Secrets in the Cellar: A True Story of the Austrian Incest Case that Shocked the World

Josef Fritzl was a 73yearold retired engineer in Austria. He seemed to be living a normal life with his wife, Rosemarie, and their familythough one daughter, Elisabeth, had decades earlier been lost to a religious cult. Throughout the years, three of Elisabeths children mysteriously appeared on the Fritzls doorstep; Josef and Rosemarie raised them as their own. But only Josef knew the truth about Elisabeths disappearanceFor twentyseven years, Josef had imprisoned and molested Elisabeth in his manmade basement dungeon, complete with soundproof paneling and codeprotected electric locks. There, she would eventually give birth to a total of seven of Josefs children. One died in infancyand the other three were raised alongside Elisabeth, never to see the light of day.Then, in 2008, one of Elisabeths children became seriously ill, and was taken to the hospital. It was the first time the nineteenyearold girl had ever gone outsideand soon, the truth about her background, her familys captivity, and Josefs unspeakable crimes would come to light.John Glatts Secrets in the Cellar is the true story of a crime that shocked the world.