The Chilling Details of Elisabeth Fritzl Being Held Captive for 24 Years

A Haunted House

AMSTETTEN, AUSTRIA – MARCH 15: Journalists stand in front of the house, where Josef Fritzl imprisoned his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathered seven children with her, on March 15, 2009 in Amstetten, Austria.The 73-year-old Austrian goes on trial on March 16. (Photo by Miguel Villagran/Getty Images)

As of late 2016, liquidators of the Fritzl estate have confirmed that Josef’s house of deception, underneath which he imprisoned his daughter and three grandchildren, has been sold to a local strip club owner. Herbert Hauska purchased the property for 160,000 euros and told Austrian media “that he, his wife Ingrid and a business partner plan to turn the building into apartment units to accommodate people who work for him.” It is unknown what Hauska intends to do about the cellar where Elisabeth and her children were kept for over two decades and hopefully the home’s future residents are not haunted by the building’s past.