The Underground Horror
Liesl was 18 years old when her father lured her into the basement under false pretenses. Josef must have been afraid at first that someone would find out, or that somehow Elisabeth would be able to escape. He kept her chains on which tethered her close to the column. Then, as time went on, he changed her chains to a leash, allowing her more freedom to move around the basement. Many wondered why Elisabeth never tried to escape, but Josef was said to threaten her daily that he’d shut off the gas and electricity. And around 5 years into her imprisonment, the unthinkable happened, Elisabeth got pregnant with her first child.
