People Are Weird
People are traveling to the house in Austria where the deranged dad kept his daughter and their children in a cellar for 24 years. They have their picture taken in front of the house or drive by in tour buses. Forget eco-tourism; ghoulish tourism may be the new trend.
People are travelling from neighbouring countries such as Germany and Hungary to visit the street and have their picture taken in front of the house.
According to reports, the three-storey house facing one of Amstetten’s main roads has also been put on the route of a sightseeing bus tour which now routinely stops in front of it.
"It is bad enough that journalists and TV crews have beleaguered our town, but now there is this ghoulish tourism with people coming to Amstetten just to see the house in Ybbstrasse. It is appalling, we just want to be left in peace," said one Amstetten resident.
Time to open a Jeffrey Dahmer museum.
Maybe put deranged dad (DD?) into a glass fronted cage like the ones the gorillas are kept in at the zoo and charge admission, give the money to the family. For an extra $20, you could squirt him with cold water.
Posted by:dave.s. | May 13, 2008 at 12:10 PM
Speaking of tours, the latest thing in real estate is the foreclosure bus tour. The video is worth seeing.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/home-bus-foreclosure-2039764-tour-san
Posted by:Amy P | May 13, 2008 at 12:27 PM