Episode 16: The Case of Elisabeth Fritzl

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