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NEWS ABOUT: dungeon

dungeon stories: 7 news summaries

 Fritzl Trial 
 Won't  Start 
 This Year 

Prosecutors still gathering evidence against man accused of raping daughter for 24 years

Oct 13, 08 8:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - The trial of the Austrian man accused of imprisoning his daughter in a dungeon and raping her for 24 years likely will not start until early 2009, the Guardian reports. Prosecutors are still collecting evidence against Josef Fritzl, 73, and probably won’t be ready to go to court before... More »

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Austria • trial • delay • Josef Fritzl • dungeon

Fritzls Return to House
of Horrors to Help Cops

Mother, children were imprisoned in basement

Aug 13, 08 2:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Elisabeth Fritzl and her children have returned for the first time to the basement where they were imprisoned, the Daily Mail reports, helping police gather evidence for the trial against their father. Police wanted the family to show them precisely where and how they were held captive. The family... More »

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crime • abuse • incest • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl • Amstetten, Austria • criminal investigation • dungeon

Police Question Dungeon Daughter

Interview conducted
in secret location, videotaped for court

Jul 11, 08 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Elizabeth Fritzl won’t have to appear in court to give her account of her dungeon nightmare. Fritzl, who was imprisoned by her father for 24 years and forced to bear him seven children, was questioned in a secret location today, police announced, and will be interviewed again Monday. ... More »

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testimony • incest • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl • Amstetten, Austria • dungeon

 Fritzl Family Will Get
 New Identities 

Hounding reporters 'make them feel imprisoned again,' says attorney

May 30, 08 5:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Austrian authorities are preparing new identities for dungeon dad Josef Fritzl’s entire family, including the daughter he imprisoned in a celler, the six children Fritzl fathered with her, her six adult siblings and her mother. The family members have been hounded by lucrative offers for media interviews, the Times ... More »

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Austria • incest • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl • Amstetten, Austria • dungeon

Docs Bringing Fritzl Daughter
Out of Coma

Hospitalization of Kerstin led to discovery of incest dungeon

May 27, 08 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Doctors are attempting to bring Kerstin Fritzl—the girl Josef Fritzl fathered with his own daughter in an Austrian dungeon—out of an induced coma, the Guardian reports. Kerstin, 19, was admitted to hospital April 19 with multiple organ failure, and was sent into a coma to give her time... More »

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coma • incest • Josef Fritzl • Kerstin Fritzl • dungeon

 Fritzl Daughter to Give Interview 

Elisabeth, 42, said to choose Austrian TV for sitdown next Monday

May 19, 08 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Elisabeth Fritzl, imprisoned by her father for 24 years, will discuss life in the Austrian dungeon in a televised interview, the Daily Mail reports; the appearance on Austria's ORF TV will be broadcast next Monday. It was unclear what, if any, payment was agreed upon for the interview; paparazzi have... More »

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Austria • daughter • interview • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl • Amstetten, Austria • dungeon

 Dungeon Daughter: 'I Never Want to See My Father Again'

Elisabeth Fritzl spends first Mother's Day with 'above ground' kids

May 12, 08 5:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Austrian woman who spent 24 years in a cellar as the sex slave of her sadistic father has said she never wants to see him again, reports the Daily Telegraph. The information was revealed as Elisabeth Fritzl, 42, spent her first Mother's Day with five of her six surviving... More »

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Austria • Elisabeth Fritzl • Amstetten, Austria • Mother's Day • sex slave • dungeon • cellar • Felix • Lisa • Monika • Alexander • Kerstin • Josef • Christoph Herbst • boyfriend

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