From The Guardian:

Authorities in Austria are trying to piece together the details of how a 73-year-old man managed to keep his daughter imprisoned in a windowless cellar for 24 years while he repeatedly raped her and fathered her seven children.

Police said the 42-year-old woman, identified only as Elisabeth F, told them her father, Josef, had lured her into the basement of the block where the family lived in Amstetten, north-west Austria, on August 24 1984, and allegedly drugged and handcuffed her before locking her up in the dungeon. A police spokesman said she was "psychologically extremely disturbed", but her version of events was "completely believable".

The father was in custody last night.

She said she had been abused by him from the age of 11. "In her own words, she was continuously abused by her father," the spokesman said. She said she had borne seven children by her father, including twins, one of whom died in 1996 after just three days. The father removed the body from the cellar and burnt it.

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Full story here. Hooray for humans!

Edit: fixed link

holy fuck.

yeah, i heard that before, it's pretty sick.

FUCK!

that 73 year old guy totally took my idea!

Are we sure this didn't happen in Florida? it sounds like Florida to me...

it has been said that 'cellar door' is one of the most beautiful sounding compunds in the english language. i suppose it depends on your circumstances though.

This, and the goths stomped to death for being goths story just sucked any will to do anything this evening out of me.

yaledelay wrote:Are we sure this didn't happen in Florida? it sounds like Florida to me...

There was a game Adam Corolla used to play on Loveline. It was called Florida or Germany . He would read off a fucked up news clipping and listeners had to guess where it happened.

I guess you could add Austria to the mix.

Franz wrote:
"This is an appalling crime. I know of no comparable case in Austria," Franz Prucher, head of security for Lower Austria told a news conference.

What about the Austrian girl kidnapped a couple of years back and kept in a cellar for 8 years?

falsedog wrote:

Franz wrote:
"This is an appalling crime. I know of no comparable case in Austria," Franz Prucher, head of security for Lower Austria told a news conference.

yeah, Austria has never, ever, EVER produced someone who has committed a crime more mind boggling or inhuman. this man is clearly the singular stain on their national heritage.