24 Years a Prisoner : Josef Fritzl

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Season 17 : BREAKING NEWS!
Episode 06 : Josef Fritzl
In 1984, 18-year old Elizabeth Fritzl disappeared from her home in Amstetten, Austria. Her father, Josef, convinced everybody that she had run away to join a cult, but 24 years later, the truth would be revealed and it would horrify the world.
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@lisalaursen3684 Ай бұрын

This monster should have been locked up long before he imprisoned Elizabeth. An 18 month sentence for breaking in a woman’s home and assaulting her at knifepoint?!

@Nurot Ай бұрын

Germany is a paradise for criminals...

@usermc1234 Ай бұрын

When he broke into the victim's residence, I bet he didn't feel scared at the thought of getting caught. Instead, he wanted to feel the excitement of getting away. An unrepentant monster, yucks.

@simoneahrens1974 Ай бұрын

Sadly those were the days....... :( One slap to the hand for such a crime..... ;(

@user-vu3fq2re8x Ай бұрын

That’s still how they do it. That’s why I don’t have any suburban friends lol y’all just watch that stuff happen and do nothing

@Notperfectbunny Ай бұрын

😢

@Tomatohater64 Ай бұрын

I find it hard to believe that his wife knew nothing after all those years of him abusing their daughter.

@janetpendlebury6808 Ай бұрын

I expect his wife had also been subjected to abuse for all those years, and worn down with all those children she had, and the ones he forced her to look after. Don't forget no one knew about the secret hideaway in the cellar, so she had no idea her daughter was there.

@TheSomethingOrOther82 Ай бұрын

Gaslighting is an abusers strongest weapon. 😢😢😢 sickly he probably made sure she would look like she knew if he ever got caught. This is Jaycie Dugard and The Sextons mixed together with a dash of Natascha Kampushe. *i know misspelled it*

@Lion_Hamza Ай бұрын

His wife was glad he abused someone else. She knew 100% what's going on.

@Tomatohater64 Ай бұрын

@@janetpendlebury6808 Sorry, I don't buy it, not one bit. She knew, but chose not to say anything probably fearing for her own life.

@mnemonichotpocket Ай бұрын

I don't.... I mean I can understand the skepticism as many parts of this case are hard to wrap one's mins around....but one thing successful predators learn at an early age is how to lie and manipulate. Many an evil man has kept a lot of secrets from people who had no idea.

@byronic-heroine Ай бұрын

This story will never not be absolutely mind-boggling to me. 24 years in a tiny space is inconceivable.

@feenarvaez65 Ай бұрын

Prison as a sex slave

@frisk151 Ай бұрын

What is mind boggling is surviving it and what is also what you find when you come out of that nightmare box.. There are some things (IMO) worth than death.. And, I firmly also believe, some people shouldn't ever see a courtroom for this.. The word Justice is garbage when you torture people's minds and bodies, oh, and SOUL.. I cannot stand anyone (including a few past friends of mine) who think these people should be given passes for the horrors they inflict on others.. I say this in part because of a horrendous "explosion I suffered" now 14 years ago when I got blown up out of the blue (not in war), and there was nothing more than I wanted than to DIE.. But, I couldn't.. Think Metallica's video, "One".. I was in pain like nothing I hope most (I mean that = MOST, not all) will ever experience.. I've been banged up before and I knew what I thought was pain before.. However, when you cannot see any light at the end of the tunnel, and while I am a Christian who never thought of killing myself before, even shot and in bad places.. I doubt the things I went through were ANYTHING close to 24 months of absolute insanity.. I mean that.. YOU DO NOT know what you are made of until it is just you, in a box.. Helpless.. That box can mean a lot of different things to each person. NOBODY put me in my nightmare and all the surgeries.. That last one was actually an "accident".. However, being LOST in a world you don't understand.. Pain absolutely is physically.. But, it is even more acute in the mind.. 24 fkn years..

