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The Latest Breaking News from Josef Fritzl

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Bored Panda · Jun 6

Voices: Faith keeps you going, Kemi, but it doesn’t grant wishes

COMMENT: Kemi Badenoch says she lost her faith after following the Josef Fritzl case. It misses the point in what God is, writes Kat Brown – less a benevolent wishing tree with an accompanying book, more a source of inner strength

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2025

The criminal case that killed Kemi Badenoch’s belief in God

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The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2025

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Tory leader Kemi Badenoch says Josef Fritzl case made her ‘reject God’

Badenoch said the Fritzl case was like ‘someone blew out a candle’ when it came to her faith

The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2025

Fritzl case led Badenoch to ‘reject God’, says Tory leader

Kemi Badenoch said she was still a ‘cultural Christian’ but had ‘rejected God’ after revelations about the Austrian sex offender.

Evening Standard · Aug 6, 2025

Sweden’s ‘Fritzl’ used drugged strawberries to kidnap a woman he was dating – now she’s telling her story

Martin Trenneborg drugged Isabel Eriksson using Rohypnol-laced strawberries and locked her in a soundproof bunker

The Independent UK · Jan 14, 2025

Notorious Rapist Who Held Daughter Prisoner for Years in Home Dungeon Demands House with Basement Upon Release

Austrian rapist Josef Fritzl is demanding a house with a basement ahead of a possible parole release after imprisoning his daughter in a cellar for 24 years.

Latin Times · Jan 2, 2025

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Josef Fritzl To Be Moved From Psychiatric Detention To Prison

Austrian court rules 'Monster of Amstetten,' Josef Fritzl, to be moved from psychiatric detention to regular prison due to declining health.

How to watch The Girl in the Basement in the UK, the disturbing film based on Josef Fritzl's crimes

The Girl in the Basement is a harrowing true-crime-inspired movie that has caught the attention of film lovers, but how can you watch it in the UK?

Woman & Home · Mar 23, 2024

Austrian Court Approves Transfer Of Incest Rapist Fritzl

An Austrian court on Thursday approved the transfer of Josef Fritzl -- an incest rapist who fathered seven children with his daughter he locked in a cellar for over 24 years -- from a special security unit to a regular jail.

International Business Times · Jan 25, 2024

Josef Fritzl seen for first time out of prison as notorious Austrian sex offender seeks nursing home move

Fritzl was jailed for life in 2009 after he admitted to forcing his daughter to be his sex slave for 24 years

Evening Standard · Jan 25, 2024

Josef Fritzl to be moved to regular prison from psychiatric unit, lawyer says

Decision paves way for release to a nursing home 15 years after conviction for rape and imprisonment of his daughter

The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2024

Wednesday briefing: The days that could decide how Rishi Sunak is remembered

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The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2024

Josef Fritzl applies for release from prison into nursing home

Lawyer says Austrian who raped and imprisoned his daughter for 24 years is no longer dangerous

The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2024

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Evening Standard · Jan 16, 2024

Josef Fritzl: Notorious Austrian sex offender 'may be released from prison into care home'

Fritzl, 88, kept his daughter as a sex slave for 24 years

The Guardian - UK · May 11, 2023

Josef Fritzl writes book from prison in attempt to be reconciled with his family

Austrian, who was jailed in 2009 for murder, enslavement, rape and incest, co-authors book with his lawyer

The Independent UK · May 11, 2023

Josef Fritzl says he is ‘sure’ his family will forgive him in rare statement

Infamous imprisoner says he is ‘sure’ he will be reunited with family, after admitting to raping daughter ‘at least 3,000 times’

Daily Mirror · Apr 6, 2023

Pathetic Fritzl brags about imprisoning daughter and wonders whether his wife forgives

Josef Fritzl has shown no remorse for imprisoning his daughter Elisabeth when she was 18 years old in a new tell-all memoir

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Daily Mirror · Jan 30, 2023

Conspiracy theorist who kept 6 Brit children in cellars insists 'I'm no Josef Fritzl'

Tom Landon, 54, spent 24 hours in police custody after officials found three boys and three girls aged between seven months and seven years in a cellar near the Czech border in Austria

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