Description
THE LOVING FATHER
Josef Fritzl was a 73-year-old retired engineer from Austria. He appeared to lead an ordinary life with his wife Rosemarie, even though one of their daughters, Elisabeth, had run away from home many years earlier to join a religious sect. Over the years, three of Elisabeth's children mysteriously appeared on the Fritzls' doorstep, and Josef and Rosemarie brought them up as their own. But only Josef knew the truth about Elisabeth's disappearance...
THE MISSING DAUGHTER
For over twenty years Josef held Elisabeth captive and abused her in his own home, in a dungeon built underground. There she bore him seven children. One of them died three days after birth, and three grew up alongside Elisabeth until she was freed.
A TERRIBLE TRUTH HIDDEN UNDERGROUND...
In 2008, one of Elisabeth's children fell seriously ill and was taken to hospital. The nineteen-year-old girl stepped outside for the first time, and soon the truth about her origins, her captivity and Josef's unspeakable cruelty came to light.