In 1913 oesterreich sent a 17 year old factory worker named otto sanhuber to his house to help dolly with her broken sewing machine at her request.
Otto in the attic dolly.
On august 22 1922 after overhearing a loud argument between the oesterreichs and believing dolly to be in danger of physical harm sanhuber rushed from the attic with 25 caliber pistols in hand.
The little household hummed away nicely until the night of august 22 1922.
Fred was an apron manufacturer described as a skinflint with an iron will the pair lived in milwaukee wisconsin where dolly is believed to have had several brief extramarital affairs before she met then 17 year old otto sanhuber around 1913.
Dolly intended for sanhuber to help her fix a.
Neighbors heard ominous crashing noises coming from the oesterreich house.
And very soon otto was contentedly snuggled away in his new cave.
Instead dolly found a house overlooking sunset boulevard with an attic and sent otto there early so he d be waiting for her when she arrived.
For five years dolly and otto carried on this odd relationship with otto living in the cramped attic.
Walburga dolly oesterreich c 1880 1961 was an american housewife married to a wealthy textile manufacturer.
She gained notoriety for her bizarre 10 year affair with otto sanhuber which culminated in the shooting death of her husband.
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.
Neighbors who heard the gunfire alerted police to the scene where dolly told them burglars murdered her husband after he refused their demands.
He lived in the attic of the very much married dolly for twenty years while dolly lived downstairs with her husband fred oesterreich.
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.
Notorious figure in one of the most bizarre murder cases ever.
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 chief detective herman who tenaciously pursues the case.
Otto took fred s fancy diamond watch and dolly hid in the bedroom closet.
When he had to hide in the attic fred wrote pulp fiction pursuing his dream of author glory.
Sanhuber was the man in the attic the live in lover of walburga dolly oesterreich.
Dolly found a charming residence featuring an attic room right above the master bedroom.
Versions of how the two met vary.