Authors: Lily Stenroos and Gavin Douglas

In this episode we explore the kidnapping of Elizabeth Fritzl by her own father and compare the harsh realities of her case vs what media, specifically the lifetime movie “girl in the basement” portrays her story as.

Sources:

Lifetime movie: “Girls in the basement” Director: Elisabeth Röhm: Big Dreams Entertainment

https://allthatsinteresting.com/elisabeth-fritzl#:~:text=Elisabeth%20 Fritzl%20 spent%2024%20 years,the%20 whereabouts%20of%20her%20daughter

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/may/04/austria.internationalcrime1

https://www.the-sun.com/news/2446584/elisabeth-fritzl-now-girl-in-basement/

https://haubrichnoir.medium.com/josef-fritzl-the-monster-of-amstetten-7cc830aa9dcd