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Captain America shield 15:54 on the bedsheet right side of the screen.
Ah! I thought I was the first, but you beat me to it by a freaking half hour!
finnaly some one found it đ
Side note- I love anything and everything marvel!!!
@@OnlyAtJaMart đ lol Iâm sorry I found it moments after he posted. It was actually pretty hard to find I surprised myself with this one.
Damn!! that's very cheeky. LOL
I think one of the worst parts of this video was hearing that a father who imprisoned, assaulted, and impregnated his own daughter is ELIGBLE FOR PAROLE
He is...and he will be released next year...but will be damned after this life. It will be a frightening fate for him...
DAMNED for eternity.
Don't worry,street justice will come if he got the parole
Anyone capable of doing that is not safe to let run around in public
He probably doesn't want to get out at this point
Humiliation will kill him slowly
I am so impressed Elizabeth stayed sane, survived, AND taught her children to read and write. If there is a global medal for bravery, I nominate Elizabeth.
Her children is most likely the one who kept her sane,,,
@@meekire Yes I think you are correct, however; as a parent, I recognize that children can be difficult at times.
Yes..a most deserving woman. Amazing!
@@jx1659 What's that matter?
@@trumtrum5136
Dufus
Watching this in 2024. How could a man like this be eligible for parole?
Agree. It doesn't make any sense. He should rot in prison.
That's not a man, that's a monster.
Thatâs exactly how I felt. Heâs pure evil, he doesnât deserve a single day outside of imprisonment just like he did to her and the kids he forced.
Austria is a bit weird in some ways. It's like Germany but a lot of their laws seems to be a century out of date.
He was just transferred from the psych ward to regular prison, because he is so broken down by dementia and no longer able to walk, that he is no longer considered dangerous (because he is no longer âhimselfâ). I donât know for sure, but our laws probably donât allow for âwithout the possibility of paroleâ. In his case parole would have meant him standing in front of a board, that tells him in no uncertain terms, that the answer is and will always be no.
He wanted to break and control her because she was the only one that defied him. But he never did. She is such a strong heroic person. She did all she could for her children despite how they were conceived. I hope she is in a good place and her children. As best they can be.
How did nobody look out for or search her for those years
He could just kill her instead of physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually raping her. What a beast!
@@martin688ify She had run away before, so they assumed she did it again. This was explained in the video.
Those now adult kids have to live with the fact that their father and grandfather is one and the same person.
I'm an austrian and I remeber when all this came forward my dad just quietly said "Too bad we don't have the death penalty anymore." As far as it concerns me, put this guy in general population in prison and let happen whatever happens.
Is it rue he gets out in 3 years, 2024?
@@MsOrionqp heâs up for parole, but I wouldnât believe they would grant him that. (Hopefully)
Iâm suggesting an assault for an assault. Nightly, like he gave. Seams fair. Iâm sure someone in prison wants to possess him and make him property right? He hasnât outlived his usefulness yet.
Prison with daily torture
Death penalty by general prison population
âHeâll be eligible for parole in 2024.â
How bout no.
Edit: Well, here we are.
He apparently has very bad dementia and is pretty determined to die so I don't think he will make it to parole
@@gillettepr and even when he does, they wont let him free and even if they would, he wouldn't be able to do anything sinister anymore. But shouldn't given proper elderly care either. I hope he suffers
He'd be much safer in the joint. Go ahead and let him out though please.
I think in Europe the pendulum has swung too far⊠Iâm usually all for rehabilitating people but for what this man did to his daughter and her children I donât think he deserves to ever be paroled.
@@vinnyfred4020
They wonât give him parole without doubt. Oh the evils of men (mankind)
The idea of being in labor, but given only scissors and told to just deal with it is horrifying. I can't imagine the fear and pain she went through.
REAL SHIT. This is just heart breaking đĄđą
Thatâs how weâve done it for the entirety of human history up until like 100 years ago
â@@Sniperboy5551and this is how mothers and kids were dying during labour, genius... đ
The fact that the authorities brought her back the first time she ran away makes me sick, especially when they knew she ran away because her father was horribly abusive.
I always wonder if cops feel bad when they find out how wrong they were about a situation.
It makes me happy that the inmates in the prison are so violent towards him that his only "safe" zone is his solitary box
Ironic that he himself is cut off from the world...karma is a bitch
Yes! Solitary confinement!
How ironic.... I hope he stays in great health so he can stay there the entirety of his sentence! Sick bastard!
@@christieculpepper7263 but he should be put in general population once a year so he can get his ass beat (or taken) before going back to segregation.
Austrian Prisones are sadly pretty good...
Irony, huh?
I remember as a child my grandfather would tell me, Mijo don't be afraid of the dead (ghosts) be afraid of the living. Why worry about the unknown or aliens when there are monsters dressed in human clothing.
Holy shit that story is fucked up.
Your papa was in the practice of fashioning a vessel to contain a volume of stoicism. I think I like him.
@@GrimSleepy what? Did you get a thesaurus for your birthday or something?
@@lsixty30 No, 30ish years ago my mother taught me how to read... I was in love, first book I read was the dictionary.
That's legitimate... Only got to the letter 'M', but it was my first book, lol. I would read the billboards down the road, I'm sure mom regretted her mistake. :D
@@lsixty30 OP's grandfather was building(fashioning) a container(OP is the vessel) to hold an amount of stoicisim(towards ghosts, ghouls, and stuff. His grandfather was saying to be wary of human monsters instead of myths/legends).
Stoicisim is when you're stoic. It means to endure whatever pain & crap comes your way w/o complaint, or letting your emotions get the better of you. This is what Mark's comment means. It's very poetic, but isn't over the top complicated when you break it down.
same with my great grandma and my grandma they both had this amazing mother daughter bond and shared it with my mother and my mother shared it with me . our bond is binded by our understanding of the universe that not everything is what it seems because sometimes even the nicest people are the most vile behind closed doors. tbh i fear nice people because they hide their monster personalities too well to notice and at least the mean ones are predictable but the oneâs who smile are the ones who laugh at someone elseâs pain my mother said and that stuck with me.
