Josef Fritzl held his daughter Elisabeth Fritzl captive in a basement for 24 years and forced her to give birth to seven ...

The Elisabeth Fritzl case, known worldwide as the "Girl in the Basement" story, is one of the darkest and most disturbing true crime cases in modern history. It is the shocking real-life account of a ...

Elisabeth Fritzl was held captive in a basement and sexually abused by her father, Josef Fritzl, for 24 years — and had seven of his children. Years before the abduction, Josef remodeled the basement ...

(Reuters) - Josef Fritzl was sentenced to life in a psychiatric institution on Thursday for locking up and raping his daughter over 24 years, fathering seven children with her, and causing the death ...

FILE - Josef Fritzl, center, is escorted to the fourth day of his trial in the provincial courthouse in St. Poelten, Austria, Thursday, March 19, 2009. Austrian prosecutors have appealed a court ...

VIENNA, Austria -- An Austrian judge ruled Friday that a man suspected of keeping his daughter captive in a dungeon for more than two decades and having seven children with her should remain in ...

Elisabeth Fritzl survived 24 years of abuse and captivity at the hands of her father, Josef Fritzl. Her case — which inspired the 2015 drama Room —made international headlines after she miraculously ...

(Reuters) - A 73-year-old Austrian who locked his daughter in a cellar for most of her adult life and had seven children with her goes on trial on March 16 for charges including murder, rape and ...