A woman who hid her lover in the attic of her home for 10 years, her husband did not even notice.
It wasn't until the time the husband was killed that he didn't know there was a man living in the attic of his home!
It sounds like it's made up.
But in reality, this is a real case that happened in the United States ...
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="13" >, "Lao Wang" and "Ma Daha" husband in the attic</h1>
In 1880, a girl named Dolly was born in a small town in Germany and later moved to the United States. His family grew up poor, so he decided to marry a rich man.
Of course, Dolly has such capital, because she was born so beautiful.
Because of her beauty, she has many suitors, but Dolly can't look at them, because they are not rich enough.
Dolly
It wasn't until 1905, when Dolly was 25, that Fred appeared.
Born in Wisconsin, Fred was three years older than Dolly, the owner of a textile factory, and was very wealthy.
Dolly was working in his textile factory, and the first time he saw Dolly, he was conquered by her beauty and launched a fierce attack on her.
Dolly was certainly happy, and such a man fit his requirements exactly.
So she quickly agreed to Fred's quest. It didn't take long for the two to get married.
After getting married, Dolly became a rich wife, no longer had to go to the factory to work, only needed to drink tea and arrange flowers at home every day.
This is exactly the life of a rich man that Dolly has dreamed of since she was a child!
Dolly and Otto
But, soon, Dolly got tired of it, because she found that although she had lived the life of Mrs. Kuo, it was really boring and monotonous, and she really hoped that something exciting would happen.
And Fred is busy with factory affairs and can't go home day and night, so Dolly begins to blame Fred, blaming him for not knowing how to take care of his emotions and not accompanying himself.
Of course, Fred hopes to spend more time with his wife, but career and family cannot be taken care of, and if she does not go out to make money, how can she give Dolly a good wife?
Fred, Dolly, Otto
At this point, Dolly became pregnant and gave birth to their son, whose birth could have been a lubricant to ease their relationship.
However, the child died unexpectedly when she was three years old, and Dolly suffered the pain of losing her son, and the resentment and resentment in her heart grew.
After her son is gone, she does not want to be intimate with her husband again, but she is eager to be noticed by men, so Dolly wants to meet new men.
However, because of her status as a married woman and the fact that her neighbors were familiar with her, she did not dare to meet new men casually.
If Fred had found out, everything she had now would have been taken away.
It wasn't until 1913 that Dolly seized an opportunity. The family's sewing machine suddenly broke down one day, so Fred sent a repairman from the factory to his home to repair it.
The worker, Otto, was only 17 years old at the time.
As soon as Dolly saw Otto, she immediately fell in love with him, a young and taciturn worker, who had a calm temperament that deeply attracted Dolly.
Otto
Coupled with Dolly's longing to have a lover, Otto became her target.
Dressed in sexy clothes, she makes some bold moves to seduce Otto, who soon falls.
Since then, Otto has become Dolly's lover, and Dolly often meets with Otto on the grounds that she wants him to go to his house to repair things.
However, as time went on and on, Dolly began to worry that someone would discover the secret between her and Otto.
Dolly is reluctant to let Otto, but she is also reluctant to gamble on her now rich life. So, she thought of a way.
One day, she took Otto to her house and came up with her own plan.
She hoped that Otto would quit his current job and move to the attic of her house, where Otto could come out of the attic after her husband went to work during the day; and when his husband returned in the evening, Otto would return to the attic.
It sounded ridiculous, how could Otto possibly agree to such an inexplicable offer.
But surprisingly, Otto actually agreed. Because Otto was a taciturn man, his only hobbies were reading and writing.
Usually tired from working in the factory, now that he has the opportunity not to work, and there are people to support himself, Otto feels that there is nothing wrong with it, so he quietly moves to the attic of Dolly's house.
After Otto moved in, Dolly's daily life was full of joy and sweetness.
At first, Fred didn't notice anything unusual in the house. Because he had been working outside for a long time every day and came back late, he didn't know that there was one more person in the family.
However, after a long time, he began to perceive something different, and this was because of Dolly.
