Secrets in the Cellar
In 1984, friends and neighbors of Josef and Rosemarie Fritzl felt sorry for the couple whose 18-year-old daughter had run off to join a cult. No one, not even Rosemarie, suspected the truth: that Elisabeth was imprisoned in a soundproofed dungeon her father had constructed beneath their home. There, Josef, an Austrian engineer of some repute, kept her as his sex slave—for 24 years. His brutal acts of incest resulted in the birth of seven children, and not until one of them needed hospitalization, a 19-year-old who had never seen the light of day, was suspicion aroused. What would drive a man to commit such unspeakable acts? Secrets in the Cellar is a story all the more difficult to believe because it is true.
Hardcover : 256 pages
Publisher: St. Martins Press, LLC ( February 12, 2009 )
Item #: 12-705523
ISBN: 9781607517597
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.25 x 0.576inches
Product Weight: 11.0 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
What a story 
May 06, 2012
I'm not sure what I expected but, this book really opened my eyes to the kind of things that people are capable of. It was also an education on how the laws of different countries can affect not only the guilty but the innocent. I just felt horrible for the subjects in the book but I couldn't stop reading.
Reviewer: Julie D
Secrets in the Cellar!
April 30, 2012
This was an excellent and well-written book! Although quite disturbing, the writer didn't add any extra fluff, gave us a story that was riveting and easy to read.
Reviewer: P A
WOW
February 13, 2012
This book is so disturbing. It is so sad that there are people out there like this. A father is suppose to be a protector! Not a demon is disguise! A true page turner!!! Great book but one of the most saddest and awful things I have read
Reviewer: cassandra
Secrets in the Cellar
February 06, 2012
I found this book to be disturbing but a page turner. I can only imagine where this man's mind was in order to do this and actually believe it was ok. I wonder how long he would have kept them? Very good read!
Reviewer: diordivavt
Secrets in the Cellar
February 01, 2012
This book was a GREAT READ!!! It's sad, discusting and horiffic to conceive how a father could bee so twisted and evil.
My heart goes out to his daughter and their incest children.
So good but soooo sad!!!
Reviewer: Paula B
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