by Allan Hall
and Elena Simakhine 255
Fuchs, Franz 46, 148
Gänserndorf 138, 147, 148
police station xii, 195
Ganzger, Dr Gerald 174, 231, 248, 253, 260
Geiger, Dr Ernst 135, 145, 156
Georg, Hans 168
Germany 37, 246
Girod, Hans 140–41
Glaser, Anneliese 29–30, 67, 73–5, 93, 146
Gmunden, Austria 257
Goettlicher Heiland hospital, Hernalser Hauptstrasse, Vienna 4
Graef & Stift company 36
Graz, Austria 136, 139, 170, 206
Groenemeyer, Herbert 6
Gross, Heinrich 46
Gross, Chief Inspector Helmut 148
Hafergut, Franz 59
Haider, Joerg 121, 152, 203, 255
Haidinger, Herwig 205
Haimeder, Colonel-Lieutenant Gerhard 138, 139, 147
Haller, Dr Reinhard 30–31, 46–8, 117, 252
Haller, Rosalinde 121, 150, 151
Harrich, Dr Guenther 211–12
Hauptschule Afritschgasse, Vienna 37–8
Heinestrasse, Strasshof an der Nordbahn, Austria 37, 51, 164
Heinestrasse (No. 60), Strasshof an der Nordbahn, Austria 64, 227, 262
inherited by WP’s father 37
Priklopil family moves to 37
renovated 37
Waltraud returns to her council flat 57
the ‘dungeon’ 34, 36, 45, 55–6, 63–4, 71, 81–3, 206–7, 215, 235, 259–62
neighbours 34–5, 45–6, 50, 52, 58–61, 136, 165–7, 249
WP’s mother’s visits 40, 50, 113–14, 116–17, 175
security system 40, 50, 71, 72, 107, 116, 136, 177
WP lives alone in 57
ventilation system 63, 71, 82, 99, 103, 116
NK arrives at 81–3
WP warns NK of booby traps 115–16
NK’s escape x–xiii, 47, 168, 192–7, 221–2
NK’s claims on the house 228–9, 260
Helfert, Rosemarie 61
Hintringer, Dr Wolfgang 86
Hircshstetten, Austria 121, 150
Hochkar, Austria: Natascha’s one-day skiing ‘holiday’ 119, 173–5, 231, 247
Hoffmann, Bettina 91
Holzapfel, Ernst 191, 209
a friend of WP from the Siemens days 62
business partnership with WP 62, 71, 115, 171, 248
and Husek 67–8
meets Natascha 62, 68, 171–3, 200, 217
questioned by police after NK’s escape 62, 171
the last person to see WP alive 171, 200–202, 223–4
identifies WP after the suicide 202
Hornbach DIY chain store 127, 164, 165
Horngacher, General Roland 158–9
Hostel (film) 258
Hungarian Jews ix, 51
Hungary
Ludwig and NK’s visits 5–6, 7, 11, 14–18, 25, 28, 72–5, 146, 163, 233
Interpol look out for NK 136
Husek, Ronnie 66–8, 144, 146, 248
Huttarsch, Josefine 9–11
Internet xiv, 130, 153, 155, 232
Interpol 129–30, 133, 148, 158
Italian Adriatic coast 37
Jaderka, Wilhelm 52
Jantschek, Josef 50, 165–6
Jantschek, Leopoldine 50
Juergens, Udo 7
Kampusch, Natascha
birth (17 February 1988) 2
her home on a dreary Viennese estate 2–3, 8
parents break up 5, 8
personality 6, 8, 9–10, 12, 15, 17, 24, 90, 102, 118, 164, 179, 227, 240, 242, 259, 261, 262
visits Hungary with her father 5–6, 7, 11, 14–18, 25, 72–5, 146, 163
appearance 8, 15, 206, 213
interests 6–7, 24–5
symptoms of distress before the kidnap 8, 20–21, 31, 74, 83
cruel nickname 8, 18
rows with her mother 7, 10, 26, 72, 75–6, 78, 87
her school 8, 10, 57, 72, 75, 76–7, 85, 89, 90–91
and her kindergarten 8–11
