Is Lifetime’s Girl In The Basement Based On A True Story?
Is Girl in the Basement based on a true story? Girl in the Basement is part of Lifetime's «Ripped From the Headlines» collection of feature films, which also includes movies such as Dirty Little Secret, Suitcase Killer, and He's Not Worth Dying For. While Girl in the Basement and these other movies are not true crime docuseries or documentaries, they are based on real criminals and actual events.
Girl in the Basement is about Sara, a teenager who gets imprisoned by her father Don in their home's basement. In order to cover his tracks, Don concocts a story for his wife Irene about Sara running away. However, in reality, Don has been holding Sara captive, torturing her, and raping her, causing Sara to give birth to several children. Don fools Irene into thinking that Sara, having ran away, sent her youngest son to Don and Irene, convincing Irene to take care of the boy with Don. Later, Sara escapes to tell her story to the world, and Don and Irene are confronted with the reality of Sara's situation.
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Girl in the Basement is a loose adaptation of a true crime that happened in Austria. Like most movie or series adaptations of true crime stories, Girl in the Basement is actually a somewhat milder version of the real events on which it was based. Here's everything viewers need to know about the true story behind Lifetime's Girl in the Basement.
Girl in the Basement is based on the true story of Elisabeth Fritzl, who was tortured and held captive by her father Josef in the basement of their home in Amstetten, Austria from 1984 to 2008. Elisabeth's 24-year ordeal began when Josef lured her into the basement, used an ether-soaked rag to knock her unconscious,
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