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.

Locked up for love. 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. She was terrified and completely deranged. 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.

The anonymous letter read in part. When they opened the attic door they saw the skeleton like blanche monnier. He even said that it was her choice not to move not that she wasn t permitted to leave. When blanche was finally discovered in her prison the police the public were appalled by her deteriorated state and the putrid conditions of the attic.

She now 50 years old and had not seen daylight for 25 years. Blanche monnier french pronunciation. Oddie s narrated historical features. From there madame knew monnier would never give up her emotions on her own for this man.

The dancer locked away for 50 years a candle burned bright. The french socialite locked in her attic for 25 years blanche monnier. If monnier wanted freedom she would have to break off the marriage to this penniless lawyer her mother disapproved of. Incredible story of the 19th century french socialite who vanished for 25 years.

Blanche was totally naked and she hid her body and face under her blanket because the sunlight was too much to handle. Only to be discovered locked in her mother s attic because of her scandalous sex life blanche monnier fell in love. 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. The french socialite who was locked in her attic for 25 years following a thwarted love.

So she locked her daughter in the tiny attic room with barricaded shutters preventing any light in the room.