Secrets in the Cellar
A True Story of the Austrian Incest Case that Shocked the World
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4.2 • 186 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Josef Fritzl was a 73-year-old retired engineer in Austria. He seemed to be living a normal life with his wife, Rosemarie, and their family—though one daughter, Elisabeth, had decades earlier been "lost" to a religious cult. Throughout the years, three of Elisabeth's children mysteriously appeared on the Fritzls' doorstep; Josef and Rosemarie raised them as their own. But only Josef knew the truth about Elisabeth's disappearance…
For twenty-seven years, Josef had imprisoned and molested Elisabeth in his man-made basement dungeon, complete with sound-proof paneling and code-protected electric locks. There, she would eventually give birth to a total of seven of Josef's children. One died in infancy—and the other three were raised alongside Elisabeth, never to see the light of day.
Then, in 2008, one of Elisabeth's children became seriously ill, and was taken to the hospital. It was the first time the nineteen-year-old girl had ever gone outside—and soon, the truth about her background, her family's captivity, and Josef's unspeakable crimes would come to light.
John Glatt's Secrets in the Cellar is the true story of a crime that shocked the world.
Customer Reviews
I had nightmares
This is a wonderful read. My heart goes out to Elisabeth and her children.
Even though the book is very interesting, I only gave 4 stars because there was so much repetition.
I thank the writer for bringing this story to me. :)
Ok
i did really like this book. i wish there would have been a clearer ending- like how are elisabeth and her children today. what ended up happening to her mother and father. kind of repetitive, but overall it was very well written! thanks to the writer for bringing this story to the world.
Couldn’t put my phone down!
Such an emotional book. I am in awe of how Elisabeth managed to pull through so many years of being locked in the cellar and being capable of birthing and raising her family alone in the cellar in a slow-like moving frame while the world upstairs continued at a fast pace course. It’s a must read, it gives a great insight of those who are interested in psychological understandings of both the perpetrators and their victims.