August 28th, 1984.

18 year-old Elisabeth Fritzl began a decades-long nightmare at the hands of her own father, Josef Fritzl.

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SOURCES

www.theguardian.com/world/2009/mar/18/psychiatrist-analyses-josef-fritzl

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/oct/31/joseffritzl-austria

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/joseffritzl/5013752/Josef-Fritzl-trial-how-much-did-his-wife-know.html

http://www.thedailybeast.com/my-life-in-the-dungeon

https://newsdeskinternational.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/the-children-of-josef-fritzl-5-years-later/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/mar/20/josef-fritzl-austria

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/josef-fritzl-now-what-happened-to-the-monster-who-imprisoned-and-impregnated-his-own-daughter_uk_58ececabe4b0ca64d91963c1

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