Dolly used to like to complain about him, but now, she rarely complains anymore, and she is no longer irritated, and he always comes home drunk.
At first, Fred thought it was his wife who could finally understand him. But soon he noticed that there seemed to be some strange noises coming from time to time in the attic of the house.
When Fred brought the matter up to Dolly, Dolly said it was just his hallucinations, and she never heard anything.
And Dolly also told Fred not only to take care of work, but also to take more care of his body, he must be too tired to have such auditory hallucinations.
Later, Dolly even deliberately took Fred to a psychiatrist, who advised Fred to rest more.
Later, Fred also believed that he was hallucinating and stopped mentioning the strange noises in the attic.
Time passed like this, and in the blink of an eye, Otto had been living in the attic of Dolly's house for five years.
However, an incident occurred in 1918 that made Fred think of moving.
One day, Fred was walking in the courtyard and saw a figure flashing in the attic of his house, which frightened him.
Fred thought that the house should be haunted, the house was not clean, so he wanted to move to Los Angeles.
Dolly reacted strongly when she first heard that she was going to move, but after calming down, she felt that if she behaved too abnormally, it would make Fred suspicious.
So in the end Dolly agreed to move to Los Angeles.
But she told Fred that because she grew up poor, everyone lived in a small bungalow. So she likes big houses, especially big houses with lofts, which gives her a sense of well-being.
Fred said without saying a word, "Be sure to buy a big house with a big attic for Dolly"!
So they moved to Los Angeles.
Of course, she took Otto to the attic of her new house in Los Angeles.
The attic was much larger than before, so Otto was very satisfied with his new living environment.
After moving to Los Angeles, Otto lived in the attic for nearly five more years.
During this time, Fred never found himself living in the attic of his home with a man.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="21" > Second, the husband finds the cat greasy, and the lover shoots for love</h1>
However, over time, Fred gradually discovered some problems. For example, Fred liked to collect tobacco and alcohol, and there were many famous cigarettes and wines he brought back at home.
However, he found that the tobacco and alcohol in the family always seemed to be lost. But Dolly didn't have a habit of smoking and drinking, so Fred wondered if Dolly was having an affair outside and took the family's tobacco and alcohol out to other men.
In fact, those cigarettes and alcohol were all enjoyed by Otto.
Oddly enough, Otto had been living in the attic for a long time, and as long as Fred wasn't home, he would go downstairs and be with Dolly.
attic
Over time, Otto regarded himself as the master of the house, and began to enjoy the tobacco and alcohol in the house without scruples.
After Fred suspects that his wife is having an affair, he hires a private investigator, who will follow Dolly when dolly is out, but never finds anything.
Later, Fred simply gave up, perhaps because he was too careful.
Until, until, a dinner party comes.
August 22, 1922, the night Fred was shot. He and Dolly go to a dinner party where Fred finds his wife like a social flower, eyebrow-to-eye with many of the men in the room.
This infuriated Fred, and when he returned home, Fred couldn't hide his anger and scolded Dolly: You faceless bitch! Dare to raise an eyebrow with other men at a banquet in front of me!
Not to be outdone, Dolly fought back, and the two quarreled. Because Fred drank, he beat Dolly in a fit of rage.
Otto in the attic heard the movement downstairs and was very worried about Dolly's accident, so he decided to go downstairs to see what was going on.
Before going downstairs, considering Fred's big stature, he was worried that he was not Fred's opponent, so he took a pistol that Dolly had given him.
When Fred saw Otto coming down from the upper floor, he was stunned at first, and then looked at Dolly, who was pushed to the ground, and he understood instantly.
The anger of being deceived by his wife like a fool and being given a green hat all rushed into his heart, and Fred pounced on Otto.
The two wrestled together, and then the gun in Otto's hand went off fire, and Fred was shot three times in the body and died.
After the murder, both Dolly and Otto are frightened.
But soon, Dolly calmed down, and she first took off Fred's diamond pocket watch and gave it to Otto, then asked Otto to lock her in the cloakroom and hide it in the attic with her pocket watch.