arguments with her father 10, 78
home alone 11, 18, 28–9, 73, 83
her electric car 13–14, 206, 234, 235
relationship with her father 16, 17–18, 29, 85, 141–2, 235–6, 251–2
and alleged pornographic photographs 18–22, 207
alleged abuse by her mother’s lover 23–4
survival skills 26–7, 30–31, 83
relationship with her mother 28, 29, 74, 83, 223
at Christine’s bar 64, 68, 69
snatched from the street on her way to school x, xi, 69, 76–81, 215
relationship with WP 27, 45, 47, 81, 103–4, 117, 192, 195, 204, 205, 207, 215, 217, 220–21, 230, 232, 244–5, 260
initial impressions of her prison 82–3
spots WP’s deficiencies from the onset 95, 97, 113
refuses to call WP Master 101–2, 103, 216
and Stockholm Syndrome 104, 105, 186, 204
Vienna Syndrome 105
alleged manipulation of WP xiii–xiv, 113, 122–3, 183
allowed upstairs after six months 107, 109, 113
her writings 107–8
‘intimate personal matters’ 109–110, 178, 179, 182, 204, 205, 215, 217, 229, 232, 246
explains how WP earned her trust 112–13
education in captivity 115, 117, 125, 163, 169–70, 204, 237, 259
and the media 118–19, 121–2, 192, 203–7, 210, 211, 213, 214–33, 236, 237, 239, 241, 243–4, 248, 250–51, 255–6, 258, 261
food intake, lighting and air controlled by WP 119
food situation 119, 124–5, 169, 170, 174, 207, 236
trips to the outside world 119, 127, 163–8, 170–71, 173–6, 189–90, 245
escape plan, aged twelve 120, 263
health issues 123–4, 169, 174, 219, 220, 226, 241
eighteenth birthday 163
meets Holzapfel 62, 68, 171–3, 200, 217
supreme psychological strength 186–7
escapes from 60 Heinestrasse x–xiii, 22–3, 47, 168, 190–97, 216, 221–2
reunited with her father 205–6
reaction to WP’s death 208–9, 216, 223–4, 225, 241
Friedrich takes on her care 210–211
legal advisers 173–5, 211–12, 216, 218–19, 231, 232, 236, 241, 243, 245, 247, 248, 250, 253, 258, 259
future plans 227–8, 250, 251
hate campaign against her xiv, 127, 231–2, 260–61
her flat 236, 239, 251, 252
possible delayed effects on her 252–3
and Elena Simakhine 253–5
and cyber crime 257–8
Swoboda’s portrait of her 258–60
a testament to the durability of the human spirit 262–3
Kaprun, Austria 121
Kapsch company 54, 57
Kletzer, Kurt 41–6, 256–7
Koch, Anna (NK’s paternal grandmother) 5, 226, 234, 235
Koch, Georgina (NK’s stepmother) 7, 12, 207–8, 233, 234
Koch, Ludwig (NK’s father) 231, 250–52, 259
master baker 3, 5, 6, 66
relationship with Brigitta 3–4, 5, 8, 11, 26
rows with Brigitta xv, 11, 12, 18, 26, 90
separation from Brigitta 5, 8, 10, 87
visits Hungary with NK 5–6, 7, 11, 14–18, 25, 28, 72, 73, 74, 146, 233
arguments with NK 10, 78
and NK’s electric car 13–14, 206, 234, 235
relationship with NK 16, 17–18, 29, 85, 141–2, 235–6, 251–2
alleged to have taken NK to adult discos 20
friendship with Schimanek 24
at Christine’s bar 64, 66, 68, 144, 176
on Husek 66–7
told of NK’s disappearance 85
effect of NK’s kidnap 86–7
loss of his businesses after the kidnap 3, 12, 93
