Folie à Deux: Hoxter House of Horrors

Source: Daily Mail

Source: Daily Mail

Angelika (left) and Wilfried (right) were a married couple posing as brother and sister when they moved to the tiny German Village of Hoxter-Bosseborn.

Taking out "lonley heart" ads in the newspapers, they lured women to their home and then imposed a strict set of rules upon them. The victims were then held captive for weeks or months on end and subjected to horrific torture and abuse.

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The bathtub where victims were handcuffed or hogtied and forced to sleep./Source: The Sun

Barn/Pigsty where some victims were handcuffed, assaulted and forced to sleep/Source: Daily Mail

Signs of the filthy house. This is a creepy looking entrance to the basement/Source: Daily Mail

An aerial shot of the Hoxter house./Source: Spiegel.de

The Hoxter house fenced off during the investigation./Source: Daily Mail

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