Strange Events in Austria

So there's been some really strange and tragic events happening in Austria lately. I don't know why it always kind of surprises me when brutal crimes occur somewhere other than the U.S., but it does. I suppose it's because brutality and tragedy fill our newspapers and airwaves on a daily basis, but we don't hear about the crimes in other countries unless they're extreme, just like the stories coming out of Austria.

For example, the man who killed 5 of his family members with an ax to spare them from financial ruin. Really? How bad is it that money has become so important that you'd rather see your family dead than poor? Wow ... I just can't imagine.

Then of course there's the the completely crazy man who held his own daughter captive in a cellar for 24 years and repeatedly raped her, resulting in the birth of 7 children! Now that guy is just plain old evil to the core! You should read all of the articles relating to this story. UN-believable!

And now, today, I read an article about the former Austrian kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch, saying she has purchased her captor's home. Her lawyer, Gerald Ganzger, says she became the owner of the house and yard in the quiet Vienna suburb of Strasshof earlier this year. She is not thought to live there, though. So my question is this: why would anyone who had been held captive for eight long years want to own the property on which they were held??? Is it that Stockholm Syndrome thing? Perhaps a sense of empowerment taking the house and land away from him? I don't know. I just think that I would never want to see that place again if it were I, let alone own it! What do you think?

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