Case 223: The Kuřim Case

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** Warning: This case involves a child victim **
When Czech Republic man Eduard Trdý inadvertently intercepted the video feed of his neighbour’s security camera in May 2007, he was so alarmed by the footage that he contacted the police...
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Narration - Anonymous Host
Research & writing - Holly Boyd
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Music - Andrew D.B. Joslyn
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[@RED-cy7ig]

Can you imagine how long this would have continued if this was not caught by the neighbor's baby cam.

[@gulinp1]

my jaws kept dropping during this episode. My God.

[@thisbirdhasflown2554]

excellent coverage, but i can't finish. too sad

[@rashone2879]

Anyone weak minded enough to abuse their children because someone tells then to do so should never be free. I’m happy to hear the boys are doing well.

[@RenoReborn]

You should look up The Milgram Experiments. It is wild the sort of shit people will do just because someone in a position of authority told them to do it, the subjects actually believed they were killing people as part of the experiment and they just didn't care. Clara got mind fucked by her sister in a crazy web of false identities and supposed experts, it's scary but the truth is a lot of people would have just gone along with the expert advice, we're humans, it's what we do.

[@christinaperrigo]

A letter that says the boy was not locked up and abused does NOT hold water when a boy was already seen on camera being abused.

[@rhondamcewananderson3968]

I'm in the States, and I like to hear the cases from different countries. The laws, etc. Thanks Casefile! 👍

[@AGentlemansQuarrel]

This case disturbs me on a foundation al level. How could so many people, educated, trusted, well known individuals do something so pointlessly evil?

[@Outcry4truth]

This is a weird one. I believe there's more information not known. Poor boys

[@czechmorticia7117]

Thanks for covering this case, it is probably THE case if you want to talk about true crime in Czech Republic. I remember it unfolding and the case being all over the news - I was a kid at that time so I wasn't really interested in it back then but it was impossible not to know about it because of how much attention (and rightfully so) the case got. It was insane.

[@Firecracker66]

⚡💥⚡💥🧡❤️

[@veronikapelzmannova9967]

The host did what he could to pronounce the names and words, thank you for trying 🤝 I was a teen when this happened and I can never forget hearing some of those absolutely disgusting details. Haunting. Those monsters should have rotted in hell, not get 5-10 years, its ridiculous. They are all insane 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@user-gd6ce5gg3y]

Most hilarious part is the sentences! Justice systems all over the world should be renamed as Comic Relief.

[@paulbelcher7059]

I'm halfway through and going to forego the rest. So distressing to hear and i have listened to hundreds of this sort of thing including series 1 of Monsters

[@NeonNoodleNexus]

I think a lot of this seem unexplained. If it were just the aunt and the imposter then it somewhat makes sense, but who were the other guys? What was the motivation of the other guys that came in and joined in? It just seems like they got called in, did this extremely strange and cruel thing, and then they got caught and imprisoned. It seems like there's this whole other thing at play here that just got brushed over in this podcast. Who were they obeying? What did they say they were doing during the court case? Is this an existing abuse ring? What were their histories and their relationship with everyone else? Were they intellectually impaired? What is going here? You dont just randomly find multiple people who are willing to do this just on call.

[@ilewtf2234]

Whats at work here is human psychology, pretty much anyone can be persuated to do pretty much anything.

[@DivaFondaXXX]

I’m wondering if the mother really wanted daughters; and that’s why she was so quick to abuse and dump her boys but lavish on the “girl”. Also, everyone seems like members of some cult or extreme religion. This type of stuff seems to happen in cults. Otherwise I’m scratching my head too!

[@no_peace]

​@@ilewtf2234 I don't agree with you

[@matchalatte5415]

I listen to this as I do chores. I'm only 30 mins in and already disturbed. How big of a sucker do you have to be, to not have the present of mind to realize your torturing your sons at the instruction of another.

[@tillitsdone]

weak minded

[@cathybassett6432]

Excellent job on pronunciations of names and places.

[@seemaa5650]

Wow, what a story!