@sarag.7156 Ай бұрын

the worst part is that if Fritzl at any point had an accident and died, she was left with all her children to slowly die because no one knew they were there, or they even existed in the world

@Rachel_Lol_ Ай бұрын

He has it better in prison

@Neku628 Ай бұрын

@@frisk151 Yeah, I'm also reminded of another case similar to this, except it was in Victorian times. Her name was Blanche Monnier, her mom kept her locked away up in the attic for almost thirty years, well 25 years actually. Blanche's mother's logic was because her daughter was going to marry some man she disapproved of greatly. The woman, Blanche, I believe she ended up dying in a lunatic asylum. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_Monnier#:~:text="Blanche%20Monnier%20was%20imprisoned%20in,a%20Nightmare%3A%20Blanche%20Monnier".

@Redesign24 Ай бұрын

The whole "ive run away and joined a cult" thing was a red flag right away. People in cults tend to avoid using that word to describe it due to the obvious negative connotations. Right away you know that wasn't written by the daughter imo

@manglerbrumtown4851 Ай бұрын

I did 24 months in Prison. It has permanently affected me. I wasn't subjected to physical and s*xual abuse routinely every day. Nobody deserves what she went through. The sheer length of time and the fact that her abuser was her father make it one of the worst cases in recent history.

@CrustyUgg Ай бұрын

24 months and you're still bothered by it? 🙄 and you didn't have Anything bad happen to you? Pleaseeee

@manglerbrumtown4851 Ай бұрын

@@CrustyUgg I saw horrific things on a daily basis. Have you ever caught the smell of boiled sugar water melting the flesh of another inmates face? It is quite unique, to say the least. I wasn't a victim. That's all you need to know.

@jenadams1002 Ай бұрын

It's crazy that this demon is actually still alive. The evil ones always live to a ripe old age. 😡

@lindseyyoung9149 Ай бұрын

No kidding! He's genuinely scary. His look is evil.

@andresreal8261 Ай бұрын

Even the Devil's all like "Fuck that shit, ain't gonna serve that customer till I got no other choice, bud!".

@debraself5846 Ай бұрын

I HOPE he lives a long long life locked up. How does it feel you disgusting POS. Enjoy your visits from your disgusting POS wife. Yeah, she knew.

@raregem84 Ай бұрын

@@lindseyyoung9149 Agreed. I normally never judge someone by their looks but as soon as I seen him I'm like he's scary looking. He just looks evil.

@SamiG1983 Ай бұрын

I couldn't agree with you more!!!

@Tsumami__ Ай бұрын

The SA Elisabeth went through is horrific, but what always pushes me to tears when I hear this case is the fact that those children had never seen daylight or grass or trees. Imagine forcing someone to live their entire life in a cellar and never letting them so much as see the freaking sun or rain outside. That’s mind boggling it’s so cruel.

@MiaDeCristofaro Ай бұрын

Getting the possibility of parole after 15 years when he imprisoned his daughter for 24 years is insane

@rodolfo5022 9 күн бұрын

More like it's disgusting and speaks volumes of austrian justice and mentality.

@the-finn Ай бұрын

How this girl/woman survived years of torture and hell at the hands of her father is unfathomable. I do hope she can find peace and some happiness in her life. I do hope all the children receive treatment and are able to live as much of a normal life as possible. ❤

@rebelmomma5713 Ай бұрын

I have read that in the place she lives, the people are very protective of her and her privacy. They do not take kindly to those who may find where she is and come snooping.

@the-finn Ай бұрын

@@rebelmomma5713 that great, the last thing she needs are people bothering her. Nice to hear her community is supportive of her.

@pamelajackson5570 Ай бұрын

I also read that she is happily married to the man who was initially her body guard, ❤

@saint-miscreant Ай бұрын

this is one of those cases that always gets to me. one of those where you see the name and seethe _THIS fucking guy_

@513dudeosu Ай бұрын

This truly is monsters and somewhere sinister in one. The cop who arrested him after hearing the story should have gotten the key to the city for not beating him to a pulp.

@lindacarlson6887 Ай бұрын

Besides all the horrors, giving birth alone. In a cellar. Good lord.

@DubsTV93 Ай бұрын

6 times! A pack of baby wipes and scissors! Wild

@eduardodiaz9942 Ай бұрын

I remember back when this case unfolded. To this day it remains one of the most sickening things I've ever had the displeasure of watching in the news.

@sarag.7156 Ай бұрын

the scariest thing about a crime hidden for decades, is that 100% there are other cases NOW, but nobody knows it. In the same years Natasha Kampusch was kept in a cellar as well, in Austria. it's so scary. Greetings from Germany...

