Dungeon dad Josef Fritzl has revealed for first time why he locked his family in a cellar for almost 25 years.

Fritzl said he acted out of love in imprisoning his daughter Elisabeth when she was 18 years old. picked by eelem 3 months ago

Details from Josef Fritzl's confession and police interviews with the daughter he held hostage for 24 years are now emerging, including police photos of the cellar where she was held with three of her children.

Update to Dollyllama's post but I don't think it will be the last. picked by pocksucket 3 months ago

It would appear that Josef Fritzl's abuse of his daughter began when she was 11 and that a year later he had begun to plan her permanent imprisonment in his basement. picked by pocksucket 3 months ago

Elizabeth Fritzl revealed yesterday that she was forced to dig out the chambers by hand, working for hours at a time over the course of nearly a decade. picked by tigertony 3 months ago

"They met each other on Sunday morning," clinic director Berthold Kepplinger told reporters Tuesday. "And it is astonishing how easy it worked, that the children came together and also it was astonishing how easy it happened that the grandmother and the mother came together." picked by DaftGretel 3 months ago

Doctors are trying to wake cellar girl Kerstin Fritzl out of her coma, it was reported today. picked by jhordie 2 months ago

"For years, Madison, Wisconsin police and city lawyers refused to believe a blind woman who said an intruder raped her at knifepoint. They even charged her with lying about it.

"Now, five years after DNA connected a sex offender to the attack, the city has apologized to the woman, known as Patty, and is offering her $35,000." picked by digitalgimpling 2 years ago

Williams, 20, of Charleston, was held captive for more than a week at a ramshackle trailer in Logan County, where she was tortured, sexually assaulted and forced to eat animal droppings, according to criminal complaints. picked by muppet 10 months ago

A woman who was sexually abused, beaten and forced to eat rat and dog faeces while being held captive in a West Virginian home for at least a week may be the victim of a hate crime. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Democratic Representative James Fagan... railing against Jessica's Law...

"I'm going to make sure that the rest of their [a rape victim] life is ruined. That when they're 8 years old they throw up; when they're 12 years old, they won't sleep. When they're 19 years old they'll have nightmares and they'll never have a relationship with anybody." picked by ImNotBlue 4 weeks ago

Interested in a life of constant arguing, withering stares, and no sex? Just keep using these phrases... picked by 1krazykorean 10 months ago