[@everibarovski7963]

Omg what an extremely disturbing case. Evil exists anywhere but for a parent to do unspeakable horrors to their own children I would have given them all involved life sentences never to be released. And I thought I was listening to a story that happened over 100 years ago when I realised I was wrong it happened in the 21st century. Because of the unusual names I was trying very hard to keep up with the changing story of who did what and who was who. Those poor little darling boys abused by their own crazy mother. I don't think she should be allowed to have any contact with her boys. No excuses she was insane and belongs in a mental health institution for life. I would never trust a woman like her ever. She was pure evil with a warped and disturbed mind. I wonder what happened to her when she was a young child. I sincerely hope that the boys are constantly monitored so they don't do any harm to their children. Again well done team Case file. May I say a difficult case to put together. Hello from Perth Western Australia 😘

[@tinahelena9863]

It is disturbing how many adults are cowardly abuse children and get away with it. Those involved in acts as such i wish you all rot in hell.

[@cl9730]

In the middle of the video now. Having a very, very hard time to really grasp this is not a bad saga. 😵

[@Scraggledust]

Always fantastic narration! 🎉 Ty for sharing cases that others skip. It is important to realize, you never know anyone. Keep an eye out for kiddos. See something, say something! Be great humans today

[@daniellewillis2767]

What I want to know is what the doctor was thinking telling the women to massage their adopted daughters privates as a way to desensitize her to her past abuse? Really wierd and pervy.

[@texastea5686]

Because it wasn't s real doctor, I don't think they ever found out who was directing the mother, Klara, to abuse her children and massage "Anicka". Mom was a basket case to begin with ....

[@joshuak5958]

Wow, this is wrong on so many levels. This story is an onion of horrible.

[@always_b_natural703]

What the ever lovin' heck??!!

[@naomiledger1374]

That entire case is totally nuts. You couldn't make it up! I want to know why? Why did they want to pretend to be an abused child and deceive Klara? It's so bonkers I can hardly get my head around it.

[@AngelsHandPrint]

This is the real fucking Orphan. Unbelievable

[@junederksen9205]

This is a mindbending story… Unless I miss something I am totally in the dark about what was the motivation here? Why would Clara’s sister help this sick woman child???

[@gillianbennett4518]

Oh goodness, this is true horror. I couldn't listen to it all

[@AngelXO96]

The two women were nervous when the cops showed up they knew what they were doing was wrong all that feigning ignorance is bullshit

[@mb6194]

Crazy stuff

[@Firecracker66]

OMG Horrific ☠️😡

[@malovela]

Whuuuuuuut?!?!? 😳

[@zamiek1283]

Elder person from the sisters family was taking care of Aniczka at the beggining. Her parents supposed to be drug users living near by. Then this person passed away, so one sister took care of Aniczka.

[@mollygibson4402]

Brr.. even the name Aniczka sounds disturbing

[@Anna-nr3sh]

@@mollygibson4402Yes it does. I's an infantalized version of Anna, many families speaking slavic languages use such versions for "little Anna", like Anoushka, Aniusia, Anetshka etc. Calling a 30-sth a baby version of their name is disturbing indeed. Looks like the girl was never allowed to individuate and grow up, live sepatetly as a psychological being. What's even more disturbing is that her real name was Barbora, like someone invented her anew with a todler's identity.

[@ilewtf2234]

@@Anna-nr3sh She named herself that. She is probably a psychopathic deviant instead of some poor little thing.

[@texastea5686]

​@Anna-nr3sh thank you for clarifying on the usage of the names. This was one disturbing case indeed!

[@arleccio]

I kept wondering why the boys didn't go to live with their father. He didn't seem to be a part of their life until they were rescued and then disappeared again soon after. Well the Czech wiki helped solve that easily. Apparently they were given into his custody at first but they were transferred to their maternal grandmother soon after and he went to prison for misappropriating funds meant for them. The boys mother was manipulated by her sister into torturing them and their father stole their money the first moment he had access to it. I hope they have all the help they need. Same for their mother.

[@wiebkescantick947]

All I can say is, WHY???😮😢

[@ldg1414]

Another case that makes me keep thinking "Do people like this actually exist?"

[@jennklein1917]

Jennifer watched this video 😮

[@NudePostingConspiracyTheories]

Holy Shit.

[@friday13thfan97]

WTF? How can anyone do this?

[@BDBee81]

Great work CF.. The links in these chains need breaking indefinitely >8-(

[@RenoReborn]

Let this be a warning to everyone, you can get mind fucked into doing some pretty crazy shit based on advice from people you trust, really doesn't take much to warp those morals.

