cover of episode Episode 592: Josef Fritzl Part II - The Family Downstairs

Episode 592: Josef Fritzl Part II - The Family Downstairs

2024/10/4
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After four years of imprisonment, Elizabeth gives birth to her first child, Kirsten, in the dungeon. Despite Kirsten's health issues, Josef Fritzl provides minimal childcare, increasing his control over Elizabeth. A few months later, Elizabeth becomes pregnant again.
  • Elizabeth gave birth to Kirsten, her first child, while imprisoned in the dungeon.
  • Josef Fritzl provided minimal childcare, only supplying formula and diapers bought from different stores to avoid suspicion.
  • Elizabeth's second child, Stefan, was born in late 1989.
  • Elizabeth kept track of her children's birthdays by writing them down on paper.

Shownotes Transcript

The boys are heading back to the basement for part two of the story of Josef Fritzl and his daughter Elisabeth, whose nightmare had just begun when after four years of living as his prisoner-wife in the cellar beneath the Fritzl home, she gave birth to the first of seven children to be fathered by Josef - of which only 6 would make it out of the cellar alive.

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