24 Years In Captivity: The Horrifying Story Of Elizabeth Fritzl (Crime Documentary) | Real Stories

Somehow it's hard for me to believe that his wife didn’t at least suspect anything.

I can't imagine how this poor girl didn't lose her mind 😔 😭😭😭😭

All that food and supplies being brought downstairs, and no-one noticed

It's not a surprise that he was able to portray himself as a normal member of society. Monsters don't walk around with a neon flashing sign declaring themselves to be monsters

So absolutely depraved. When I’m feeling down and whiny I will remember this poor Elizabeth and be thankful for my life. I hope she is healing and feeling safe now.

What happens with his wife, Elizabeth's mother, and her siblings? No one in that house noted something wrong was going on, I'm sorry I can't believe that.

How could his wife not know anything. Her head must have been buried in the sand. I don’t even believe this. How can any mother not realize he was taken food and other supplies and not question any of it.

One year for incest??

1 whole year for incear, Austria?! WTAF is wrong with you?? The laws & their punishments seriously need to be rewritten

I notice there was little or no reference to his wife - what did she have to say about all of this?

I live near Amtstetten, 30 minutes away to be exact. The sad thing is that people haven't learned anything from it. The most important thing is to be the face in public and as long as that is the case, hardly anyone questions anything. I think it says a lot that the case of Natascha Kampusch was similar. The places are close and it was also someone who didn't stand out in public and therefore he was able to live a double life for years. Fritzl has to stay in prison for life! The fact that people are campaigning for his release is just sick to me.

1 year for incest? What a justice error!😡

What a shame, we are as human being. Great documentaries on this channel. Love it

How Elizabeth keeps her sanity after all that is a miracle !

I remember hearing about this on the news for the first time. I couldn't believe it was real..

I cant sorry I CANT BELIEVE the MOTHER WAS THAT IGNORANT!!! This is a sick man and she is just a nut job too ohhh this is a crazy crazy situation she never ever cared this is a shell of people i am disgusted!!!!

Such a vile person...and can we all just acknowledge that he received "1 year" for incest! Disgusting....

This is an absolutely disgusting and devastating story, I remember it being on the TV when it happened, I prayed they would all survive back then, Now what bothers me me is we know about this story but how many others that we don’t know of yet…? I’m hoping that his “prison buddies” will surly take care of him and he dare to never reach for the soap. She’s a very strong lady, as long as the media keep out I’m sure she’ll go far. Edit: a point that disturbs me too is the fact that the house is still standing, it should be long gone and not just painted,,,,, who would want to live there.?

This reminds me in some ways of the horrific story of "Genie" Wiley (not her real name) who was imprisoned and tied to a chair by her parents for 13 years, then "rescued" by a team of scientists who experimented on her for years, trying to prove you could teach a child language after the age of 10 (previously believed impossible). She was labelled a "wild child" (a child who has never had social contact), a sort of blank slate, which they saw as a great opportunity to study the acquisition of language. They even re-named her after a magical apparition, revealing the extent of their sense of ownership/control. It was all a monstrous social and scientific experiment. "Genie" did learn some language, knew individual words, but never became fluent in her speech. She was passed around among the homes of the various scientists, as they believed she should be constantly drilled in learning language at home as well as in the lab. One of them was even heard to exclaim, "Genie is going to make me famous!" These arrangements never lasted, as they would give her up when her behaviour became a problem - she just wasn't integrated socially! So they gave her back to her mother. YES. They put her right back in the home where she had been imprisoned and tortured for 13 years. (By this time her father had committed suicide.) Her mother knew all about her daughter's imprisonment and even took part in it, but the child was given back to her because, frankly, nobody else wanted her. All her language skills deteriorated and she eventually became such a "problem" that she was institutionalized for the rest of her life, having entirely lost the ability to speak. There is a good PBS documentary on this which might be on YouTube.

Poor Elizabeth! I cannot imagine 😓