Natascha Kampusch

The title link is to a Reuters news item. It begins: "A man has escaped from his Austrian jail cell by squeezing through a food hatch in the door..."Let us hope the Snake Man is not now in Austria teaching his techniques to Josef Fritzl. Also, please not to the new Austrian Axe Man. WHAT IS AUSTRIA COMING TO? This is a selection of articles in The Times. I am a blogger not a newspaper so do not expect "balannce" in the selection. Articles are selected on the basis that I find them... Read Full Story

This story is, of course, all over the news and the Internet, and by now, the facts are pretty well known, as summarized by the BBC, “A 73-year-old Austrian man has confessed to imprisoning his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathering her seven children, police have said. Police said Josef Fritzl also admitted burning the body of a baby that died at the house in Amstetten, Lower Austria. Mr Fritzl has been taken to court while authorities are caring for the woman, now 42, and her six... Read Full Story

Josef Fritzl, a 73-year-old Austrian man has confessed to holding his daughter Elisabeth captive in a dungeon for 24 years. While in captivity Fritzl repeatedly raped his daughter, fathering seven children with her, three of them were also held captive underground. Elisabeth, who is now 42-years-old, was forced into the dungeon when she was only 18, she has lived there for 24 years. Her daughter Kerstin, now 19, and sons Stefan, 18 and Felix, five, lived underground with her in the family's... Read Full Story

Linked from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6192433.stm --- Austrian former kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch has said she is finding it hard to adjust to her new life. In an interview with Austrian television, she said she could not yet face going out alone four months after escaping from her captor. She also said she found being in large groups of people overwhelming. She was forced to live in a cell beneath a house garage from 1998 until she escaped in August. Her captor... Read Full Story

Linked from http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,9294,2-10-1462_2044895,00.html News24 gives an update on Natascha, who claims she still is afraid of crowds and going outside alone, four months after her captivity ended. ----- Kampusch now lives in her own flat under the care of three social workers but travels to Vienna's nearby General Hospital where she spent her first weeks of freedom when she needs a break, the magazine said. And the 18-year-old says she only dares to... Read Full Story