The case is similar to that of incest pervert Josef Fritzl who was caged for like in 2009 after he kept his own daughter, Elisabeth, as a sex slave for 24 years, from the age of 18 to 42.

open image in gallery The harrowing story of the Swedish national echoes that of Josef Fritzl, the Austrian who raped and held his daughter captive in the basement of his family home (Getty Images ...

Josef Fritzl, Austria's most infamous prisoner, has been held in psychiatric detention in a high-security unit since he was sentenced to life behind bars in 2009 for his heinous crimes.

A WOMAN who was drugged, kidnapped and held hostage by a man dubbed Sweden's Josef Fritzl has revealed the one mistake he made that eventually saved her. Isabel Eriksson, now 39, shared the ordeal ...

The Fritzl case broke in 2008 when a woman named Elizabeth Fritzl told police she had been impressed and sexually assaulted by her father Josef Fritzl for the last 24 years. In March 2009 ...

A court in Austria has ruled that the country’s most notorious criminal, Josef Fritzl ... The ruling can be appealed. The Fritzl case, which emerged in 2008 in the town of Amstetten west ...

It's this horrific premise that was taken from the real-life case of Josef Fritzl. Like most movies or ... Girl in the Basement is a true story and its inspiration has a bittersweet ending ...

Incestuous rapist Josef ... Fritzl, 88, was convicted 15 years ago of raping his daughter and holding her captive for 24 years, fathering her seven children in his native Austria. The case sparked ...

The case made headlines around the world and in ... or apartment,” Ms Wagner told Austrian tabloid Heute on Sunday. Josef Fritzl arrives at court on March 19, 2009. Picture: Supplied Ms Wagner ...

Interviews with family members, doctors, and victims of 73-year-old Josef Fritzl, who held his daughter captive in a basement for 24 years and fathered seven children with her.