Josef Fritzl, the man who incarcerated his daughter beneath the family home for 24 years, has issued a frank confession from his prison cell, in which he has said he was driven by an "addiction" which "got out of control".
A barman at a brothel frequented by Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man who imprisoned his own daughter in a dungeon under his house, has told how some of the prostitutes were so frightened by his perversions that they refused to accept him as a client.
Evidence of how a wall of silence hid the crimes of Josef Fritzl mounted on Saturday as it was revealed that his abuse of his daughter Elisabeth as a teenager was virtually an open secret among people who knew the family.
The 'cellar' kids growl and cook at each other to communicate. The are delighted and scared of the sun and air outside. They view the world with wonder and terror. They learned to speak by watching televison..