This is one of, if not THE most, disturbing cases I've ever heard about in my life. It's a fate far worse than death. I'm amazed at Elizabeth's will to live and her love for her kids because there's no way I could have survived 24 years in that hell. I'm glad they have managed to reintegrate into society and are doing okay.
24 years plus all the years she was raised with him too. I spent nearly 8 years with a father who was similar as far as being abusive and that was damaging enough. I can't even imagine what they went through. Sickening. đą
You should watch the movie on the girl being stuck down there. The movie is called girl in the basement. It's terrifying.
How did she not surprise attack her father at any point?!?!
âââ@@crzycolchris he's the only one one who can open the basement and most likely locks the door behind him. Killing her father would have ment suicide being stuck their with no food and no assurance of anyone discovering her. He also most likely leave his phone before entering that small door so she could not sneak and take it which can also mean no contact from the outside after she kill her dad.
One of the things that saddens me the most about this case is that the children that were kept upstairs were told that their mother was a terrible woman who didnt care for them at all. They were manipulated into thinking that their mother was a villain, when in reality she was kept downstairs with their siblings and prevented from seeing them.
No you are wrong the saddest part about it was incest still exist.
What? Are u serious? That pales in comparison to what else happened.
@@JohnDoe-vy5hh i never said it was the worst thing that happened. Far from it. I just said that it makes me sad how those children were lied to about their mother.
@@emilyhemsworth77 The person said it was one of the things that saddens them the most. Not that it was the saddest part.
Josef is quoted as having said, "I'm no monster. I could have just killed them, and no one would have ever found out about it." Just in case you weren't disgusted enough.
So you're not a monster as long as you only torture them but not kill them.
@@davidvreugdenhil4557 Don't you know? 1) Death is worse than decades of constant physical/mental torture, and 2) due to this, the latter is not monstrous. đđ
@@dismalthoughts eh, I beg to differ, I rather death than to be excruciatingly tortured and embarrassed everyday of my life. Death you no longer feel pain. But imo.
@@suhtangwong Oh I totally agree! My comment was sarcastic lol
@@dismalthoughts ohhh, seems as tho I was unwittingly unwitted.
Austrian here:
I was 20 years old when this story made it to the news and, though it may sound strange, it had an incredible effect on my father's and my relationship. My father and me have always been really close. He was/is a high ranking police officer, a no-bullshit kind of tough guy who never drinks alkohol and has no friends, because he doesn't trust anybody outside our family. During his service, he has seen a hell lot of really dark shit and simply took it like a man and he put a lot of effort into it to raise me as tough as he thought was required to mentally survive this kind of stuff. As a kid, I was never allowed to cry due to that mentality and he would make sure that I always kept it in my mind that "men don't cry, we endure what we have to deal with and move on".
Before the Fritzl case was made public, I visited my father and was quiet astonished that he was sitting outside drinking beer. At first I made a joke about it, but my father didn't respond at all. In fact he didn't even say hello to me or anything, so I kinda started to worry. I sat down right next to him and asked if anything was wrong. I could clearly see how he was fighting with himself, he wanted to talk to me, but the words simply didn't want to come out of his mouth. After a while, he suddenly hugged me and started to cry like a manic. I was fucking shocked and honestly, I started to panic for a little bit, because I had never seen him that way.
Eventually he told me what happened. It was the Fritzl story and he was among the officers who had to deal with Elisabeth and her kids. Man, I'll never forget how this tough man laid crying in my arms, wrestling for air and repeating multiple times, "There is no god." It sends shivers down my spine even today when I think about it.
Strangely, after those days, our relationship devolped from "father to son" to "man to man", if that makes any sense. He wasn't my mentor anymore, we were more like two good friends advising eachother in whatever situation. I always knew that I can count on him, but I think it was exactly this time when he needed me and I was there for him that he learned that he could count on me, too.
That's a nice story. Wish I had something like that
I can see how that would make a man question God and break down crying. I believe in God, but things like this make me wonder, how is it fair to be born into something so horrible while some are born into loving families that care and support them. I don't know the answer, but I keep faith, I have to or I would lose my mind.
Tough break for a kid, mental toughness has very little to do with crying.
I'm happy you and your dad are getting along now that he had the courage to share his fear.
@@kennethmatney9622 because the people that are born into things like this, relate to the sin nature of the world better than those who weren't. If you were brought up rough yet believe in God, you can sew how someone who has never known God may turn to drugs after a life like this, or they may use it to benefit others. It's free will. God didn't make the world ugly. We did. God gave us that choice and sadly most of us choose to fulfill the flesh and this man did exactly that.
Evil means nothing if there is no just God. But yes I understand why those thoughts could come after such a horrific tragedy.
What scares me is that there is more than likely thousands of people in these situations and there is nothing we can do to stop it. All we can do is hope for an escape
The fact that they would even consider parole is mine boggling and angers me to no end.
Ehh sure it's ridiculous but whatever, there's no way in hell he's getting out. I highly, highly doubt it
Yeah, this feels like standard policy. They gotta review him, and his crimes will mean he's never getting out
Props to those inmates for knocking his teeth out.
Even the most horrible people in prison seem to have one rule. If you hurt, torture, abuse, assault children then you are an instant target and they will hurt you because of it.
It's like you hurt kids and we find out, your dead.
they knocked out his teeth on purpose so he could serve two at the same time
@@darkvortex2410 Even tho no one gives a shit abt kids
@@vidyachristopher4117 then their sentences get lengthened
Should've taken his eyes
What really breaks my heart...in the photos of the prison, Elizabeth tried so hard to make it cheery and nice for her kids. The octopus stickers in the bathroom...She tried so hard to save them from the nightmare of their situation with the little she had. Wow... What a great mom. What an incredible woman.
