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ISBN: 1607517590

ISBN13: 9781607517597

Secrets in the Cellar

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By John Glatt

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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. This description may be from another edition of this product.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1607517590

ISBN13:9781607517597

Release Date:January 2009

Publisher:St. Martin's

Length:248 Pages

Weight:0.72 lbs.

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Rated 5 stars
Secrets in the cellar

By Amy, March 19, 2024 Verified Purchase

Very good book Better then the movie

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Rated 4 stars
Well worth the read

By Sarah, November 30, 2022 Verified Purchase

Well worth the read, especially if you don’t know too much about this case.

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Rated 5 stars
Inspiring

By M Breuer, January 19, 2021 Verified Purchase

This book was eye opening and a very good read. I especially liked the ending.

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Rated 5 stars
So much more to the story

By Thriftbooks.com User, January 26, 2010

"Secrets in the Cellar" is an excellent book, very well written. Some parts were difficult to read, yet the story is fascinating and so hard to put down. How was it that Josef Fritzl was able to maintain his secret? It seems impossible to build a dungeon, imprison his daughter, Elisabeth, bring in her children to raise, all without anyone including the renters and his wife ever knowing. "How?" is the question everyone...

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By Thriftbooks.com User, April 21, 2009

For as quick as this book came out after the facts in the news; they seem extremely accurate. This writer was very aware of what was going on, and expressed the events of crime and the scene as if you were there with Elisabeth and her family. I can relate to her in some of the events, and they had destroyed my mental health. I can't even imagine what is going how badly Elisabeth and her children are going to face their...

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