Secrets in the Cellar

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…For 27 years, Josef had imprisoned and molested Elisabeth in his man-made basement dungeon, complete with sound-proof panelling 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.Then, in 2008, one of Elisabeth’s children became seriously ill, and was taken to the hospital. It was the first time the 19-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.

Author Biography

English-born John Glatt is the author of 17 books, and has over thirty years of experience as an investigative journalist in England and America. He divides his time between New York and London. Visit him on the web at www.johnglatt.com.