On top of that she loved them unconditionally despite them being children from her father.
It unfortunately reminds me of this case where 3 women were trapped in a room for 10 years while being beaten and raped somewhere in Cleveland
Yes she sure is!!!! God bless this girl & her babies
I am proud to have the name ELIZABETH âșïž
@@charlesxcalibur yep, Ariel Castro. There was also a serial killer, Anthony Sowell, operating in the same area where Castro lived, in the same timeframe. Some of Castro's vics were investigated as possible victims of Sowell before they were discovered alive.
This is definitely the most horrific story I've ever heard. Elizabeth is really a true warrior with everything she did, even delivering babies herself and taking care of them. 24 years without seeing the sunlight is just non-sense. How someone could be so bad to do that to his own daughter?
He should not receive parole.
Even among all of MrBallenâs stories, this one stands out for the staggering levels of evil involved.
Hearing that he got his teeth knocked out was favorite part of this story.
Same here :D
I need you to escape. I can cut power to the door for only a few seconds without being detected, get ready.
Being in solitary confinement was also a plus. That's how his daughter had to live.
Him being eligible for parole in a little over 2 years pissed me off again though. Idc if he'll be 89 years old, let him rot.
Yes indeed.
I've done 5 years on a 4 yard. If that old man was in an American prison he would be assaulted daily just like he did to her. Sick old man would deserve every second of it.
That's what I'm saying đ if he was out here in the west coast or Southwest he would have to check into a PC/SNY yard immediately đ€đŻ
Exactly
I've seen inmates do it when a high profile would hit the block. It was total brutality but it became kind of a team building exercise to see who could break them first. Its what they get, kids and women are off limits.
As far as I've heard from people who do time in the same prison, he gets beaten from time to time.
Exactly. I donât think he should ever have the chance to have parole.
This whole case both angers me to no end and also terrifies me to no end. My heart goes out to Elizabeth and her kids. Thereâs no justice when the monster is related to you by blood. I genuinely hope that Elizabeth and her children are safe and happy. Nobody deserves to be treated like this. Except perhaps the waste of human excrement responsible for this absolute atrocity. It makes me happy that he has to serve his time in solitary confinement in what will be a tiny cell with minimal facilities. That people is karma at itâs best. There are specific levels of hell reserved for beasts like him, I hope he rots.
"Thereâs no justice when the monster is related to you by blood."
A truer statement was never made. This is the cry of every abused child, every parent who tries to protect their child from an abusive parent, and so many more.
As of 2019 and hopefully now google says âShe now lives with her six surviving children in a brightly-painted house in a tiny hamlet in the Austrian countryside, which also cannot be identified and only referred to by the country's media as 'Village X'.â So no worries I believe they are safe now in a small village Iâm pretty sure most of her children are grown and sheâs 57 y/o so she might live alone now Iâm not sure Iâm not aware of her childrenâs ages
2024, this and following two years a lot of these monsters and serial killers will be eligible for parole. This year it's this guy and that gitl from MrBallen's video who buried her neighbors alive underground and took all their money.
I watched a movie called "Girl in the Basement" based on this horrific crime, and man, it was too terrifying.......Elizabeth was so brave.....and I also think that Elizabeth's mom had no idea about what was going on in the basement because I have seen people like her who are so controlled by their fathers/brothers/husbands that they don't speak a word against them or never question them.....still can't understand how can you do this to your own daughter or to anyone.....
The saddest part is there are other people like this that aren't caught. Had he not taken the first child to hospital they would have still be living there to this day
Thatâs exactly what I was thinking. And now Iâm terrified for the rest of my life
Sure makes it scary bringing my gorgeous 4 year old daughter into and raising her in this crazy world we live in. Especially when it seems to only getting crazy every day. Ugh. Sometimes people really suck.
@@WhatTheWHAT524 I don't know if this will make you feel better or worse but stuff like this has always been happening. Its just the fact that the internet is making it easier to find out about this happening.
@@Nostripe361 Absolutely. I'm definitely all to well aware unfortunately. But the internet and technology certainly has made the information that much easier to access. However that isn't all of it. Our world is far from the same as it was when I was growing up. I am back living in my childhood home raising my daughter in the same neighborhood with almost all the same neighbors and even then everything is different. Not just because the information is now available but because quite frankly people have become more and more self absorbed and lazy and in my opinion they stopped caring about one another more than ever. All in all a sad sad thing to think about. All I can do is try to raise my daughter to be the best person she can be and help make sure she's able to live a happy healthy life to the best of our abilities. And she is and always will be a good person if I have anything to say about it. Lol but I also believe that she needs to learn how to deal with the negative stuff too. And not get a participation trophy for everything under the sun. I want her to be able to lose or whatever and not feel like her world is coming to an end. Sorry haha that turned into a much longer comment than I normally post, by a lot. Hope you are well and have a great rest of the weekend. What little there is left of it in my case anyway.
@@WhatTheWHAT524 I agree with you. In the past, even if your neighbors were nosy and bugged you too much, at least you had the benefit of knowing that some one cared about you enough to bug you at all. You could laugh it off and forgive them. Now we live in a world where we pretend our neighbors don't exist. And this bothers me a lot. It is not the way we are supposed to live.
He kidnapped her when she was 18 and spent 6 years building the basement.... So when she was 12 you decided this? Ugh I'm disgusted
no he might have just been building a basement , but still heâs a disgusting man
@@hoosk490 I mean he admitted to it and it's not like he was just building a basement. They already had a basement and in the basement he built that area behind a secret case with locks that wouldn't be tampered with so I'm pretty sure it was 100 percent intentional. He said he wanted full control over her that's why he kept getting her pregnant so even if she got out she'd be broken and nobody would want her
He started building it when she was 12, he most likely had been planning it for years before that. I can`t comprehend what kind of person can do that to anybody let alone their own child. He should never be considered for parole.
