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Open My Rape Dungeon to Tourists: Fritzl

Josef Fritzl hoped to charge visitors to the Austria house where he repeatedly raped his own daughter

By Rebecca Smith Hurd,  Newser User

Posted Nov 15, 2008 5:12 PM CST

(Newser) – Josef Fritzl has proposed turning his dark, rat-filled subterranean dungeon into a tourist attraction, the Telegraph reports. Fritzl's sister-in-law told an Austrian tabloid that he hoped to collect 10 euros per visitor and give proceeds to his traumatized family. “It is completely mad,” she said. “The family rejected his ‘business’ proposal."

Members of a forensic team approach the house of Josef Fritzl in Amstetten, Lower Austria, on Wednesday, April 30, 2008. Authorities say the young woman whose sickness triggered discovery of an Austrian family in the house  terrorized by decades of incest and imprisonment is struggling to survive, as they weigh...
Members of a forensic team approach the house of Josef Fritzl in Amstetten, Lower Austria, on Wednesday, April 30, 2008. Authorities say the young woman whose sickness triggered discovery of an Austrian...   (AP Photo/Hans Punz)
A photo taken by and released by the Austrian police with permission of Austria's prosecution office on April 28, 2008 shows suspect Josef Fritzl at an unspecified location. Austrian prosecutors said that Frizl accused of imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering her seven children has been charged with...
A photo taken by and released by the Austrian police with permission of Austria's prosecution office on April 28, 2008 shows suspect Josef Fritzl at an unspecified location. Austrian prosecutors said...   (AP Photo/Police Niederoesterreich)
A member of the forensic team leaves through the front door of the house that has become the scene of a crime of incest and abuse, in Amstetten, Austria, on Monday, May 5, 2008. Police arrested Austrian Josef Fritzl  for imprisoning his daughter for 24 years in a secret cellar...
A member of the forensic team leaves through the front door of the house that has become the scene of a crime of incest and abuse, in Amstetten, Austria, on Monday, May 5, 2008. Police arrested Austrian...   (AP Photo/Hans Punz)
In this Friday may 2, 2008 file photo people are seen on the  house in Amstetten, Austria, where 73-year-old Josef Fritzl imprisoned his daughter for 24 years in a windowless basement cell and fathering seven children with her. Questioning of the incest victim Elisabeth Fritzl is set for later this...
In this Friday may 2, 2008 file photo people are seen on the house in Amstetten, Austria, where 73-year-old Josef Fritzl imprisoned his daughter for 24 years in a windowless basement cell and fathering...   (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)
The backyard of the house in Amstetten, Austria, where 73-year-old Josef Fritzl imprisoned his daughter for 24 years in a windowless basement cell and fathered seven children with her.
The backyard of the house in Amstetten, Austria, where 73-year-old Josef Fritzl imprisoned his daughter for 24 years in a windowless basement cell and fathered seven children with her.   (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
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Guest
Nov 16, 2008 6:10 AM CST
The sad thing is , the place would make lots of $. I think that if ALL the profits went to these children. Well then they could afford shrinks to make them even worse off. Open it up before the novelty wears off.
Shannonals
Nov 16, 2008 5:26 AM CST
Why haven't the killed this man yet?

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