Is there any bioagraphy or other writings about the life on a true sex slave? Every so often I hear in the news that a sex slave was found and…
I suppose that they have had objects inserted into every orifice they have, but that is not really what I am intertested, more about the living situations, are they chained up 24/7, are they allowed a toilet, shower, TV, how does this effect their mental health once ‘free’ed’? What about medical issues?
I got to warn you its really freaky. I could only read a couple pages before I got too creeped out to read anymore.
Amenities provided to sex slaves probably vary quite a bit with the sex-slaver. Those guys don’t exactly have to follow OSHA or Geneva Convention guidelines.
And their being socio/psychopaths and all probably factors into it a bit.
Here are some links that I came across form MSNBC in the past. “One Night In Velesta” is the most interesting, if revolting.
One Night in Velesta: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3071961/
Not quite a followup: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3071965/ , http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3071968/
Not much info on conditions, but local: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4607448/
Here’s an interesting use of the proceeds: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3071971/
The most famous case I can think of is the “Girl in the Box.” She was held captive and lived in sexual slavery for something like 7 years, under some pretty bad conditions. Much of it was confined to a very small box with no light or windows (by small I mean SMALL, not much bigger than her body, for MONTHS.) You can read about this in detail at crimelibrary.com.
http://www.crimelibrary.com/criminal_mind/psychology/sex_slave/index.html
Gary Heidnek had a few sex slaves himself… though… not all of them, er, survived:
http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/weird/heidnik/index_1.html
Just searching crimelibrary.com would probably get you more.
Also look at books/sites about Leonard Lake.
It’s pretty heinous stuff.
Peter Landesman published an article in the New York Times Magazine in January of this year called “The Girls Next Door,” on the sex slave trade in this country and Mexico. Just hearing him discuss it on NPR was harrowing.
The article is reprinted here.
The creepiest story I heard was about the woman who was abducted and held captive for a few weeks and then let loose. Her captor had built himself a basement dungeon in the middle of a suburban neighborhood. When he released his victim, he transported her in his trunk and then dumped her off a mile or so away from his house.
The woman then went to the police and reported what had happened to her, However, she was unable to identify the man or where he lived. So the police decided her story was literally unbelievable and conducted nothing more than a routine minimal investigation. It wasn’t until years later, after several more victims were found and the man captured, that the police retroactively realized the first victim had told the truth.
Didn’t I see this on “Law and Order” a few weeks back?
Those links (Carol Smith and Heidnek) were very disturbing. I need a brain scrub.