Between 1988 and 2003, John Jamelske abducted women and girls as young as 14 and held them captive in his secret bunker. This is the horrifying story of The Syracuse Dungeon Master.
Sources:
https://www.oprah.com/own-podcasts/kidnapped-and-held-captive
https://archive.org/details/MSNBCW_20140623_010000_Sex_Bunker/start/2760/end/2822
https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/jamelske-tells-parole-board-there-were-bubble-baths-and-scented-candles-in-the-bunker/
https://www.syracuse.com/kirst/2013/05/post_480.html
https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/John_Jamelske
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jamelske#Discovery
https://allthatsinteresting.com/john-jamelske#:~:text=Jamelske's%20Suburban%20Abductions&text=He%20lured%20them%20into%20his,two%20and%20a%20half%20years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/19/nyregion/town-loner-charged-in-chilling-case-of-sexual-captivity.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7VqV-z8WwM
EDITING: Andrew Greacen
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