This week, the gals discuss Stockholm Syndrome (a condition from which Dan most likely suffers #ProposeDan) over a bottle of Spellbound Petite Sirah. Cases include an heiress turned “freedom fighter,” an Austrian modern-day Cinderella who got fed up with chores, and the ultimate nightmare-fuel… The Girl in the Box. So loosen your restraints, convince your captor to roam for a bit, and tune in!
Ep19 Stockholm Syndrome
June 13, 2017
Jaycee Dugard was kidnapped and held in captivity for 18 years.
In 1974, Patty Hearst was taken and held by Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA).
Patty Hearst during the SLA bank robbery in San Francisco.
Patty Hearst’s mugshot after her arrest on bank robbery and gun charges in September 1975.
In February 1974, Hearst was sentenced to seven years in prison.
Patty Hearst was released in February 1979 after President Jimmy Carter commuted her sentence.
10 year-old Natascha Kampusch was grabbed off the sidewalk by a man driving a minibus.
Kampusch’s abductor, Wolfgang Priklopil, aka “Prick”.
For 8 years, Natascha was held captive in a small cellar under Prick’s garage.
The door to Natascha’s room was concrete, reinforced with steel, and hidden by a cupboard.
The stairs that lead to the cellar where Natascha Kampusch was kept.
Natascha’s room in the house in Strasshof, northeast of Vienna, Austria.
Inside the room in the house where Natascha Kampusch was kept hidden.
Wolfgang Priklopil threw himself under a train after Natascha escaped.
There are conspiracies around Priklopil’s death, with some saying it was murder.
Natascha Kampusch spends most of her weekends at the home where she was held captive.
Natascha Kampusch being interviewed by Günter Jauch.
Natascha Kampusch wrote a book, a decade after escaping the hands of her kidnapper.
Natascha Kampusch carried a photo of Wolfgang Priklopil for years after his death.
Colleen Stan was kidnapped while hitchhiking on May 19, 1977.
Colleen was forced to wear a 20-pound hinged box on her head.
She was also forced to sleep in a coffin-like box.
Colleen was confined to the box 23-hours a day.
Colleen was able to visit her family and introduced her captor, Cameron Hooker, as her fiance.
Box restraints used to keep Colleen Stan trapped.
Lt. Jerry Brown in court showing a head-restraining device found in Cameron Hooker’s home.
Cameron Hooker, Colleen Stan, and Janice Hooker.
