Natascha Kampusch

Natascha Kampusch
Kampusch in 2019
Born	(1988-02-17) 17 February 1988 (age 36) Vienna, Austria
Disappeared	2 March 1998 Vienna, Austria
Status	Found alive on 23 August 2006
Known for	Kidnap survivor
Website	kampusch.com

Natascha Maria Kampusch (born 17 February 1988) is an Austrian author and former talk show host. At the age of 10, on 2 March 1998, she was abducted and held in a secret cellar by her kidnapper Wolfgang Přiklopil for more than eight years, until she escaped on 23 August 2006. Upon her escape, Přiklopil killed himself by stepping in front of a train at a nearby station. She has written a book about her ordeal, 3,096 Days (2010), which was later adapted into a film and released in 2013.