Three children freed from a cellar in which their mother had been imprisoned and raped by her own father for 24 years had never seen daylight, police in Austria have confirmed. Police spokesman Franz ...

A panel of more than 60 experts (authors, critics, academics, festival curators and booksellers) select their favourite Irish novels and short stories of the years 2020-2025 ...

The 32-year-old man had been held in captivity since he was 11, police said. A Connecticut woman has been arrested for allegedly holding her "severely emaciated" stepson in captivity at their home ...

A STEPSON held in captivity for 20 years set fire to his home to escape the “inhumane” condition his stepmother allegedly ...

An ex-girlfriend of a trucker dubbed the Czech Josef Fritzl who allegedly chained up and tortured a woman for three months has revealed the sexual depravities she was forced to endure while she ...

CELLAR rape monster Josef Fritzl is demanding a divorce from his wife. Fritzl, serving life for keeping a secret family of seven children in his basement, has previously claimed to have written to ...