@jonnylumberjack6223 Ай бұрын

I find myself thinking about this family from time to time, wondering how Elizabeth and her kids are doing now. I truly hope they have found some peace and are able to enjoy their lives.

@inuchan74 Ай бұрын

I know a lot of people don't believe that Rosemary had no idea what was going on because, well how could she not?? But really, even if there were odd things she noticed, the occasional strange noise, things that didn't make much sense, who in a million years would ever think their spouse dug a dungeon under the house and kept a sex slave and an entire second family down there? If you saw this plot in a movie, and didn't know it was a real story, you would think it was totally unbelievable. It's not even like this was just a basement that she was never allowed to go in - it was a completely separate place. This one really makes my stomach churn. It's so disgusting, I don't know how you live a normal life after something like this. I hope Elizabeth and her kids are all safe and as happy as they can be.

@thisisMONSTERS Ай бұрын

Yeah, it’s really easy to say that she had to have known in hindsight, but they had grown apart and she wasn’t even directly above the dungeon, she lived two floors up so there was a whole floor between them.

@nixm9093 Ай бұрын

Another documentary suggests the wife was a bit intellectually challenged. She was also extremely meek and acquiescent to her husband, having learned not to question him many many years before.

@saturationstation1446 Ай бұрын

well for one, "normal life" in most of the world is strictly reserved for people like josef... so no one gets to have that unless they are evil enough to impress our overlords and win the privilege of not getting murdered with labor induced starvation to make some european douchebag rich.

@thatgardeninggirl2864 Ай бұрын

Elizabeth was able to move far away get married and raise her children last I read, she's a grandmother now. So unbelievably sad That there's so many sickos in the world. People doing this right now that we don't even know about. And this 💩 head is due for release. Yeah sickening

@Survivor58 Ай бұрын

@@thatgardeninggirl2864 I hope she's able to not be overly cautious with the grandchildren. I don't know if normalcy is even possible.

@jone6635 Ай бұрын

What a horrible human being. I can't even imagine what Elizabeth and her kids went through in those terrible years. Fritzl is a real monster.

@lornaginetteharrison7168 Ай бұрын

Off topic, but tangential: I remember, several years ago, a retailer here in the UK, WHSmith, had a display of gifts recommended for Father’s Day…including a biography of Josef Fritzl!😱 I guess you could give him the book with the message: "Hey dad, Happy Father Day! At least you’re not as bad a dad as _this_ guy!"🤦🏻‍♀️

@thisisMONSTERS Ай бұрын

There’s a greeting card to that effect that I saw online once.

@tilly8509 Ай бұрын

I remember that 😮

@amberrodriguez851 Ай бұрын

Horrible 🤦🏼‍♀️

@VickyShawcooksalot Ай бұрын

Who would waste good money on that book?

@frisk151 Ай бұрын

@@thisisMONSTERS Do you recall the author? ;)

@MrsDaedalus_ Ай бұрын

I grew up in Austria and I vividly remember, when the news broke out. I was 13 at that time and everything that happened, it was horrifying. In High School, I took the class psychology intensive, and we looked into the case from a forensic psychology perspective, how someone can do something like this to their own child. Horrifying and sickening are the two words that describes him the best. I live in Vienna now, so to hear that he is now transferred to a normal prison, it is not great news. Especially, because there is a prison in my district, which is also near where I live, and I hope that he is not going to be transferred there. I know that he won't be able to go out, but still, the thought of one of the most prolific criminal in Austria living in a prison near my apartment is not great.

@Gaetano.94 Ай бұрын

Was 13 when this story hit too. It is still haunting to this day... I travelled from Toronto to Vienna to visit my family in Maribor Slovenia that year and still remember the nightmares lol.

@tooi816 Ай бұрын

I grew up in Australia and this was massive news eeeevrywhere. His face is burned into my brain from when I was a teen hearing about the kids escape and how it all finally came out.

@Lion_Hamza Ай бұрын

Josef Fritzl Austria Natasha Kampush Austria Jack Unterweger Austria

@spiritmatter1553 Ай бұрын

@@Lion_HamzaSomething in the Austrian water?

