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80-year-old raped, imprisoned daughters for 40 years: police

(NEWSER) - Kindling memories of the infamous Joseph Fritzl case , Austrian police have arrested a man on suspicion of raping and imprisoning his daughters for more than 40 years, the BBC reports. The 80-year-old denies wrongdoing, but authorities say one of his daughters fled during an attempted rape and reported his alleged crimes. Now 45 and 53, police say both daughters have "mental deficiencies." More»

Josef Fritzl repeatedly raped daughter Elisabeth there for 24 years

(AP) - The liquidator of Josef Fritzl's estate says the windowless cellar of the house where Fritzl imprisoned and repeatedly raped his daughter for 24 years will be filled up with concrete. The move is to ensure the space can never be entered again, and the work is set to begin early next year. No decision has yet been made about whether the house should be torn down. (Think concrete is excessive? Apparently the basement has been a hot party spot for Austrian teens.) More»

'You can play music down there and no one will hear'

(NEWSER) - For the teens of Amstetten, Austria, Josef Fritzl's dungeon of horrors has been the hot place to party over the last couple of months. Authorities have found empty booze bottles and other party detritus in the warren of rooms where Fritzl kept his daughter Elisabeth as a sex slave for 24 years, fathering seven children with her. It's become cool for local young people to say they've been "down in the cellar," one partygoer tells the Daily Mail . "You don’t have to say which one—everyone knows what you mean." More»

Incest dad says he's 'world famous,' 'dead sad'

(NEWSER) - Austrian incest monster Josef Fritzl has granted his first press interview, boasting to reporters that he's "world famous," "loves" the daughter he repeatedly raped for 24 years, and is convinced his wife is still in love with him. "My dream is to get out of here alive," said Fritzl, who is serving a life sentence for raping his daughter some 3,000 times in the basement dungeon where he fathered her 7 children (he incinerated the body of one baby who died). Though Fritzl , 75, broke down in tears in court when he confessed his crimes, reporters from Germany's Bild newspaper were convinced during the interview that he felt no remorse. More»

(NEWSER) - Elisabeth Fritzl has “renewed strength” after beginning a relationship with her bodyguard, the Telegraph reports. Fritzl, 42, was held captive in an Austrian cellar and raped by her father, Josef, for 24 years; she and her six children by her father are now under police protection. “They are a couple,” a source said. “Everyone saw from the beginning how secure she felt with him.” More»