translator: if we want to discuss when things deteriorated for elisabeth, then certainly there was the moment when she realized that she was pregnant for the first time. and then the worry throughout the pregnancy whether her child would be healthy and the births, themselves, would have taken their toll. especially given there was no help on hand. like a midwife or a doctor. escaping from her dungeon with its eight locked doors was always going to be difficult, but with pregnancy and becoming a mother, elisabeth seems to have simply given up. translator: there was a change. she said herself that even before she was incarcerated she d been abused by her father, and after being taken prisoner, had endured brutal, physical violence in some shape or form, and then she told us that this had lessened. having been where she d been for so long, doing it and
important point right now is that she has the feeling that the kids are happy. they feel comfortable. and that gives her, i would say, the best relief. since elisabeth fritzl s long night began, so much has changed, but she retains a working knowledge of a world she last saw in 1984, when ronald reagan was president of the united states. translator: elisabeth, let s say, is led back in to a world which she once knew, in which she can remember and which she has seen reflected on television. the others, the children will be let out and will have to be taught how to live, and those senses that weren t stimulated downstairs will have to be stimulated. some days ago, it rained and felix just said, i want to see for the first time rain because i never experienced that. i mean, even if you hear that, you just realize, yes, he didn t.
father s. she told police that her longest night started in august, 1984, when she was only 18. that s when her father drugged her and dragged her to the cellar, chaining her to a wall. for the first four years of her incarceration, she lived in complete isolation. according to her own account the only visitor her own father, who raped her every few days. you could probably talk to 50 different psychiatrists and read all of the literature and get 50 different answers about what drives the incest dynamic. some of it is control. some of it is lust. some of it is a narcissistic attraction to self and the creation of self. meanwhile, fritzl fabricated a believable cover story, telling family and friends that elisabeth had fled her home to
suddenly gained a small space of 30 to 35 square meters, without anyone noticing. we re now proceeding on the assumption that he had already settled upon the plan to build his own personal reich as early as 1978 and to start a relationship with his pretty daughter elisabeth in the cellar. coming up, elisabeth fritzl goes missing and even her friends can t find her. translator: all of the sudden all contact ended and when i called, it was palmed off and i never heard from her again. when the longest night returns. it s your surprise party and we want this hair color to be party ready. let s get some dimensional color. now!? what if it comes out wrong? [ gigi ] nice n easy gets your right color every time. guaranteed. in one step get tones and highlights for a gorgeous result. surprise! surprise! surprise! surprise! i had no idea. [ gigi ] get the color you want every time with nice n easy. and now new non-permanent nice n easy. natural looking tones and dimensional shine
join a cult, insisting she didn t want to be found. he even presented letters from her that he forced her to write. fritzl s careful web of lies worked. no one came looking for elisabeth not her mother, not her friends, not the neighbors, not the police. translator: this is something the police see time and time again and, as we all know, every child leaves the family home at some point. then her 19th birthday arrived. and the austrian police aren t allowed to search for missing persons over the age of 19, because from this age onwards, an austrian citizen can go anywhere in the world they want. in planning elisabeth s disappearance, fritzl was meticulous. he was known to be highly organized, a quality appreciated by those with whom he did business. the fritzl family ran a summer guest house in the mountains and rented land from anton graf. translator: we had a business