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 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

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

A team of experts has unearthed an 800-year-old cellar under a central Berlin car park which they say dates the city back to the 12th century, earlier than previously thought. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Experts searching a hidden cellar at the former Haut de la Garenne children's home on Jersey have discovered children's milk teeth, police revealed today. picked by davethefish 3 months ago

A man from northern China village, had in mind to place pipes for tap water right after he has dug a channel. During his digging he suddenly found an old hidden money cellar containing around 10,000 ancient Chinese coins, weighting about 1.5 tons. picked by maxriter 9 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

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 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

The Cellar is one of the longest-running communities on the Internet. This section will show you images that will blow your mind every day. picked by jaxomlotus 2 years ago

Mantis vs. spider picked by Galoot 2 years ago

Swimming in soap... picked by mrnelson 2 years ago

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

If water, sewage, gas and oil can be transported through underground pipelines, why not consumer goods as well? You could order something on the internet and pick it up in your cellar the next morning. Thanks to the automated control, the low speed and the higher efficiency of the electric drive, the energy consumption of the system is much lower than that of any other form of transport. The ori... read full post picked by extc68 5 months ago

Has anyone seen this? I'm horrified! I'd thought I'd heard of everything. The boy is only seven years old, and was kept gagged and handcuffed. Thank goodness he was found. The Thumbnail is of one of his torturers, who tried to pass herself off as a child. picked by Marz 1 month ago

An Austrian school has been making cheese in their cellar. As it matures they have been playing CDs of Monks chanting at it.

They're convinced it makes a difference. picked by pocksucket 1 month ago