Well yeah, see, you have to wait until she's 18 or else it would be statutory rape!
... which, as we all know, is the only kind of rape that's bad /s
@@thewhitefalcon8539 what the fuck dude...
Josef being stuck in solitary confinement is the best case of karma ever.
19:59 "parole at 89".. To even think that kind of heinous crime have a possibility parole... Wtf are these so called law enforcement clowns based their judgement on ???
maybe these dudes base their judgement partly on their own behavior. Its not uncommon that men in good positions have wives that are scared to death and have to endure constant abuse and assault from these scumbag of men, though they're never put to face law because they're the ones who've written it. When a bad person has power, they'll abuse, assault and take advantage of other people that don't have access to those resources, as well as these scumbags try their best to get the people of interest to them to be as miserable as possible, so they're easy preys.
Remember that when the systems where set up by men, women where purposely left out, so they would be powerless. Its just very recently that women have been given back their freedom, the reason is simply because women are very interesting, and seen as resources/toys to egoistic, narcissistic scumbags.
I don't understand how a father could do this to his own daughter. What a sick bastard. Hug your kids tight tonight friends.
Pure evil!
Is a monster ever really a father?
Sick ass people in this world.
Totally agree he is evil through and through and it's no surprise he is the most hated man in jail he is disgusting should never get out makes my skin crawl poor kids
Define father...
i applaud those inmates who assulted this monster.thank you
They're villains and heroes alike
Heroes and monsters are the two sides of the same coin, it all depends on the perspective.
Trust me, not just inmates where after him
Yep, me too. Should leave him in general prison population. His death wouldn't be mourned.
@@TheUnMaka you
It's truly amazing that Elizabeth survived all those years and never gave up. She even gave her children hope while teaching them to read and write and telling them someday they'd get to see the real world outside of the basement. What a remarkably strong young woman she was. Wherever her and her children are im so glad they are safe now.
I am from Austria. He is the most hated person. He lived a nice life in jail and get out this year to live in a retirement home. It all was in the newspapers. The biggest scandal ever.
"My dad abuses me so I ran away"
"Eh, this seems like family problem, we don't need to look for her anymore"
For a long time that was the mentality. Family matters are family matters, the state and thereby the police is not allowed to just intervene unless there is a direct concern for injury or death - even today. Since the daughter ran away the father would not be able to hurt her and even if she was there, she was 18 so as long as no one from the family is willing to testify against the father they were not able to do anything. Today this is different since violence in the family is seen as a grave problem an the "gsunde Watschn" - as we like to call it - is no longer acceptable for child protective services. But still, there is a massiv problem since in the general public opinion many people believe that a little violence does not hurt and that the state has no right to intervene in family matters, no matter what. Families are protected by multiple laws, which makes it sometimes difficult to do something against abuse. The only real moment the state can immediately jump in is when there is a child present and its wellbeing is threatened.
The cops are not really at fault here. It is the general mentality of the time (80/90s) that even persists until today. Additionally, Austrians are sometimes very reserved when it comes to family. It's like Vegas. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas - or how is the saying?
Its beacuse it was the 80s and it was normal to do that now they would care but its still very fucked up
I don't think that was actually said to the police, I'm pretty sure you misunderstood that part of the story.
Sadly all too common back then, itâs taken a bit more seriously now, but as a kid who came from a very volatile and violent home, this was way too common. We had a police sergeant living next door in the 90âs, my mother was beat and rĂ€pĂ«d daily by my father and she was violent towards him, I was a human punch bag and have permanent nerve damage (and cPTSD & PTSD) from my treatment, and the sergeant decided it wasnât worth bothering with, it was just âa husband sorting his wifeâ.
@@daveallen63 Plus it was a different country and different time. Everybody especially young people compare everything to how it's done today and in the U.S.
How did she survive such abuse? She had immeasurable strength.
Great strength, but it obviously affected here as it made her look 20 years older than she was.
it's really eye shocking how she survived but I'm glad she is okay and away from this crackhead bastard.
@@forexdissector9565 To be honest, I am surprised she didnât look even older. The abuse and the lack of sunlight couldâve been more damaging.
If that ever happend to me.. I'll be honest, I think I would've ended my own life in the basement this real life story is the most disgusting one I've ever heard of
She adapted like anyone else trying to survive slavery. She is not the same person she could have been and she will be haunted by his actions for the rest of her life. People don't see what these people really go through, they just say the same things, you are so strong etc. Survivor, live laugh love...
Had heard about this story years ago. Still, it was gut wrenching to hear it again. Seems so unbelievable. Thanks to the inmates for knocking his teeth out. He deserves far worse and I'm sure he'll get it after he dies. Heart is literally crying for Elizabeth and her kids.
I was born in 1998. A lot of these cases that you hear about they take place so long ago you regard it almost like ancient history, like its not applicable to today's world. I remember going to kindergarden in 2003. Its so surreal to know I was learning my ABCs & playing with other children - without a care in the world while Elizabeth was imprisoned, raising a Goddamned family in a box.
One very satisfying piece of trivia is that when Fritzl was finally locked up in his own prison cell, guards noted that he cried like a baby - no doubt it dawned on him that he would now be the one spending the rest of his life locked up - better still, in solitary confinement after being assaulted by other inmates, a fate he had mapped out for his own daughter, while she and her children went free. That's real justice and karma for you.
I honestly still don't think his punishment is enough. The oldest granddaughter spent the first 19 years of her life never seeing the sun. He robbed her of her childhood. The most important time of most people's lives that develops the foundation for who they are. Imagine the trauma.
@@welcome2myhappyworld he needs the same thing done to him that he did to his daughter. eye for an eye.
