Dolly Oesterreich Otto In The Attic

She gained notoriety for her bizarre 10 year affair with otto sanhuber aka otto weir.

Dolly oesterreich otto in the attic.

However still obsessed with her otto returned to dolly and to a hidden existence. They made the scene look like a botched robbery. Sanhuber was the man in the attic the live in lover of walburga dolly oesterreich he lived in the attic of the very much married dolly for twenty years while dolly lived downstairs with her husband fred oesterreich finally tired of the charade the two lovers conspired to kill fred and when the story broke it made. Otto heard the ruckus and broke from his hideout armed with two rifles to put a stop to it.

Otto weir walter klein which culminated in the shooting death of her husband. But when otto shoots fred dead she tries to pass it off as a robbery gone awry a claim that doesn t sit well with. She sent sanhuber ahead and by the time the oesterreichs arrived the now 22 year old was already settled in his new home. Otto had come downstairs from the attic and he shot fred with a 22 caliber gun.

Otto took fred s fancy diamond watch and dolly hid in the bedroom closet. So when fred informed dolly in 1918 that he thought they should sell the house and move to los angeles things could have gotten complicated. A struggle ensued and otto wound up shooting fred in the chest killing him. 1880 german empire april 8 1961 los angeles california was an american housewife married to a wealthy textile manufacturer fred william oesterreich december 8 1877 august 22 1922 she gained notoriety for her bizarre 10 year affair with otto sanhuber aka.

Stymied in her marriage to her wealthy but boorish husband fred sultry and seductive dolly keeps her young love slave otto hidden away in her attic for years. Otto locked her inside and placed the key outside the door before he returned to the attic to hide. On august 22 1922 after overhearing a loud argument between the oesterreichs and believing dolly to be in danger of physical harm sanhuber came rushing down from the attic a pair of 25 caliber. Dolly agreed to the move on the condition that the new house have an attic.

After the murder otto actually fled california and dolly found new lovers including lawyer harold shapiro. Aka walter klein which culminated in the shooting death of her husband. By day he made love to dolly oesterreich helped her keep house and made bathtub gin for five years dolly and otto carried on this odd relationship with otto living in the cramped attic. With fred oesterreich dead dolly and otto quickly got to work to cover up his murder.

Dolly deliberately chose a new house with an attic somewhat of a rarity in los angeles and once again otto moved in to resume their affair. Notorious figure in one of the most bizarre murder cases ever. Dolly and otto then staged the scene to look like a robbery gone wrong with otto locking dolly into a closet before once again hiding himself away in the attic. Directed by melora walters.