@catherinegriessel56 Ай бұрын

Taints the air you breath, true barbaric monster

@DistrustHumanz Ай бұрын

This inspired me to go down an hours-long rabbit hole of long-term abductions and imprisonments, both by family members and strangers. It was absolutely shocking how many people who helped the main villain received little to no punishment.

@amberrodriguez851 Ай бұрын

I literally had to read this comment out loud to my husband. That’s freaking insane!!!

@VickyShawcooksalot Ай бұрын

Wonder how many knew his secret? Plus how many are pedo's themselves? Sick monsters! 🤬

@nixm9093 Ай бұрын

We'd only be able to read about the ones that were found out. Imagine how many people were never caught?

@Alex-ie8py Ай бұрын

Did you get to Colleen Stan? If you didn’t, definitely go down that rabbit hole! Horrifying stuff.

@LaurieValdez-zk3dy Ай бұрын

He has the Creepiest eyes.

@damned1313 Ай бұрын

Ok he is a monster. But keeping this up for 24 years, raising kids, manipulating and lying for 24 years, building new rooms, keeping the secret. Imagine if this man put that type of perseverance into something positive. I’m amazed at how long it lasted and the depths that it went.

@Indiartworks Ай бұрын

That has to be the most unbelievably tragic and horrific story yet! Its amazing the strength that Elizabeth must possess to be able to survive 24 years of pure hell and have numerous children in the process.

@chrissmith6919 Ай бұрын

You mean your door step was randomly had a child left there 3 times and didn't raise eyebrows?

@janetpendlebury6808 Ай бұрын

Not randomly left, left by the daughter for her parents to look after.

@RickRobinCagnaan Ай бұрын

That Uncle Roger line “Fritzl soup” may be a run-in joke when referring to how Jack Scalfani cooked his dish, but Fritzl proved to be a disgraceful monster who came to be hated by the whole of Austria.

@chickenlittle5095 Ай бұрын

Whole of the world hates this scumbag.

@Pillboxing Ай бұрын

running joke, there's no such thing as a run-in joke.

@LightningDoesStrikeThrice 22 күн бұрын

Seems Austria loves psychopaths including one in particular from the 1940's...he who shall not be named 😂 because YT hates it lol

@luxor-uc2xs Ай бұрын

I am from austria and amstetten is only 60 km far way from me. The monstrous deeds of this monster will never be forgotten.

@micheleshively8557 Ай бұрын

Its mind boggling to try to imagine what this woman went through at the hands of this psychopath 😢 I hope she's doing well now and healing. Unbelievably horrific

@Sadako2612 Ай бұрын

Austrian here: Josef was released from the psychiatric ward to the general prison due to him being 88-years old, having eatly stages of dementia and not posing a threat to the prison population. It still sparked discussions among the general population of this is the right choice....

@RaZhanBreonna Ай бұрын

Him now showing early signs of dementia is all the more reason to keep him in a psy hospital. Dementia patients are often times very unpredictable

@magorzataderdzinska4906 Ай бұрын

I’m just wondering how many such dungeons and cellars are still out there in the world today…

@jxn1056 Ай бұрын

I think about that a lot. So horrifying! 😢

@XaMarie21 Ай бұрын

You find some of the most horrific “Monsters”. And this creep is definitely one of the worst.

@Jlockjammers217 Ай бұрын

Jesus Christ this is more horrible than just murdering someone

@richsuykerbuyk7983 Ай бұрын

I know this channel is called Monsters and it's one of my favorite TC channels but monster is not a strong enough description of Josef. He's inhuman, absolutely completely without morality, conscious or thought process for anything but himself. Josef's existence on this earth makes me hope there is a hell and a fully conscious eternity in it.

@agewilson Ай бұрын

I am beyond excited to see that you've finally covered this story. Now, once more I beg you to PLEASE PLEASE cover Robert Pickton (who was just killed in prison last week here in Canada)! There is so much to be said about it and I know you would do an amazing job honoring the women victims ❤

@belindal4206 Ай бұрын

I’m very disappointed this “man” is still alive

@motrwithmary6531 Ай бұрын

I will hug my Dad twice on Sunday, US Father’s Day. If you’re lucky enough to have a great Dad, show your appreciation as you got lucky, some get monsters.