efforts to find NK 93
eliminated as a suspect 140
&nbs
p; and Poechhacker 141–2, 156, 157
accuses Brigitta, then retracts accusation 147
appeals for sponsors to a reward fund 151
reunited with NK 205–6, 213
complains that he is unable to see his daughter 213–14
perplexed by the media circus 232–3
NK visits 233–5
on NK’s plans 250, 251
Koch, Ludwig, snr (NK’s paternal grandfather) 4–5
Koenig, Rudolf 130
Korneuburg Hospital, near Vienna 86, 132
Krampl, Manfred 58, 63
Kreditbanken robbery, Norrmalmstorg, Stockholm (1973) 105
Kreuzlwiese, Vienna 154
Kriminaldirektion 1 police station, Berggasse, Vienna 205
Kronen Zeitung 75, 80, 146, 154, 174, 218, 258
Kurier newspaper 141, 239
labile personality 95–6
Lang, General-Major Gerhard 108–9, 134, 169–70, 247
Langenzersdorf 147
Lansky, Dr Gabriel 174–5, 219, 231
Lansky, Ganzger & Partners 212
Lassing mining disaster (1999) 121
Laxenburg Cemetery, Austria 210
Leibovici-Mühlberger, Dr Martina 239–40
Leutgeb, Rupert 211
lie-detector tests 142–3
Linz hospital, Austria 257
Malik, Georgine 48–50
Mansfield, Penny 11–12
Margareten district, Vienna 36
Maria K. 211
Maria Theresien barracks, Vienna 53
Martynova, Katya 254
May, Karl 106
Meals on Wheels 84
MISPER (missing person’s) investigation 129, 138
Mokhov, Viktor 254, 255
Mueller, Thomas 102, 148–9
Beast Man 149
Muschi (a cat) 12–13
Nabokov, Vladimir: Lolita 181–4
Natascha Kampusch Syndrome 256, 257
Natascha task force 18, 137–8, 143, 144, 151, 157
National Crime Squad 204
Nazi Holocaust ix
Netherlands: child abuser rings 130
News Magazine 110, 218, 230
Norchack, Ned 258
Nyoger, Sarvar, western Hungary 6
Ö1 radio station 175
One Plus One 11
ORF 131, 145, 150, 205, 218, 229
paedophilia 153, 177–84
Palfrader, Christine 65–6, 198–9
Paschinger, Roland 51–2
Perfume (film) 242–3
Pichler, Liane 89–90
Pintertis, Monica 216, 230
Planet Music, Vienna 13
Plasch, Franz 154–5
Poechhacker, Walter 134, 141–5, 156–8
The Natascha Case 159
Poland: extermination camps in ix
Prague 137
Prater amusement park, Vienna 153, 202
Priklopil, Johann 37
Priklopil, Karl (WP’s father)
works for brandy firm 35, 39
his best friend Ehler 35–6
relationship with WP 37, 39, 53–4, 55, 56, 176
tidiness 49
and the illicit shelter 56
death 49, 56
funeral 36
Priklopil, Oskar 37, 55–6
Priklopil, Waltraud (WP’s mother) 111
part-time shop assistant in Vienna 35
personality 35
relationship with WP 37, 38–9, 52, 58, 96, 176, 193
visits her son at Heinestrasse 40, 50, 113–14, 116–17, 175
worries about her son 49
returns to her council flat 57
NK is shown photos of her 113
attends her son’s burial 209, 210
forced into hiding 52
NK’s sympathy for her 217, 221, 261, 262
NK wants to meet her 228, 260
Priklopil, Wolfgang
birth (14 May 1962) 35
personality 33, 34, 37, 39, 46, 47–8, 51–5, 83, 95, 96–7
his name 34
told Ehler’s story 36
childhood and education 37–9, 40
relationship with his mother 37, 38–9, 52, 58, 96, 176, 193
