Otto In The Attic Dolly

He lived in the attic of the very much married dolly for twenty years while dolly lived downstairs with her husband fred oesterreich.

Otto in the attic dolly.

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. 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. And very soon otto was contentedly snuggled away in his new cave. Dolly moved otto into the attic of her home where he lived in secret quitting his job and cutting himself off from everyone else for five years.

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. Versions of how the two met vary. Otto took fred s fancy diamond watch and dolly hid in the bedroom closet. She gained notoriety for her bizarre 10 year affair with otto sanhuber which culminated in the shooting death of her husband.

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. 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 intended for sanhuber to help her fix a.

Sanhuber was the man in the attic the live in lover of walburga dolly oesterreich. 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. Neighbors who heard the gunfire alerted police to the scene where dolly told them burglars murdered her husband after he refused their demands. 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.

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. For five years dolly and otto carried on this odd relationship with otto living in the cramped attic. Neighbors heard ominous crashing noises coming from the oesterreich house. Dolly found a charming residence featuring an attic room right above the master bedroom.

When he had to hide in the attic fred wrote pulp fiction pursuing his dream of author glory.