Dolly Oesterreich Otto In The Attic
Notorious figure in one of the most bizarre murder cases ever.
Dolly oesterreich otto in the attic. 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. Otto heard the ruckus and broke from his hideout armed with two rifles to put a stop to it. Dolly agreed to the move on the condition that the new house have an attic. A struggle ensued and otto wound up shooting fred in the chest killing him.
Directed by melora walters. Walburga dolly oesterreich approx 1880 in germany or milwaukee wisconsin 1961 in los angeles was an american homemaker and wife of a wealthy textile manufacturer. 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. After the murder otto actually fled california and dolly found new lovers including lawyer harold shapiro.
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. However still obsessed with her otto returned to dolly and to a hidden existence. 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. 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. 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. 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 aka otto weir.
Walburga dolly oesterreich née korschel. 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. 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 had come downstairs from the attic and he shot fred with a 22 caliber gun. 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 molly burnett kevin fonteyne david fierro david alexander.