back to 1967. A news story that very few of us ever get to read or hear about much less imagine. The horrific true story of josef fritzl, the father from hell nigel cawthorne in the quiet austrian town of amstetten in the balmy spring of april 2008, a truly horrifying vision of hell was discovered by police in the cellar of a normal suburban home. This book details the story of josef fritzl, the austrian who kept his daughter prisoner in the cellar of his home for 24 years.