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Secrets in the Cellar: A True Story of the Austrian Incest Case That Shocked the World Mass market paperbound - 2009

by John Glatt

Glatt recounts the horrifying case of Josef Fritzi, a 73-year-old retired engineer in Austria, who stands accused of incest after imprisoning his daughter Elisabeth for 24 years in his basement, repeatedly raping her, and fathering seven children with her. photos. Original.


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A LOVING FATHER

Josef Fritzl was a 73-year-old retired engineer in Austria. He seemed to be living a normal life with his wife, Rosemarie, and their family--though one daughter, Elisabeth, had decades earlier been "lost" to a religious cult. Throughout the years, three of Elisabeth's children mysteriously appeared on the Fritzls' doorstep; Josef and Rosemarie raised them as their own. But only Josef knew the truth about Elisabeth's disappearance...

A MISSING DAUGHTER

For twenty-seven years, Josef had imprisoned and molested Elisabeth in his man-made basement dungeon, complete with sound-proof paneling and code-protected electric locks. There, she would eventually give birth to a total of seven of Josef's children. One died in infancy--and the other three were raised alongside Elisabeth, never to see the light of day.

AND THE AWFUL TRUTH THAT LAY HIDDEN JUST BELOW...

Then, in 2008, one of Elisabeth's children became seriously ill, and was taken to the hospital. It was the first time the nineteen-year-old girl had ever gone outside--and soon, the truth about her background, her family's captivity, and Josef's unspeakable crimes would come to light.

With 8 pages of shocking photos!

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  • Title Secrets in the Cellar: A True Story of the Austrian Incest Case That Shocked the World
  • Author John Glatt
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher St. Martin's True Crime, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 2009-03
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780312947866 / 0312947860
  • Weight 0.28 lbs (0.13 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.76 x 4.26 x 0.69 in (17.17 x 10.82 x 1.75 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Eastern Europe
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Incest - xAustria, Child sexual abuse - Austria
  • Dewey Decimal Code 364.153

About the author

English-born John Glatt is the author of Lost and Found, Playing with Fire, and many other bestselling books of true crime. He has more than 30 years of experience as an investigative journalist in England and America. Glatt left school at 16 and worked a variety of jobs-including tea boy and messenger-before joining a small weekly newspaper. He freelanced at several English newspapers, then in 1981 moved to New York, where he joined the staff for News Limited and freelanced for publications including Newsweek and the New York Post. His first book, a biography of Billy Graham, was published in 1981, and he published For I Have Sinned, his first book of true crime, in 1998. He has appeared on television and radio programs all over the world, including Dateline NBC, Fox News, A Current Affair, BBC World News, and A&E Biography. He and his wife Gail divide their time between New York City, the Catskill Mountains and London.
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