@nixm9093 Ай бұрын

My dad was amazing, loving, kind and intelligent, genuinely interested in people and deeply caring with a great sense of humour. A smart successful businessman who loved and put his family first, built us up, encouraged and supported us. Even stayed involved in charity work until his death age 90 in 2019. I miss him every day.

@motrwithmary6531 Ай бұрын

@@nixm9093 Thank you for sharing, sounds like he will be remembered kindly and is still much loved. May you and yours have peace this Father’s Day and thereafter

@jxn1056 Ай бұрын

I had a wonderful father.❤ Miss him so much! He passed in July of 2019. I have never felt so lost and I'm 40.

@motrwithmary6531 Ай бұрын

@@jxn1056 I’m sorry for your loss and may his memory and love live on through you and yours, and may you find peace ❤️ The lessons and love they taught us never leave us, even when they aren’t physically present.

@jeffreylubinski9797 Ай бұрын

What an insane story

@VickyShawcooksalot Ай бұрын

Elizabeth's being hooked on drugs is new. I don't think I heard that excuse before. I want to know how it got worse if she was locked in the dungeon he created. She got more drugs magically from thin air is my guess? Yeah right. Totally makes sense. NOT! I swear every time I hear this story there's some new detail that emerges. The man is a monster, a vile evil monster.

@thisisMONSTERS Ай бұрын

No. Like, the longer he kept her there, the worse it would be for him when he let her out. So, he just kept her down there.

@nancysantamarialatica1141 Ай бұрын

This story is so wrong in many ways ,

@WakeyWakeyEggsandBakey Ай бұрын

It's horrendous to consider that it isn't a work of fiction but something that really happened to a real person. One of the worst cases of imprisonment and incestu0us SA. It's an absolute miracle that she managed to survive this along with most of the children. 😢

@badgalkia10 Ай бұрын

I will never forget this story. I remember being so shocked when I first heard it years ago. So crazy

@suzannelindsay2247 Ай бұрын

When this came to light, I remember the talk about the Stockholm Syndrome. Sad that this is actually a thing. 😢

@BeStillNow Ай бұрын

It breaks my heart every time I see his name and her photo. Rott in hell!

@triplesixmafia Ай бұрын

there's a death metal band i liked in high school called Cerebral Bore that made a song about this. they named it "24 Year Party Dungeon", the lyrics I thought were pretty funny when i first read them but then i found out what the song was about later (and that it was a real thing that actually happened) my opinion changed and i found the lyrics in very poor taste. the band is still good to me im sure they were just edgy kids when they wrote the track. and its thanks to that song is how i found out about this entire thing at all nevertheless im glad to see proper documentation is finally being done about this absolutely horrific incident. 10 years ago there was virtually nothing you can watch or listen about this incident on YT at all. it always surprised me how any proper discussion about it is so elusive

@katarzynakowalczewska3263 Ай бұрын

There is a good movie about this:"Girl in the basement" 2021.True horror.😔 Greetings from Poland and Thank you for yours amazing work.

@josephinebos8325 Ай бұрын

I think you mean : 'Girl In The Basement'.

@lindafox8070 Ай бұрын

I read the book before I knew anything about this family. He was so twisted in a lot of aspects of his life. My heart and prayers go to the family.

@shannonlxc4748 Ай бұрын

My favorite channel!! Thank you @ThisIsMonsters 🌹

@cjvaye99 Ай бұрын

other cases like this is the ariel casteo, todd kohlhep and john jamelske only what makes this worse is he did it to his own daughter.

@Cynthiabecker24 Ай бұрын

Thanks, Jiles, for your consistent posting. Hey from Melbourne Australia on the Monarchs bday long weekend 🇦🇺💙

@chrissmith6919 Ай бұрын

"We think this guy is evil and cruel and how he got away with keeping her away and her having all those children without getting caught is unbelievable.

@tarashane1157 Ай бұрын

Good morning Jiles! I’m so happy you covered this story. This is one of the most terrifying true crime stories that I can remember. I can’t even imagine 24 years locked up in the dark in a basement dungeon. Let alone being violated the way this woman was and tortured the way this woman was by her own father. You handled it and told her story so beautifully. I’m so happy they’re OK! And I’m glad that monsters in jail. A happy ending mostly.

