French Woman Locked In Attic

The french socialite who was locked in her attic for 25 years following a thwarted love.

French woman locked in attic.

Incredible story of the 19th century french socialite who vanished for 25 years. If monnier wanted freedom she would have to break off the marriage to this penniless lawyer her mother disapproved of. So she locked her daughter in the tiny attic room with barricaded shutters preventing any light in the room. Blanche was totally naked and she hid her body and face under her blanket because the sunlight was too much to handle.

Blanche monnier french pronunciation. 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. 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. The anonymous letter read in part.

From there madame knew monnier would never give up her emotions on her own for this man. 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. Only to be discovered locked in her mother s attic because of her scandalous sex life blanche monnier fell in love. She was terrified and completely deranged.

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. Oddie s narrated historical features. He even said that it was her choice not to move not that she wasn t permitted to leave. 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.

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. 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. Locked up for love. When they opened the attic door they saw the skeleton like blanche monnier.

She now 50 years old and had not seen daylight for 25 years.