@@14kiddd That's not how any justice system in the western world operates. Sadly the justice system cannot get back the lives of the people he destroyed and took from them, revenge doesn't solve anything. You don't even know what his victims wan't.
@@welcome2myhappyworld those kids are his grandkids AND his kids. Incest from raping his own daughter. What a horrible monster
Amen to that
I'm at a loss for words. The level of cruelty and savagery someone can inflict on their own child/children just baffles me. Shout-out to those inmates that knocked that repugnant piece of shit's teeth out, well done boys.
Yes indeed shout out some men are in prison because of crimes they committed to provide for their familes
@@sibusisiwengwenya5869 yes shout out to murder.
They should get 10 years reduced from their prison time for every teeth knocked out :(
@@MatthewMS. "some"
Amen đ
As soon as I heard the man claim he had a grand daughter who was sick I remember a movie Iâve seen âThe girl in the basementâ or something like that. The real life events are so heartbreaking, respect and love goes out to Elizabeth and her bravery
There were a few extra details abt this story that werenât included but here u go
1: Joseph went on vacation leaving Elizabeth n her kids home in the dark 4 days (as u can c in the thumbnail) n his friend saw him buying an evening gown 4 sum1 smaller than his wife, he said it was 4 a âfriendâ
2: Joseph had already been arrested prior 4 raping a nurse at knife point
3: Joseph made Elizabeth watch very graphic videos n made her re-an act them with him 2 humiliate her in front of her kids n 4 his own sick fantasies
It's kinda poetic in a way that he now has to live 24/7 in a room where he rarely can get out of and is just left with himself. Wonder if it reminds him of something
not even CLOSE to the torture she endured... not even close.
@Eric Cooper exactly
but the fact that when police first found out that he was abusive towards his family while they were on investigation of missing Elizabeth, police did absolute nothing to stop that abuse on that family. its just disgusting.
@@zeuxlaught2797 it was around the 70s -80s mind set.... not the 00s onward . so....
No because prison is nothing like jail. And no were close to her situation. Prison is freedom compared to what she went through
This is the sickest real life story I have ever heard of.
Word.
He actually went on a two week holiday (vacation) to Spain and left Elizabeth and her children without food or electricity for the entire two weeks!! When he went to trial, copies of the colour photos were released to the media. It showed him smugly sitting in a Spanish restaurant, holding a lamb shank up to his gaping mouth, pretending to take a bite with a real happy look on his face!! All the while his daughter and children were starving half to death in the dark of the basement!! He fills me with utter revulsion!!
@@jaylyn7285 right? You always hear about these things when you think youâve learned just how depraved the world can be
@@Theeditor2828 Yep. I remember it happening. It did go around the world. There's plenty of horrific things out there that have happened through the years, all carried out by humans....... The most dangerous predators on the planet!
The thing is, whenever i hear a dark story i make some dark humor about it. But this is................i will need some time to recover from this
A former classmate of mine lived on the same street as Fritzl, he even visited her house once. He appeared to be a completely normal man, and nobody who knew him had the slightest suspicion.
I appreciate that you always, or almost always have pictures/drawings of the actual people involved. This adds a lot to the credibility / realness of your stories.
The fact that this man basically performed some of the worst atrocities you can to another living being, he's supposedly eligible for parole. But if a dog bites someone once for whatever reason, they have a chance of being sent to a kennel to be put down immediately.
Human ethic is broken.
Amen
This made me sad. Like seriously. Last month a dog was hanged cuz he was chasing the neighbours chickens. But a rapist is allowed to roam free. I don't even know what to say anymore to this.
Exactly man. And this person deserves no mercy and is beyond rehabilitation, I can only hope he's living in hell mentally in isolation but I have a feeling he doesn't care sadly. 20 years of joy might just be worth it to him and that remark about getting her pregnant over 10 times so no one can ever love her really makes me think he's still enjoying what he did. Thankfully the victim is very strong and didn't completely lose her mind, or her kids likewise
Glad they have a paid house and can enjoy themselves. I bet they have an unbreakable bond
Pedophiles and human rights abusers deserve death.
It's really creepy that she knew he was building a shelter for 6years not knowing that whole time he planned to imprison her in it...
And then the way he tricked her down there by making her think she was just helping her dad with something that could potentially save their lives later. Just fucking sick.
I really feel so bad for her đ this type of monster should have tortured like hitler does with his opponent until he dies i would love to watch that video
I remember this story...it's still shocking even today. Yet again Mr. Ballen puts a different take on it. Well done again!đ
Watching this in 2024 hits different. What an absolute monster.
Imagine that monster had a car crash or some random accident and died, those poor victims would have starved to death with nobody knowing they were down there! Absolutely horrifying đĄ
OMG !! Thats summin I hadnât even thought about your made the story even scarier đ«
omg. I didn't even think of that
I hadn't thought of that either....wow that's terrifying
this thought, right here made me shiverrrrrr...........
The whole house would've started stinking.đ€ą
The scary thing is there are still parents out there like this undetected
I pray all of them get found out & get delt with . Such a heartbreaking story .
@@bobbymorris9513 if Praying did anything it wouldn't happen in the first place
I know.
@@bobbymorris9513 too true.
Put the guy back In general population and let human justice actually be served
This is extremely disturbing, how could no one else ever wander in the basement and discover any of this. That dude is beyond sick.
I followed this when it first came out. It made me wonder how many houses Iâve driven by where this type of thing could be going on. There has to be dozens that havenât been caught yet or never. Iâm at least glad that Fritzl didnât get into a fatal car crash or have a heart attack, leaving them with no food or supplies. Forever.
God please donât ever let this man get out of prison, I donât care how old he is at the time! Disgusting.
Yet if he 'comes to Jesus' all is forgiven and h goes right to heaven... Yay God
@@jhauptmann9850 Actually, there is hell too for people like 'em.
@@March3rd1956 Only in your make-believe.
@@jhauptmann9850 what are you talking about?