This creates the illusion of someone burglarizing.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="24" >3, confused police to indulge in real crimes</h1>
Late on the night of August 22, 1922, the Los Angeles police received a call from an elderly woman.
The old woman nervously said on the phone that she heard several gunshots from the next door neighbor's house, and did not know if something was wrong in the house, hoping that the police could come to see.
After receiving the alarm, the Los Angeles police immediately sent a small team to the alarm site.
I saw that the lights in the family's house were on, but the police knocked on the door for a long time, and no one in the house answered.
Such an anomaly made the police very nervous, and finally they simply broke through the door.
As soon as they entered the door, the police smelled a strong smell of blood, and then they saw a slightly fat man lying in a pool of blood.
The police immediately went on alert and searched around for anyone else in the house!
Just then, a cry came from the distant room, a woman's voice.
Following the sound, the police found a locked cloakroom with a woman shouting in panic.
When the police opened the door, they found a very beautiful woman in the cloakroom. Her eyes were red, her face was full of horror, and after seeing the man who had fallen in a pool of blood not far away, she was even more frightened and slumped on the ground...
After questioning by the police, it was learned that this beautiful woman was the hostess of the house, named Dolly. The man who fell into a pool of blood was her husband, Fred. Ostrich.
When the police asked why she was locked in the cloakroom, Dolly said in horror: Fred and I came back from a party, and I was changing clothes in the cloakroom when a pair of hands behind me suddenly pushed me, and then I was locked in the cloakroom.
After that, there were people arguing in the living room, and there was the sound of fighting. Immediately after, Dolly heard the gunshots again, and then the sound of the fight disappeared, and there was someone walking around in the living room, and after a few minutes, the sound of walking disappeared.
After that, it's after the police came.
It is impossible to verify whether Dolly's words are true or false, because she is the only one left in the house except Fred who has fallen to the ground.
In this case, Dolly was also included in the police suspect.
But the police have done a lot of experiments, and no matter what the way, people can never lock the cloakroom from the outside after entering the cloakroom.
The police have done a very strict inspection of the cloakroom, there are no windows, and there are no organs.
After a careful examination of Fred's body, the police found that Fred was heavily shot with three shots, of which the one that hit the heart was the most deadly.
Fred also lost a pocket watch, according to Dolly's description, a very valuable pocket watch with diamonds.
In this way, it is almost certain that this is a burglary and murder case.
However, if it is a burglary, there should at least be traces of broken doors and windows. But the house, with the exception of the living room where Fred was killed, had no signs of a fight, nor was there any trace of destruction.
How did the murderer get into the house unconsciously?
The police began to suspect that an acquaintance had committed the crime, so they questioned the neighbors around them.
For example, whether there is a servant in Dolly's house, it is possible that the servant has a key and has a bad heart for the master.
But the result of the investigation was that Dolly's family had a maid, but that was four years ago.
Despite this, the police found the maid at the time, who had a good alibi because it was her birthday on the night of the crime, and she spent the whole night with her family.
After a lengthy investigation, no progress has been made in the case.
Over time, the police had to admit that this may have been an ordinary burglary, but the robbers' luck has not been found.
In the end, the case also ended with a burglary and an unknown murderer.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="27">4. Angry lover</h1>
However, the Los Angeles police never thought that such a case would have a new clue eight years later.
One morning in 1930, a young man suddenly came to the police station to report the crime. And the person he was trying to identify was Dolly!
The man's name was Herman and he was a lawyer.
He pointed out that Fred did not die of burglary, but a murder that had been planned for a long time! The culprit is Dolly!
The murderer is Dolly's lover who has been hiding in the attic for ten years!
attic? lover? decade?
What's going on here?
First of all, let's talk about how Herman met Dolly, and what is his relationship with Dolly?
After Fred's "accidental death" that year, Dolly justifiably inherited Fred's estate.
Herman was the lawyer in charge of helping Dolly deal with her estate at the time, and the two hooked up and became lovers as soon as they came and went.
The police reopened the investigation based on the numerous leads provided by Herman.
