A girl goes missing. But she never leaves her home.

In this chilling episode, we unravel the case of Josef Fritzl—the Austrian father who imprisoned his daughter Elisabeth in a hidden cellar for 24 years. While the world believed she’d joined a cult, Fritzl was raising two separate families: one in the light… and one in total darkness.

What begins as a missing person case unravels into one of the most horrifying deceptions in modern history.

When a teenage girl collapses in 2008, doctors start asking questions. And behind eight locked doors, the truth begins to surface.

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Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of sexual violence, incest, child abuse, and long-term captivity. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

Sources:

• The Guardian, “The basement torture chamber of Josef Fritzl,” 2008
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/apr/28/austria.internationalcrime
• BBC News, “Josef Fritzl: The man who imprisoned his daughter,” 2009
• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17820709
• Der Spiegel, “Fritzl Speaks: ‘I Knew What I Was Doing Was Wrong,’” 2008
• https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/fritzl-speaks-i-knew-what-i-was-doing-was-wrong-a-552224.html
• ABC News, “Josef Fritzl Admits Imprisoning Daughter for 24 Years,” 2008
• https://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=5044586
• Reuters, “Neighbors relieved as Fritzl dungeon sealed off,” 2013
• https://www.reuters.com/article/us-austria-fritzl-idUSBRE95K0F520130621

Welcome to SIC!

When a double homicide shakes a Southern lakeside town, a teenage killer is sent to prison — and a grieving daughter is left to pick up the pieces. Years later, she returns to the family estate, determined to rebuild not just the house, but something deeper. What follows is a story of legacy, loss, and the radical choice to forgive the unforgivable.

In today’s episode, we explore a haunting true crime that spans decades, questions what justice really looks like, and challenges everything we think we know about redemption.

Sources:

1. https://people.com/crime/ark-woman-befriended-moms-killer-out-of-spiritual-obligation-and-then-he-murdered-her
2. https://people.com/crime/inside-the-bizarre-case-of-a-killer-striking-twice-23-years-apart-murdering-a-mother-and-daughter
3. https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/authorities-say-travis-lewis-allegedly-killed-martha-mcmay
4. https://aymag.com/murder-mystery-murder-at-horseshoe-lake-part-1
5. https://teenkillers.org/juvenile-lifers/offenders-cases-state/arkansas-offenders/travis-lewis
6. https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimeDiscussion/comments/1ccajjw/daughter_forgave_her_mothers_killer_gave_him_a

They looked like ordinary teenagers—ribbons in their hair, bicycles underfoot, lipstick religiously applied. But behind every smile was a secret. And behind every secret… a weapon.

In Nazi-occupied Holland, a string of unexplained deaths begins to unfold. A soldier disappears after a flirtatious encounter. A woman is shot in a park. A collaborator winds up in a canal. No one sees a connection. But this wasn’t chaos. It was precision.

In this episode of Siblings in Crime, we follow a story that starts with compassion and ends with a gunshot. Based on the true lives of Freddie and Truus Oversteegen, two teenage girls turned assassins, this tale unravels the most unlikely faces of resistance.

Because sometimes, the deadliest people in history… are the ones you’d never think to fear.

Sources:

• BBC Reel: The Teenage Dutch Girls Who Seduced and Killed Nazis
• https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0808hpm
• Time Magazine: Inside the Remarkable Friendship of 3 Teenage Girls Who Fought the Nazis
• https://time.com/5661142/dutch-resistance-friendship/
• History.com: Freddie and Truus Oversteegen: Teenagers Who Killed Nazis
• https://www.history.com/articles/dutch-resistance-teenager-killed-nazis-freddie-oversteegen
• Open Culture: How Two Teenage Dutch Sisters Ended Up Joining the Resistance and Assassinating Nazis
• https://www.openculture.com/2020/07/how-two-teenage-dutch-sisters-ended-up-joining-the-resistance-and-assassinating-nazis-during-world-war-ii.html
• The Guardian: Hannie Schaft: The Girl With Red Hair Who Fought the Nazis
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/29/hannie-schaft-dutch-resistance-teenager-killed-nazis
• BrickTanks Blog: Heroes of WWII – Freddie and Truus Oversteegen
• https://bricktanks.co.uk/blogs/news/heroes-of-wwii-freddie-and-truus-oversteegen
• Smithsonian Magazine: Teenage Assassins Who Fought the Nazis in the Netherlands
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/teenage-girls-who-resisted-nazis-in-wwii-180975265/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannie_Schaft