Kampusch

Child kidnapping, we know, is rare and yet it happened to Kampusch exactly as she had feared it would.

3,096 Days by Natascha Kampusch Vanessa Thorpe 2010

While some commentators have seen Kampusch as Little Red Riding Hood, going missing in her scarlet jacket on her first solo walk to school and then held at the mercy of a man named Wolfgang, her memoir shows her to be more of a Crusoe, a resourceful soul cast adrift on an island of madness.

3,096 Days by Natascha Kampusch Vanessa Thorpe 2010

If ever the virtues of the key texts of western children's literature should be questioned, then the story of Natascha Kampusch could be called upon as evidence.

3,096 Days by Natascha Kampusch Vanessa Thorpe 2010

Comparisons have inevitably been made with Natascha Kampusch, the Austrian girl who was kept hostage in a windowless basement for almost nine years.

Hamburg man held after female hostage flees 'basement torture room' 2011

Once Kampusch had finally burst free, beaten and half-starved – aftereight years of unseen sunsets and sunrises, she had become something of a butterfly when it came to self-expression.

3,096 Days by Natascha Kampusch Vanessa Thorpe 2010

Subjected to violence, starvation, molestation and sensory deprivation, Kampusch describes how she adapted "intuitively" to new "customs", just as if in a foreign country.

3,096 Days by Natascha Kampusch Vanessa Thorpe 2010

The journalist Peter Reichard is set to co-write the script and develop the project with the producer, he spent months interviewing Kampusch for a German television documentary, so it certainly sounds like it'll be factual and perhaps have a huge insight into the woman herself.

Filmstalker: Another Natascha Kampusch biographical film? 2010

This incident came to light when Kampusch managed to escape from captivity.

International Manhunt Under Way For Austrian Josef Branis 2008

To make things more interesting, it was in the same suburb where Kampusch was held captive for those 8 years.

International Manhunt Under Way For Austrian Josef Branis 2008

Kampusch said that she wants to meet the family and offer help.

Natascha Kampusch To Josef Fritzl: You're A Huge Lying Egotist! 2008