@BitzboxTV Ай бұрын

The word monster is too kind to him. He's pure evil

@lindseyhudson1274 Ай бұрын

Giles waltzing in with perfect timing! I was just rewatching an old video of monsters lol. This case is ultimately horrific and disgusting. Crazy too.

@Gaetano.94 Ай бұрын

Remember this story when I was a kid. It's still very haunting to this day...

@Char0913 Ай бұрын

His face shows pure evil.

@primatt Ай бұрын

yo man, your little face cam clips “riiiiiight, no shit sherlock” honestly make your videos 10x more entertaining, not that i don’t already enjoy them a lot! it just adds that human factor which imo is important these days with the rise of ai content farms! ya make me laugh every video keep it up brother!

@nickki595 Ай бұрын

Totally agree! Such a horrifying story that I needed the release of a laugh. The No Shits and other full face comments were gold. How the $%@^!& did that ever happen!

@simoneahrens1974 Ай бұрын

I couldn't bear some of these cases without Jiles being sarcastic! It helps me to keep my head up ;)

@venonat80 Ай бұрын

This monster’s punishment should’ve been thrown in the same prison he constructed for his captive, lock and seal the door, then forgotten about.

@threesixtyzero Ай бұрын

maybe its because i have a daughter but this is the most fucked up story i have ever heard.

@savvisavage247 Ай бұрын

This story is super disturbing, but thanks for the coverage. Happy Monday 💜💜💜

@Mary_Beth_Reimer Ай бұрын

I hope she and the children are able to have a safe life now. 🥺🙏🏽

@thomaslichtenstern3231 Ай бұрын

I'm from very south Germany and nobody doesn't know this case, no one will ever forget it

@nettricegaskins1871 Ай бұрын

When I first heard of this story I knew there had to be a history. Fritzl was a predator almost from day one and his crimes were enabled by his employers, neighbors, social services, the police, and his wife.

@AfterAFashionASMR Ай бұрын

One thing not mentioned in this video is that Fritzl actually imprisoned his own mother in the attic of their house prior to what he did to Elizabeth. He supposedly bricked up the windows of the attic and left her there like he did with his daughter until she died. According to things I’ve read about this case, authorities think his mother may have been imprisoned for up to 20 years as well. This man was horrific beyond words.

@jxn1056 Ай бұрын

Good grief! 😮

@Rebecca-hc5ju Ай бұрын

😮

@justus7909 Ай бұрын

Excellent as always sir!! Marc Dutroux would be a good follow up.

@wazzazone Ай бұрын

I was just warned by YT that my comment about this man being a monster and (A SHORTENED POSSIBLE). Was cyber bullying. Where do they get off?

@ericfranchi1354 Ай бұрын

KZfaq has a hard time with the truth ive noticed myself. Our freedom of speech is slowly being takin away.

@blackhelm5773 27 күн бұрын

@ericfranchi1354 That has nothing to do with freedom of speech. And that only applies to the government not corporations like youtube. Same goes for your workplace. While YT does get ridiculous sometimes, framing it as a free speech issue is a little silly.

@ericfranchi1354 27 күн бұрын

@@blackhelm5773 Nah. It's not silly pal.

@colonialrebel9964 Ай бұрын

The mom knew what was going on. Why else would you allow your husband to disappear to the basement (beyond ear shot) for multiple hours per day/night, for multiple years at a time without question? If I disappear in my home (without a trace) my wife gets worried and will search for me, if I was escaping to a secret underground cellar in my basement my wife would definitely know about it.

@wydellbirchwood9146 Ай бұрын

I believe he said he was working on engineering or architect plans… so he wasn’t just gone but “working” and he wasn’t to be bothered… only works if your wife is terrified of making you angry, probably a relief for the wife when he would go down there tbh…

@colonialrebel9964 Ай бұрын

@@wydellbirchwood9146 yeah that's true, she probably needed the break. But at the same time, she never ever once wondered what was going on when he disappeared to harm his own daughter multiple times per day? There's only so much she can claim she "did not see."

