Forcible Confinement
John Marlowe
In 1984 abusive father Joseph Fritzl drugged his 18-year-old daughter with ether and imprisoned her in a dungeon under his house - she wasn't to see daylight for 24 years.
Down-and-out millionaire Gary Heidnik wallpapered his hallway with $5 bills, anointed himself bishop of his own religion and began collecting 'wives', women he abducted from the street and kept chained up in a pit.
Bondage freak Izabela Lewicka willingly signed a 115-item contract giving John Edward Robinson complete control over her life, but she never imagined it was a license to kill.
Forcible Confinement is a study of the warped thinking that went into some of the world's most macabre crimes, as well as a clinical examination of the purpose-built rooms, hidden spaces and soundproofed dungeons prepared for victims.
From the massive 'Murder Castle' once used by Dr H. H. Holmes to prey upon those attending the 1893 Chicago World's Fair to the hell house where self-professed sex-addict Ariel Castro kept three women in chains for more than ten years, the book examines famous cases of the past along with many from the modern age. John Marlowe takes the listener on a disturbing journey through a world of murder and mayhem, providing insight into evil and the motivations of monsters.
Duration - 6h 40m.
Author - John Marlowe.
Narrator - Katherine Mangold.
Published Date - Sunday, 11 January 2026.
Copyright - © 2015 Arcturus Holdings Limited ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
In 1984 abusive father Joseph Fritzl drugged his 18-year-old daughter with ether and imprisoned her in a dungeon under his house - she wasn't to see daylight for 24 years. Down-and-out millionaire Gary Heidnik wallpapered his hallway with $5 bills, anointed himself bishop of his own religion and began collecting 'wives', women he abducted from the street and kept chained up in a pit. Bondage freak Izabela Lewicka willingly signed a 115-item contract giving John Edward Robinson complete control over her life, but she never imagined it was a license to kill. Forcible Confinement is a study of the warped thinking that went into some of the world's most macabre crimes, as well as a clinical examination of the purpose-built rooms, hidden spaces and soundproofed dungeons prepared for victims. From the massive 'Murder Castle' once used by Dr H. H. Holmes to prey upon those attending the 1893 Chicago World's Fair to the hell house where self-professed sex-addict Ariel Castro kept three women in chains for more than ten years, the book examines famous cases of the past along with many from the modern age. John Marlowe takes the listener on a disturbing journey through a world of murder and mayhem, providing insight into evil and the motivations of monsters. Duration - 6h 40m. Author - John Marlowe. Narrator - Katherine Mangold. Published Date - Sunday, 11 January 2026. Copyright - © 2015 Arcturus Holdings Limited ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:06
Introduction
Duration:00:05:38
Michael Alig – Bathroom Bloodbath
Duration:00:16:58
Robert Berdella – A Room for his Sex Toys
Duration:00:15:15
Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka – Murder in the Love Shack
Duration:00:17:26
David and Catherine Birnie – Death and the Common-Law Bedro
Duration:00:15:11
Jerry Brudos – The Fetishist’s Workshop
Duration:00:16:45
Ariel Castro – The School Bus Driver’s House of Horror
Duration:00:09:57
John Reginald Christie – The House in the Cul-de-Sac
Duration:00:09:28
Jeffrey Dahmer – The Foul-smelling Apartment
Duration:00:12:15
Marc Dutroux – The Paedophile’s Hidden Dungeon
Duration:00:14:31
Bryan and David Freeman – The Bloodied, God-fearing Home
Duration:00:16:17
Josef Fritzl – The Bunker Built for a Daughter
Duration:00:13:42
John Wayne Gacy – The Cemetery in the Crawl Space
Duration:00:15:50
Phillip and Nancy Garrido – The Backyard Prison
Duration:00:11:06
Ed Gein – A Farmhouse Full of Body Parts
Duration:00:12:53
Fritz Haarmann – The Apartment Slaughterhouse
Duration:00:13:14
Gary Heidnik – The Basement and the Pit
Duration:00:18:21
H. H. Holmes – The Doctor’s Monster Castle
Duration:00:15:53
Cameron and Janice Hooker – The Box Under the Bed
Duration:00:12:27
John T. Jamelske – The Threadbare Millionaire’s Homemade Dungeon
Duration:00:11:42
Joachim Kroll – The Cannibal’s Kitchen and the Communal Toilet
Duration:00:15:43
Charles Ng and Leonard Lake – The Operation Miranda Bunke
Duration:00:10:57
Dennis Nilsen – The Army Butcher’s Attic Home
Duration:00:09:48
David Parker Ray and Cindy Hendy – Truth or Consequences and the Trailer
Duration:00:16:04
Wolfgang Priklopil – A New Use for an Old Bomb Shelter
Duration:00:11:36
John Edward Robinson – The Slavemaster’s Storage Locker
Duration:00:25:33
Michael Ryan – The Archangel’s Hog Shed
Duration:00:11:32
Fred and Rosemary West – The Builder’s Torture Chamber
Duration:00:12:47
Steve Wright – The Moving Chamber
Duration:00:11:45
Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:16