@@RealFemto Hes talking about people finding god and forgiveness. His parole is coming up, and with that sort of attitude, there is a good chance he will pass. God forgives all, as long as you repent. So he is forgiven twice over if he finds jesus.
It's scary that if Joseph never took Elizabeth's daughter to the hospital, his crimes would likely remain hidden.
Dude.....
He might then molest his own children/grandchildren and have more. Then, what if he died and there would be no one to go in the basement and give them food?
And how many other homes have this? Theres other stories just like this, and those r just the known ones....
Im currently 23 , the fact that that poor women and her children were trapped down there at the mercy of that thing for a year longer than I've been alive is hard for me to try and wrap my head around.
I'm glad that they are living all reunited now
The movie girl in the basement was so good and the actress was amazing, Iâve watched it several times and I cry hysterically when she hugs the nurse at the hospital in such relief that she never has to go back downstairs
The freakiest part of this story to me. is the idea this could be happening right now to someone else. I hate stories like this.
Exactly that. Someone out there is being held captive and we can't help. I remember this story and not that long after someone in USA was caught who held captive two woman. Sick sick fucks. That film ROOM and the book possibly took this idea and how to live after.
its true and it should be. I mean like we heard a news once a week at least that someones get sexual abuse by its own family members.
Thousands of children go missing every year. Its believed a lot of them are locked in basements. Sadly there isn't more public demand to find them!
Things like these ARE happening right now, world-wide. And you'll most likely never hear about it. Trust me, there's things being done to people all over the world that makes Fritzl's crimes look tame and this is one of the most fucked up things I've ever heard about.
Not could. Actually is somewhere is more accurate I imagine. I know, it really sucks.
I'm glad he's spending the rest of his life alone in solitary, just like he did to his kids.
Yeah I hear solitary is so much rougher than it even appears. Hardened criminals compare it to torture, so I am glad this guy will likely live out all his remaining years under this torture.
Unfortunately he's gonna be on parole in 2024
@@marvelismarvelous8987 eligible for parole, there is no way he will ever have that granted. at least its very very unlikely.
@@officialdabaws5228 lets just hope it stays that way
@@marvelismarvelous8987 oh it's hopefully someone building a torture dungeon right now awaiting his release date and will abduct him minutes after he walks off the bus or taxi on his day of freedom and then begins his payback
I was not prepared for this... This has got to be the most disturbing story I've heard on this channel so far.
I remember hearing about this on TV when I was a kid.
Still haunts me to this day
Imagine not knowing what the sun feels like for 19 years of your life. This is beyond tragic.
That's the part that really struck me. I remember the absolute bliss I felt the first time I walked outside after being quarantined for a month. I feel like if I had stayed inside any longer I would have gone insane. And I'm an adult. I feel like it would be 10 times worse for a child.
Damien Echols can relate. He was in solitary confinement for 18 years, on Arkansas's death row, for a triple homicide he didn't commit. He and the two men he was originally tried with (they both received life in prison) were released in 2011. He's a popular CZcamsr now. He was 18 when he was convicted; the other two were 16 and 17. Three boys just tossed to the wolves because some hillbilly cops didn't want to do their jobs.
@@welcome2myhappyworld Covid quarantine didn't mean you can't walk outside to your backyard lol... most people were hanging out in their backyards all the time
@@blake7065 that may be true for a lot of people, however, as someone who lives in an apartment complex in a crowded city, that wasn't really an option for me. I also had all my groceries delivered, so the most fresh air I got was opening a window (which is another thing these poor victims didn't have access to).
@@welcome2myhappyworld I was also in an apartment complex for a big part of the pandemic and I still would go outside on walks, to the beach (idk if you are near one but I am) and got some exercise that way.
This is messed up, one of the craziest stories you've covered so far, it's crazy how people like this are allowed to live. That's 24 whole years of suffering Elizabeth can never get back.
Lmao ur here too??
Iâm sure my story is far crazier Iâve seen , heard, things
Damn u are literally everywhere
Are you covid coz your everywhere đđ
@@AndrewFlameiing can you tell the stories
Another great video....Mr Ballen just wanted to acknowledge and Thank You for lending a help hand to those who are in need...kudos to you and your foundation
There actually was an article just a few days ago. They think about letting him free, because he has dementia and apparently can't do no harm to anyone anymore... I don't understand how this can be considered a valid argument. He should rot in hell, not walk free.
This monster should never be let out to roam free again, and I think he deserves everything that comes his way.
Oh he aint getting out ever again.
@@franziskahuber9664 He might. Only America locks people up for their entire lives. Life means different things all over the world. Most countries will execute before spending more than 30 years in a taxpayer prison. America just makes too much money off of convicts.
Hey I like Mr. Ballen!
damn this guy needs death imagine someone impregnates there daughter for fun and get the same punishment as a murder
Franziska Huber Heâs getting out in 3 years guys! đ
The government gave Elizabeth and her children a nice house and they are peacefully living their lives in anonymity now. God bless them all.
That's good to hear.
How do you know this
@@kingkai4957 I've known about this story for a while now and watched a documentary about it. Every recounting of the story says the same thing. The authorities were extremely careful in hiding Elizabeth and her children's identities from the media in order that they could live in peace.
Thanks for the info buddy! ... but I think this proves that no god exists
@@RedTobu Yes it's a truly awful story. There were periods when Josef went on vacation for weeks at a time and left little or no food for Elizabeth and the children and they almost starved to death.
The second I started listening the story sounded familiar and when I saw Joseph's face my heart dropped because I knew how bad things got for that poor girl. Devastating story I hope he's rotting in prison.
a person like Joseph I would be fine with if they would bring back mediaeval public executions, there are so many things to try out. I'd pay to watch that.
What bothers me is that there are probably other people in this world locked away in basements, being abused and waiting for rescue. It's awful.
