Forcible Confinement

Monstrous Crimes of the Modern Age

De: John Marlowe

Narrado por: Katharine Mangold

In 1984, abusive father Joseph Fritzl drugged his 18-year-old daughter with ether and imprisoned her in a dungeon under his house - she wasn't to see daylight for 24 years.

Down-and-out millionaire Gary Heidnik wallpapered his hallway with $5 bills, anointed himself bishop of his own religion, and began collecting "wives": women he abducted from the street and kept chained up in a pit.

Bondage freak Izabela Lewicka willingly signed a 115-item contract giving John Edward Robinson complete control over her life, but she never imagined it was a license to kill.

Forcible Confinement is a study of the warped thinking that went into some of the world's most macabre crimes, as well as a clinical examination of the purpose-built rooms, hidden spaces, and soundproofed dungeons prepared for victims.

From the massive "Murder Castle" once used by Dr. H. H. Holmes to prey upon those attending the 1893 Chicago World's Fair to the hell house where self-professed sex-addict Ariel Castro kept three women in chains for more than 10 years, the book examines famous cases of the past along with many from the modern age. John Marlowe takes the listener on a disturbing journey through a world of murder and mayhem, providing insight into evil and the motivations of monsters.

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Hard to believe true crime stories

Forcible Confinement is a collection of well-researched true crime stories involving kidnapping, rape, torture, necrophilia, and of course, forcible confinement. Marlowe covers the abduction of Natacha Kampusch by Wolfgang Přiklopil, who detained the minor for eight years. In a strange twist of fate, Kampusch now owns the home in which she was imprisoned. The author details nearly thirty cases involving the likes of the Vampire of Hanover, the Butcher of Plainfield, and the Suffolk Strangler. Forcible Confinement is a nice addition to the author's "Evil Women," and both audiobooks are narrated by the gifted Katharine Mangold.