@lunaeons45 Ай бұрын

He's an engineer who was known for working on projects as a kid. Isn't that surprising that the wife didn't question it, like if my partner was doing a pet project I wouldn't think twice if they went to go work on it. (Not to mention the bunker was hidden behind bookshelfs, so like unless she watched him go into the bunker she wouldn't be aware where he was and couldn't find him if she wanted to

@Heart_DEva Ай бұрын

I completely agree with you especially when you say "there's only so much you can not see"idk why people are so stubborn on defending her. She definitely suspected something but didn't act on it. Wether it was fear or ignorance, she had to sense something. Mother's always know something

@acharris Ай бұрын

Monsters like Josef nake it really difficult for me to remain in opposition to the death penalty...

@plushcat716 Ай бұрын

Beyond sick, one can hardly believe such evil exists...

@michellekincaid5499 Ай бұрын

'Due to tensions between Elizabeth & her mother..'. Really? Your daughter was locked up, tortured, beaten, & raped right under your feet for 24 years and there is 'tension' between the two of you? I have no idea what that situation would be like & don't pretend that it would be easy. Unless 100% of the issues were coming from Elizabeth & it just got to be too much -would this make sense. Seems Elizabeth deserves a very sizable amount of grace for any personality and/or mental issues that would contribute to the 'tension'. She is probably better off getting her & her kids the hell away from that place.

@POWDERPACKS Ай бұрын

I always thought she was younger ! She lived a whole life until 18 and then this wild

@angeloalcantar5401 Ай бұрын

Wow I was just reading about this case last night! Great timing on this upload

@laleona776 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the in depth (J)Giles. I heard when she was in the hospital she revealed to the dr.s that her dad had imprisoned her. Didn't know it took for the police to make the possible threat of taking away her children for her to cooperate. It actually makes more sense bc her other children were still in dungeon & she may worry he would do something to them. This was the most in depth research I've heard on this case.

@mama2boys123 Ай бұрын

I worked in a maximum security prison as medical. This out does any story. Wow!! I'm speechless!!

@Pillboxing Ай бұрын

Mate, you can't say "commonly known as the date sexual assault drug". If you're gonna use the common name, use the common name, "date rape drug", if you're gonna change the words to make it less triggering, you're not using the common name.

@jacksonstarky8288 Ай бұрын

I waited a couple of days before watching this one because I was already familiar with the case and knew what I was in for. He's definitely deserving of the label.

@flobwad Ай бұрын

I hope all the children that were the result of a sick man forcing himself on his poor daughter repeatedly all grow up knowing how they were conceived was not their fault, nor it was something they had control over. The conception was something merely biological and it doesn’t designate them or their worth in society.

@Idontexisthahaa Ай бұрын

Wow, just as I’m scrolling through deciding which episode to rewatch you drop a fresh upload! Thanks for considering my insomnia :) Edit: I almost regret being awake for this one. In all the time I’ve been watching the channel, this one… this one’s rough. Great work as always, Jiles.

@monikawenigwieser6369 Ай бұрын

Uuuuh Fritzl, I live in Austria, about 40 Km from Amstetten. We dont have many Monsters, but this one is really bad. He now wants to get out of Jail, because he is a poor old man 🤮 His Lawyer was in the news not long ago, because the Media found nudes of her 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

@Drew_Snydermann Ай бұрын

Are there any other Monsters that put as much work into their crimes as Fritzl? The guy built a whole bunker and then had to keep them all alive, supply all their necessities, while keeping it a secret, for decades. Sounds like a ton of work. I know people that can't even care for a cat.

@NobodyHasToAgreeAllTheTime Ай бұрын

The guy in Cleveland who did something similar maybe

@Aly.knuckles Ай бұрын

ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE after 15 years is the most insane fvcked shi+ about this story.

@wsemenske Ай бұрын

His sentence is less than the 24 years Elizabeth suffered

@AKayfabe Ай бұрын

this is the case that the Rammstein song Weiner Blut is about, isn’t it. I know this case, it really bothers me, but I’m watching anyhow because I really like you Jiles.