I'm glad that Elizabeth and her children have the opportunity to rebuild their lives. đđŸ
All the trafficked kids & women đ
"prison officials are worried that if they leave him in general population, he'll be killed." do it.
Slowly! V E R Y S L O W L Y!!!!
They don't want him to be killed is because they want him to SUFFER
No death is better than solitary confinement I say let him live and let him suffer
My thoughts EXACTLY.
@@jpierreareli8282 yeah but if he gets granted parole I say the prison officials should âaccidentallyâ leave him in general population in his last day there.
Yeah, I remember that case. When he was sentenced and was assigned a prison he will be transferred to, there was a man in the prison for cannibalism and he said: "I can't wait he arrives, I will prepare myself a Fritzl schnitzel"
Awhhh man I wish theyâd let cannibal guy have a few hours with him but not long enough to kill him!
You know its bad when even the cannibal thinks youâre evil
â@@ivyrose5153Ha ha, true!
WowâŠjust wow. Just when you think you hear something bad, a story like this comes along.
Youâre a great story teller! I stumbled upon your channel by pure accident, Iâm so glad I did!
I was with my wife when she gave birth twice in the safe environment of a private hospital and it was traumatic to say the least. I cannot imagine what that poor girl went through in that dungeon on her own. To then raise them and educate them in those conditions just shows you how incredibly strong women can be.
Its scary a f man.
I may be wrong, but I feel the only reason she survived was because of the kids. She didn't want to die and leave them alone with that monster. Which shows despite everything she was a true caring mother.
I think the children were a major reason, too, but not the only one. She was a very strong person to begin with, as the story states, she was the only member of the family that was willing to stand up against their tyrannical father before he locked her up. He understood that he wasnt able to break her and it drove him crazy so he tried harder. But she just had it in her.
This story made my blood boil so much, the fact that the dad didn't care that he took all of those children's childhood away or the fact he had no reaction to incinerating a baby is so disgusting. I hope that man spends the rest of his life in solitary so he knows what it feels like to be alone
Yup. Even the most forgiving side of me wants him stuck in solitary for the the next 1000 years.
The 9th Ring of Hell is waiting for him.
Dude i dont want him in jail i want him to be in hell
I know I said fry him in comment I have never said anything like that before.
@@Domebreaker881 he will be going there soon don't worry
The father is evil incarnate and itâs upsetting to hear he didnât get life imprisonment with no chance of parole.
Literally evil incarnate đŻ
iâve read this story so many times but Mr Ballen added so any details that i never knew!!
Elizabeth sounds like an absolute unit. Her bravery and perseverance is amazing. I don't think I could make it through half the things she overcame.
How did she not kill her father or herself in those 24 years?
@@googleuser9383 id imagine that he tried to âbaby proofâ everything. Even when she had the sizers she was giving birth so canât exactly attack
There were many doors and combination locks leading to that basement that only the father knew how to get out of. If she killed him, Elizabeth and her kids would have been locked in with his rotting body and eventually run out of food as well.
G Unit!
Lol no.
Man it's always nice to know that prisoners beat those who have commited worse and far more heinous crimes.
right
Yeah. Those who abuse women and children in general are not the most liked in prison.
@@markey412 yeah true, I'm a good lad so never been locked up đbut have mates who have and they say if you done anything like being a pervert or paedophile then they will kick your head in. They will make everyday for them hell
Maybe because those guys endured some kind of abuse when they were young. One of Whitey Bulger's enforcers, Kevin Weeks wrote in a book that he was molested as a child when he was taken away from his parents due to the deplorable conditions at their home, drugs, physical abuse etc.
Or one of their own children were abused...
It's generally because the inmates themselves have families and even though they're not the best people in the world, they respect their family. So when they find out someone assaulted a child, they see as "what if that was my kid" and that inmate will have the worst experience in prison out of everyone. I have a few friends that have been in jail so that's why I know this
I randomly watched the US movie based on this story called "Girl in the Basement" for free on CZcams last year. I virtually never watch the free movies on here, but decided to watch that one purely on a whim. I immediately recognized the story in this video. It was good to learn the details that were changed or left out of the film.
Elizabeth had fewer children in the movie & only one was brought upstairs vs three. The film also added a bf she'd had when she vanished & reunited them at the end. I hope she & her children are happy now, wherever they are. I can't imagine being in any of their shoes & wish them all nothing but the best.
I'm so sad for this woman and her children. This man is a total monster and the biological Mother was definitely out of touch not going downstairs. I am so proud of her keeping things as normal as she could for her kids and herself in the basement.
It still amazes me how a monster like this can be entitled to parole. As a former Police Officer I thought I had seen and heard the worst of humankind, clearly I hadnât until today.
It's a european thing. They'd never actually let him go.
â@Toby Thompson Saying that on this channel doesn't make sense.
@@overclucker Why not?
Justice != vengeance
In Europe indefinite punishment, in my eyes, rightfully, is ruled an inhumane, cruel punishment. Therefore the offender must have the chance - which is mostly a mind thing - to regain their freedom at some point, if they qualify for it. Parole is no automatic thing. They have to apply for it and show that they changed enough to receive it. Otherwise they remain in prison. I am not sure about Austria, but in Germany there is a second level of safety here. It is called "Safety confinement". This is for people who have been punished, but are still considered dangerous and therefore cannot be set free. The comfort in these kind of prisons is a bit better, but still they remain in custody.
But still there are very long sentences - some prisoner remain in prison for many decades, I think the record is over 60 years.
In any case Fritzl will be thoroughly checked and considering the severy of his actions, his mental state and the duration of is crime, I doubt very much that he will be released - maybe if he is frail or so and thus not considered a danger any more.
This is actually so horrifying especially her having to give birth alone 6 times. I canât imagine the pain and fear.
Yeah as a new mom thatâs one of the worst details. I felt so sick thinking of how she went through all that, and in such a cramped awful space...
