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3. Natascha Kampusch

In Vienna, Austria, in 1998, Natascha Kampusch was kidnapped at only 10 years old. Her captor, Wolfgang Priklopil, took her to a room under his garage, and there she would remain his captive for another 8 years. Her release came in 2006 when she managed to escape from the room, and from Priklopil.

Priklopil was aware that the police were hunting him and he took his own life by jumping in front of a train. Oddly, Kampusch mourned his death and continued to keep a picture of him in her wallet. She now owns Kampusch’s house, although the cellar in which she was kept for so long has been filled in with cement.

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