In this investigation, they re-tune the information of Dolly and Fred, who died unexpectedly that year, and only then discover the secret hidden behind the murder.
As mentioned earlier, after Fred's death, the diamond pocket watch police have always thought was robbed by thieves.
But it was actually Dolly who took it, and she also gave the watch to her lover Herman.
Because Herman was a lawyer, he sometimes dealt with the police. While Herman was at work with this pocket watch, he happened to be noticed by a policeman.
So the police ask herman about the origin of the watch, and Herman does not know, so he also shows off to the police that it was sent by a friend.
This time, it completely attracted the attention of the police, you know, behind this piece of watch is a murder!
As a result, Herman was locked up by the police and questioned. After the police told Herman about the special nature of the watch, Herman was so frightened that he turned pale and immediately confessed to Dolly.
The police questioned Dolly again about this, who knew that Dolly actually said that this watch was seen under the sofa one day when Fred was cleaning after Fred's death, and it may be that her husband accidentally fell under the sofa during the fight with the murderer.
In the face of Dolly's explanation, the police felt far-fetched, but they had no choice. The only reason to blame them is that they did not carefully investigate the scene at that time.
However, the police did not give up, and they began to investigate the people around Dolly.
After an investigation, the police discover that, in addition to Herman, after Fred's death, Dolly had a lover named Ray, who was a filmmaker.
The police also investigated ray, and Ray mentioned an incident that caught the attention of the police.
That is when he was in a relationship with Dolly, Dolly once gave him a small package, hoping that he would throw it in a place that no one knew, saying that it was a superstitious method used to expel the wronged souls of the family.
Based on the clues provided by Ray, the police found the package that Ray had thrown away at that time in a river, and when it was opened, it was a pistol that had long been rusted.
The police identified the gun as the same model as the pistol that killed Fred, but the technology was limited and it was impossible to confirm whether it was the same one.
The pistol asked the police to take Dolly back for interrogation again, but Dolly said that she had found the gun while cleaning her room at home and wanted to throw it away because she was afraid that the police would suspect her.
The police did not believe Dolly's words, but there was no evidence that Dolly was the murderer, so they let her go.
It wasn't until 1930 that Herman came to the police station to report Dolly.
The cause is that Dolly went around looking for a lover during the year, and Herman couldn't bear it anymore and decided to break up with her.
Herman reported that during the police arrest of Dolly because of the rusty gun, he went to the police station to see Dolly, and Dolly asked him for help.
She lied to Herman that she had a "half-brother" who lived in the attic of her house and hoped that Herman would visit her brother in the attic during her absence and bring him some food.
Dolly told Herman that when he got to the attic, as long as he scratched the door three times with his fingernails, someone would come out and open the door for him.
Herman went to the attic to deliver food as Dolly had told him, and someone actually came out of it.
This man is Otto.
For some time thereafter, Herman went to deliver food to Otto every day. Over time, Otto considered Herman his friend.
He told Herman about his relationship with Dolly and how Fred had died.
Herman was shocked and frightened when he heard it, but he didn't want to end his relationship with Dolly, because Dolly was too rich.
So he decides to help Dolly solve this problem so that Dolly will be grateful to himself.
He changed Otto's name and immigrated him to Canada. I thought Dolly would be grateful to him for that.
But he did not expect that Dolly not only did not appreciate him, but after coming out of the police station, she changed lovers one after another.
In the end, Herman couldn't bear it anymore and finally reported Dolly's affair to the police.
But even more surprisingly, neither Dolly nor Otto ended up being punished.
After the trial, the court found that although Otto had killed someone by mistake, he was a poor man who was raised in the attic.
He did not intentionally kill Fred, plus the case has passed many years, has long passed the litigation period, and Otto is now a Canadian citizen, so Otto was finally released.
What about Dolly?
Although Dolly had a lover, she did not kill Fred, so she should be morally condemned, but legally, she did not commit a crime. So Dolly was also acquitted.
The whole case is speechless.
Living in the attic with a lover, 10 years have not been found is bizarre enough, and the final verdict is even more bizarre.