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The Shocking Case of Blanche Monnier: 25 Years of Imprisonment in Her Mother's Attic
TLDR Blanche Monnier, a young woman from an aristocratic family in France, was imprisoned in her mother's attic for 25 years, living in filth and starvation. Her rescue sparked widespread shock and speculation about how such a situation could have gone unnoticed for so long.
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Blanche Monnier, a young woman from an aristocratic family in France, disappeared at the age of 25 and her family falsely claimed she had moved away.
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Blanche Monnier, born into an aristocratic family in France, appeared to have a normal and respectable upbringing, but her parents had other plans for her.
02:33
Blanche Monnier disappeared after wanting to marry a lawyer her mother disapproved of, and 25 years later an anonymous letter revealed that she had been locked up in her mother's house, living in filth and starvation.
03:47
Blanche Monnier was found imprisoned in her mother's attic for 25 years, living in filth and starvation.
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Blanche Monnier was rescued from her mother's attic after 25 years of imprisonment, and her mother and brother were arrested, sparking widespread shock and speculation about how such a situation could have gone unnoticed for so long.
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Blanche Monnier's mother blamed her for her own imprisonment, her brother claimed she could have left anytime, and the servants were too terrified to intervene, resulting in her mother's death, her brother's overturned jail sentence, and her own placement in a psychiatric hospital where she lived until her death.
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One person, whose identity remains unknown, notified the police and saved Blanche Monnier's life, ending her imprisonment.
