French Woman Locked In Attic

1 march 1849 13 october 1913 often known in france as la séquestrée de poitiers roughly the confined woman of poitiers was a woman from poitiers vienne france who was secretly kept locked in a small room by her aristocratic mother for 25 years she was eventually found by police then middle aged and in an emaciated and.

French woman locked in attic.

Her discovery occurred on may 23 1901 after the paris attorney general received an anonymous letter indicating a woman was being held captive in a home located on a 21 rue de la visitation street in a wealthy neighborhood of poiters france. He even said that it was her choice not to move not that she wasn t permitted to leave. The french socialite who was locked in her attic for 25 years following a thwarted love. Oddie s narrated historical features.

She now 50 years old and had not seen daylight for 25 years. Locked up for love. Blanche was totally naked and she hid her body and face under her blanket because the sunlight was too much to handle. The french socialite locked in her attic for 25 years blanche monnier blanche s brother marcel was first sentenced to 15 months in prison but later released as he never physically restricted his sister s movement.

So she locked her daughter in the tiny attic room with barricaded shutters preventing any light in the room. From there madame knew monnier would never give up her emotions on her own for this man. She was terrified and completely deranged. Incredible story of the 19th century french socialite who vanished for 25 years.

Blanche monnier french pronunciation. Blanche monnier a french girl was kept captive for 24 years in a padlocked shuttered room where she was forced to live amidst pests rats human excrement and filth. When they opened the attic door they saw the skeleton like blanche monnier. The anonymous letter read in part.

The dancer locked away for 50 years a candle burned bright. Only to be discovered locked in her mother s attic because of her scandalous sex life blanche monnier fell in love. Blanche monnier march 1 1849 october 13 1913 often known in france as la séquestrée de poitiers roughly the confined woman of poitiers was a french socialite from a well respected bourgeoisie family in poitiers of old noble origins. Her discovery occurred on may 23 1901 after the paris attorney general received an anonymous letter indicating a woman was being held captive in a home located on 21 rue de la visitation street in a wealthy neighborhood of poiters france.

For twenty five years the french woman was locked away in her mother s attic barely surviving on the scraps of food she was thrown.