[@lindc1070]

It makes no sense that a mother would harm her own sons to " save " a child she hoped to adopt. While it is inexcusable for her to abuse the adopted child, that would be more believable. She must have been controlled mentally.

[@c.w.8200]

You have no idea what mothers do on a regular basis out there, it's a harmful and ridiculous misconception that mothers are saints or something.

[@lindc1070]

@@c.w.8200 I am a mother myself and I am not saying mothers are Saints. But this just doesnt make sense to me. Most Mothers would not do this. Something is mentally and emotionally wrong with a mother who would hurt her own flesh and blood especially to " save" an adopted child. If it was the other way around it would be believable though still inexcusable

[@christinaperrigo]

@@lindc1070 Something is mentally, emotionally, and spiritually wrong or rather Non existent, for a mother, woman, or a man, to abuse any child. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... God Bless You In All Truth and Repentance. - In Christ, Christina

[@jwsuicides8095]

What the hell is it with these people? I've never heard anything like it.

[@Emanresuadeen]

The sisters were both schizophrenic, under the control of a psychopath with multiple personalities.

[@christinaperrigo]

The movie has Nothing on this actual case.

[@munavvarkhonkarimov7498]

What happened to the kids?

[@user-mt4ku7jw1y]

They got fck in the ass unfortunately

[@danasummers2817]

These ladies obviously have screws loose if they let a doctor tell them to do those ridiculous sadistic things! They both need to be locked away forever and never let anywhere near children!!

[@jjanclark6279]

I fell for the first half and was really upset

[@johaysom1496]

Wth 🤬

[@brendajstevens3719]

👏👏👏 weird!

[@anti5895]

Barbora Skrlová is a TRUE woman.

[@katherine9109]

all kinds of crazy in this world..!!! those poor little boys.😢 she "suffered from hystrionic personality disorder". SHE didn't "suffer"..!!! others did...

[@DEATH-THE-GOAT]

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[@brandyjean7015]

CBD obtained from industrial hemp (lacking THC) is legal in Sweden.

[@DEATH-THE-GOAT]

@@brandyjean7015 now I know, thanks

[@brandyjean7015]

@@DEATH-THE-GOAT you're very welcome.

[@DEATH-THE-GOAT]

@@brandyjean7015 🙏

[@joannedickens2238]

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[@uok5598]

Good job as usual but can you please stop doing so many child abuse cases?

[@georgia673]

Agreed. I can't listen to this

[@endless3cho]

Weirdly, you're ok with murder of all sorts but child abuse is the thing that bothers you more. I'm not suggesting that child abuse isn't horrific, since, it is, just that everything that happens to people in TC is horrible.

[@texastea5686]

Maybe stay away from true crime stories? And if you know it's about kids, you can always move on to another episode

[@anthonychristian4807]

Of course women were doing it. What else did you expect?

[@leahstone9308]

Hey, weirdo misogynist true crime fan, just thought I’d drop in with a quick reminder that 94% of murders are committed by men

[@pgzzz]

Can I suggest that you put some sort of logo on the episodes with crimes against children to make them easily identifiable as I never listen to them but have to get 3 or 4 minutes into the episode before it is announced. Thank you.

[@Adrian-zd4cs]

🙄

[@gypsynikki]

If you need trigger warnings, true crime is probably NOT for you.

[@pgzzz]

@@gypsynikki Of course it’s for me - I’ve been watching it for years. I just don’t think hearing about children being murdered is something I want to listen to. Maybe you enjoy hearing all the details.

[@laurendaryani4893]

@@gypsynikki Some people are more able to listen to stories of child abuse than others. Though I can deal with it myself, it takes nothing at all to understand that other people can't and that's okay.

[@laurendaryani4893]

@@Adrian-zd4cs It's... not that big a deal, dude.

[@vashon100]

CBD ads? Next heroin?

[@Adrian-zd4cs]

There's always that person.... You're it, ignorant to science.

[@beckbeck5110]

Get a grip

[@vashon100]

@@Adrian-zd4cs Says the addict.

[@vashon100]

@@beckbeck5110 When you put down the pipe.

[@endless3cho]

CBD isn't THC.