The entire thing makes me sick to my stomach. She's so strong! I can't even imagine! I had to have an emergency C-section and and then the rest had to be C-section because my body wouldn't allow me to dilate. My kids and myself would have died if not..think if something had gone horribly wrong during birth! I'm so happy they got found finally and are safe and well now! Praying for them!
beyond human comprehension !
@Truth is here sheâs not a man đ„°
right? my jaw physically dropped when i heard him describe that. this incredible girl endured so much and iâm so relieved after everything sheâs somewhat okay.
I only realised what this story was when I saw the parents photo.
I don't think I'll ever forget this man's face
This story is so disturbing.
Itâs completely out of this world.
The inmates were like âI robbed, I killed⊠but I never did anything as hell as you to your own daughter! âŠâ
Mad respect for Elizabeth for staying strong for 24 years. Joseph was a demon, a monster, he will receive punishment in hell. I hope that Elizabeth and her kids are happy and living their lives to the fullest.
We don't know if he'll recieve punishment in hell, cuz we don't know if that even exists. But at least, he's recieving punishment right now.
Ya, I can imagine, if he actually is released in 2024, he will be shot the moment he's out of the building and the cops will just say a bullet fell from the sky, this guys deserves no remorse.
That philosophy is exactly why evil persists. And prevails. Punishment HAS to be IN SIGHT at the time of the offense.
Another reason of thousands why religion only destroys and neglects.
@@NoNo_IStay shut up. you have to bring the "god doesn't exist and you are stupid to believe" i hope that someday i can see 1 comment about god without you people saying all these crap. if you dont believe in him its okay just dont force others into your shit
@@RR-js9dj do you realize how hypocritical you sound? You're upset about people invalidating religion, but you don't realize that this way of thinking basically tells non-religious victims to suck it up and trust that these people will get their punishment in a place that the victim doesn't even believe in. You really are just telling victims to shut up.
This is literally the most disgusting story I've ever heard, my stomach is turning. The fact that people are capable of this level of evil is insane!
Same here. Horrific.
Yeah, this one is haunting me.
All of my respect for Elizabeth. Such a sick and sad storyđȘ my wish for her and her kids is nothing but happinessđŒ
I didnt discover Mr Ballen until a few days ago and I'm glad I did. I'm so addicted to these stories, that I can't stop watching. Unlike those stupid supposedly real horror stories, these video's have newspaper, audio recordings, and anchor stories to back it up. Now I have something to watch on my down time before work.
Canât believe these people arenât catching on. When someone is THAT messed up in the head, it doesnât matter how nice they seem on the surface, theyâre still crazy. Donât give them parole. 89 or not.
Sentencing is not the same in European (most developed) judicial systems as in the American--the main purpose is to rehabilitate not punish, thus shorter nominal sentences. That being said, those who commit heinous acts generally are denied parole at those hearings, resultantly serving more time than initially sentenced.
I feel like he won't last 24 hours outside prison. He's well known where he is. Letting him out would be an instant death sentence.
@@SanguineMalcontent or getting out of a life sentence 2 years into prison... to then commit the same exact crime again.
execute them
As far as i know does he need to go into go into a psychiatrik facility for felons, so he won't see the outside ever again.
I hope that if one day Elizabeth finds this video she sees these comments. I've never seen a comment section pour so much kindness and respect into one person. Elizabeth is one of the strongest women in the world. I hope she knows all the wonderful love and support we all have for her and her children.
People should setup an online donation thing for them. They deserve it.
@@GeekRaj no one knows who they are or where they are.
The fact that he can be paroled is disgusting
Just the most haunting story I've ever heard of. Apart from something in maybe medieval times what is worse than this? Crazy..
There's no way Elizabeth was able to completely recover and build a normal life. This must have scarred her forever. :(
Just fucked đ
..yeah, scared and destroyed...she didn't even have the chance to learn what "normal" is..
Well duh...
Maybe. It is quite possible that she kept the faith that something would happen to get her free. I believe that there is something unexplainable inside humans that keeps them moving forward despite disasters and tragedy. If there wasn't, none of us would be here today.
she is so strong. i cant imagine going thru all those disgusting things for 24 years.
I can just imagine how good of a mother Elizabeth is. Those babies were quite literally her whole world and based off the story it seems she gave them everything she had to give.
Literally. Everything.
This is why I have to pause during selfish/first world problems and remember just how blessed I am. Iâve been through some stuff, but this is unfathomable.
Solitary confinement is like poetic justice.
That said, eligible for parole? Really?
@@mrst7787 Austrians aren't crazy anymore. This psycho will never be let loose.
There are so many horrific things about this story. I cannot imagine the pain and fear she had while giving birth alone like that - I was terrified when I delivered my babies, but I was in a hospital with a bunch of support. So heartbreaking.
Of the various Mr Ballen episodes I've seen, nothing made me quiver more than this.đą
Itâs scary to think that there is a small possibility that this could currently be the case for other people that have gone missing and still havenât been found
knowing how sick and twisted some people are deep down, itâs very likely and quite horrifying to think of
Jaycee Dugard comes to mind
@@neophantomm unfortunate
You're right. But after this story, the police should check the whole house of the parents thoroughly.
or some who were never even documented, born into an awful place like this
Anyone else think the guards should âaccidentallyâ leave him in general population one day? đ
Of course, full two years, with technical issues at fault
You betcha!! He deserves no less, and certainly more.
I would agree but make him suffer in confinement rather then escape through death
Yes but then on the other hand, solitary confinement is supposed to be the most torturous thing a prisoner can endure. It's fitting considering that's what he did to his poor family!
Yeah. They should let the inmates beat him once a day. Torture is worse than death. Let it be long and drawn out. Make sure it hurts for a long time. đ
I truly don't understand why the authorities always try to protect violent criminals from being attacked by fellow inmates, just let the law of the jungle take over.