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

The Routine

Castro had his way with Knight about six times a day, according to the Newsweek interview. “Knight hung between those two poles in the pink bedroom for about a month. Castro would come home from work, lower her onto the floor, rape and beat her, and then, ‘Shoooo! Right back up,’ she says. ‘Oh my God, I felt so nasty. I felt sticky. I burned. I itched. I couldn’t scratch. I was crying repeatedly. I was numb. I felt in so much pain.” He then dragged her to the basement where he wrapped rusty chains around her neck and stomach before putting a motorcycle helmet on her head, making it difficult to breathe. This is the kind of torture Knight endured on her own for about a year before the next victim was brought to the house.