A father allegedly kept his daughter captive in a cellar for 24 years, Austrian police said Sunday.

*Update to this story here. picked by dollyllama 3 weeks ago

He went to an asylum for the criminally insane and spent 50 years there. There was just one problem. His father, whom he was thought to have killed, was still alive. picked by Moe 4 weeks ago

A Mount Airy man will spend 23 years in prison for fatally shaking his girlfriend’s 8-month-old son to death in February 2006 while trying to stop the infant from crying. picked by punthe 4 months ago

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 1 week ago

A collection of photos comparing a place about 100 years ago to the same place today picked by muppet 4 months ago

A young father has been convicted of badly injuring his infant daughter by putting her in a microwave in a Texas hotel room, with jurors rejecting his claim he was insane at the time. picked by AutumnLotus 2 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 1 week ago

For the last 31 years, Charles Free has lived an ordinary life. He fell in love, married and raised two children. He spent more than 20 years in the Las Vegas construction business, working his way up to project manager. His family calls him a caring man, a model citizen. picked by dollyllama 2 months ago

Although the Korean War only lasted three years, the cast of M*A*S*H was with us every week for eleven years. The final episode on February 28, 1983 was the most watched episode in American TV ever, drawing 106 million viewers, or 77% of the audience that night. It’s been twenty-five years since we said Goodbye, Farewell and Amen; let’s see what the gang has been up to since then. picked by 2longdogs 2 months ago

The Pakistani government has released from jail an Indian man who had spent 35 years on death row.

Not a single visitor in that time! picked by topofall 2 months ago

He got thousands of pounds of funding made available by the authorities to create nuclear shelters in the Seventies Cold War era. picked by tigertony 2 weeks ago

Workers responding to neighbors' complaints of a bad smell coming from an apartment in western England discovered a body that lay decomposing on a couch for years while another resident lived there, officials said Friday.

After 8 years, it still had a smell? picked by bevissimo 3 months ago

A Fairfield man is in jail because his daughter hasn't gotten her General Equivalency Diploma (GED).

*I'm all for parents being responsible for their kids but this is absurd. picked by dollyllama 6 days ago

Think it's hard being MacGyver? Then try being MacGyver AND a college student at Phoenix University! Watch what happens as MacGyver tries to manufacture a condom using only paperclips and his imagination!

Additional episodes in comments picked by 2manyusernames 2 weeks ago

"accident," my ass. 10 years isn't long enough. picked by muppet 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 weeks ago

Yet another candidate for the death penalty...and yes I feel he should be executed. He was already an RSO for having sex with a 12-year-old girl 8 years ago. picked by moe 1 month ago

A Sheboygan woman[what an a**hole} shot her 8-year-old daughter in the leg with a BB gun to win a $1 bet with her boyfriend[whatana**hole}, authorities said Friday picked by mutil8or 2 weeks ago

A Winter Haven man was charged with murder, accused of fatally beating his 4-month-old daughter because he wanted a son, authorities said.

*yes, you guessed where. picked by dollyllama 4 months ago

Deputies say a woman in western Kansas became stuck on her boyfriend's toilet after sitting on it for two years. Surprised it happened so quickly....lol picked by deepcleanfun 2 months ago