relationship with his father 37, 39, 53–6, 176
interests 37, 41, 53, 54–5, 57, 62
cruelty to animals 38, 41, 59, 149
technical ability 38, 49, 67, 177
appearance 39–40, 49, 65–6, 101
apprenticeship at Siemens 40–41, 52–3, 171
views on women 41, 44, 55
plan to kidnap a girl and hold her hostage 41, 42, 44–5, 46, 58–9, 69, 189
military service 53, 57
works at Kapsch electronics company 54
and father’s death 56
lives alone at Heinstrasse 57
business partnership with Holzapfel 62, 71, 115, 171, 248
referred to as a homosexual 62
converts his cellar into a dungeon 34, 45, 57, 63
kidnaps NK in a white van (2 March 1998) x, xi, 69, 76–81, 215, 248
relationship with NK 27, 45, 47, 81, 103–4, 117, 192, 195, 204, 205, 207, 215, 217, 220–21, 230, 232, 244–5, 260
finger injury 86, 132
NK spots his deficiencies from the outset 95, 97, 113
his Commodore 64 computer 101, 176–7
NK allegedly manipulates xiii–xiv, 113, 122–3
physical aspect of the relationship 109–110, 179, 182, 232
allows NK to use his nickname (Wolfi) 115
warns NK of booby traps 115–16
trips with NK to the outside world 119, 127, 163–8, 170–71, 173, 175, 245
questioned by the police 133–5, 139
mobile phone call allows NK to escape x, 168, 190–92, 200, 216, 221
police chase 198–200
last image of him 200
final contact with Holzapfel 200–202, 217
suicide xiii, 46, 110, 121, 193, 202–3, 208–9, 209, 216, 217, 223–4, 225, 249, 250, 255
anonymous burial 209–210
Stern alleges SM connection 245–7
Priklopil family 57, 113, 140, 175
Profil magazine 20
profiling 152–3
psychics 87, 88, 121, 149–51
Psycho (film) 33
psychopathy 42
Rennbahnweg estate, Donaustadt, Vienna 24, 64, 65
Flat 18, block 38 2–3, 8, 72
police station 130–31
white van seen at time of kidnap 138
Resan construction and renovation company 62
Roth, Eli 258
Rudolfsheim district, Vienna 191
Rugierstrasse (No. 30), Vienna 64
Priklopil family’s council flat 37, 52
remains WP’s mother’s home 52, 57
very near to NK’s school 57
St Anna Children’s Hospital, Vienna 141
St Stephen’s Cathedral (Stephansdom), Vienna 154, 155
Salzburger Nachrichten 255
Sarvar, western Hungary 6
SB see Wiener Sicherheitsbüro
Scharlachberg (brandy maker) 35
Scherz, Dr Hannes 85, 135–7, 140, 152, 157
Schimanek, Lotte 24
Schimanek, Wenzel 24–6
Schloâam Woerthersee, Ein (‘A Castle by Lake Woerther’ film) 13
Schotterteich gravel-pit pond, near Vienna 222
Schriefl, Alexandra 85–6, 158
Schwärzler, Philipp 185–6
Scotland Yard, London 131
Siemens 40, 41, 52, 54, 62, 171
Simakhine, Elena 253–5
Sirny, Brigitta (NK’s mother) 157, 227, 231, 232, 248, 259
her two daughters prior to NK 3, 4, 8
relationship with Ludwig Koch 3–4, 5, 8, 11, 26
rows with Ludwig xv, 11, 12, 18, 26, 90
separation from Ludwig 5, 8, 10
frequent absence from the household 11, 18, 24, 26, 28–9, 73
rows with NK 7, 10, 26, 72, 75–6, 78, 87
and alleged pornographic photographs 18–19
male friends 20, 22, 24, 26, 66–7, 68, 143–4, 145–6