Frenchwoman Found In Attic

According to officials monnier had not seen any sunlight for her entire captivity.

Frenchwoman found in attic.

Last year an elderly frenchwoman had the surprise of her life when she found out that a humble religious icon hanging in her kitchen was worth millions of dollars 5 000 year old sword discovered hiding in plain sight what would you be most excited to find in your attic or under your floorboards. Blanche monnier often known in france as la séquestrée de poitiers was a woman from poitiers vienne france who was secretly kept locked in a small room by her aristocratic mother for 25 years. The anonymous letter read in part. The police took this picture of blanche soon after they discovered her in the attic bedroom.

Crumbs of food and bugs were all over the floor. The incredible discovery happened on a spring day in a small french home when recent inheritors of the estate perused the dusty attic. Originally all the possessions had a belonged to the grandparents of the woman who lived there. The unfortunate woman was lying completely.

A man on reddit reveals that he found an entire house hiding in his very own attic. Her discovery occurred on may 23 1901 after the paris attorney generalreceived an anonymous letter indicating a woman was being held captive in a home located on 21 rue de la visitation street in a wealthy neighborhood of poiters france. Blanche had been lying on a straw mattress that had gone rotten and she was lying in her own filth. Also the grandparents had inherited the vase from an uncle who had passed away in 1947.

Until well into the 20th century in the united states and england a disappointments room might have been found in the attic or top floor of a house cruelly depriving a family member of special care dignity and respect while the rest of the household continued to live freely under the delusion that the arrangement was for the good of society. Thousands of rare items dating back to the 15th century have been found in the attic of a tudor house. She was eventually found by police then middle aged and in an emaciated and filthy condition. Madame monnier died in prison 15 days later after confessing to locking her beautiful daughter in the attic a witness described the gruesome discovery.

The smell was so bad the police officers didn t want to go inside to investigate.