Dungeon father 'boasted of house making history'

An Austrian man who held his daughter captive for 24 years and fathered her seven children repeatedly warned his captives that they would be gassed if they tried to overpower him, investigators said today.

An Austrian man who held his daughter captive for 24 years and fathered her seven children repeatedly warned his captives that they would be gassed if they tried to overpower him, investigators said today.

The news comes as a man claiming to be a former tenant says Josef Fritzl had also boasted his house would one day go down in history.

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