@angietunstall2555 Ай бұрын

Kept inside for preventative measures? Yeah! NOT preventing his prison inmates from beating him to death ... one can hope! SLOWLY HE is 100% a REAL monster, Nigel. I read all about it when he came to trial at the time. The first? Unfortunately, he won't be the last 😢 I hope that Elizabeth and her children find the peace and happiness that they deserve. Thx, Nigel

@Godless_Doc Ай бұрын

He’s like The Collector. His imprisonment should be a minimum of 24 years.

@nixm9093 Ай бұрын

Underground, in the dark. With the same activities happening to him as he did to her.

@agostinodublino1387 Ай бұрын

@@nixm9093 I think the scariest part is having to give birth alone down there, then to be worried about your children health, also metal, and about their future.. this monster will never suffer such a torture

@simoneahrens1974 Ай бұрын

@@agostinodublino1387 well said. That is the point.

@patriciagazey4693 Ай бұрын

Life

@driven12bbestb5 Ай бұрын

There’s no “might be” a monster This man defs is

@chichodormi4732 Ай бұрын

This is beyond insane.

@joemoody2626 Ай бұрын

Even if the odds of this happening are 1 in a hundred million that means there are at least three people in the u.s. trapped right now

@christineakey6295 Ай бұрын

Never heard this story. Ty for all your hard work ❤

@pennidill3192 Ай бұрын

This is the true crime story that changed me Cannot wait to see what the master brings to it

@BowlerScott Ай бұрын

Been waiting for this one

@JanetSnakehole28 Ай бұрын

I had narcissistic parents and there's definitely a running theme in the estranged kids of whack jobs community, where children are deemed the parents' property. They, therefore, manipulate and sabotage their kids into becoming dependent adults, so they never leave. Things like financial abuse, failure to teach basic life skills, etc. It's metaphorical chains, normally, where fear, obligation and guilt keep the kid from leaving. Old Josef just turned all that up to 11. I noped the eff out of the family home at 17, but it wasn't until my 40's that I emotionally noped out and cut my parents off. Absolutely guaranteed, there's a lot of people in Elizabeth's situation right now. Look at the recent Turpin case, for example. And of course, Ruby Franke.

@chicosticks Ай бұрын

24 YEARS!?!... Eternity awaits ol' buddy boy

@SheriParkhurst-wd5cj Ай бұрын

I don’t think I have ever been so mad listening to one of your stories Jiles! That poor young woman had to endure this MONSTER for so long I just can’t believe how she did it! I don’t think I could’ve survived it! She was so brave and I think the only reason she did survive was bc of her children. I really think some women in her situation might’ve hated the children bc of the constant abuse so that also shows what a loving person she was. Thank God he was finally caught & prosecuted & I hope he rotted in prison for many years! But even after he was put in prison I bet it didn’t come close to the prison she was in!

@darmpart9237 Ай бұрын

I heard of this case years ago. I'm going to drop a like on this video but I can't bear listen to the details anymore, it's truly one of the most horrible and depressing cases with surviving victims I've heard. That monster is sickening.

@thejasonknightfiascoband5099 Ай бұрын

😢This is the most disturbing and horrific kidnapping story that I've ever heard 😡

@tomdyer8518 Ай бұрын

this is one of the most horrific things I’ve ever heard. when they started having children, the birth story, and how many the had, my jaw was on the floor. what the fuck….

@theGzusMan Ай бұрын

Can you imagine if this guy hooked up with Blanche Monnier's mom?! Truly a monster

@justinbentz1229 Ай бұрын

This was probably the hardest one to listen to. I think this is the worst monster you have ever covered

@kingrook45 Ай бұрын

How the fuck did he dig and remove all the dirt, then put up big ass vault like doors, without anyone knowing about it, this shit has me scratching my head. It’s mind boggling.

@monikarosa2895 Ай бұрын

I’m working 7 days a week, and your videos help me relax and put me to sleep. Or if I’m rushing and getting ready, I change the speed to x1.25 (intro music sucks that fast lmfao) … but thank you so very much for posting these! I can’t find the words to express how appreciative I am for your vids and keeping me level. Weird, I know, considering the topics. Your way of story telling and the sound of your voice keeps me sane 🥴

@Survivor58 Ай бұрын

I nominate Josef, Monster of the decade! I know there have been similar cases, but 💩, there’s no way he should be eligible for parole. Also, was his wife charged with anything? God bless all his children and grandchildren. 🙏🏾