Original version september 2016 new 2017 narrated version.
Beautiful french socialite locked in attic for 35 years.
In 1876 when she was 25 the young monnier fell in love with an older lawyer who lived nearby and wanted to marry him.
However this decision made her mother unhappy so she opposed her daughter s will.
She was renowned for her physical beauty and attracted many potential suitors for marriage.
Blanche was once a beautiful french socialite from a well respected family.
In paris 1876 25 year old blanche monnier was a typical socialite scrambling to find a suitor before it was too late.
A shocking story has emerged of a french lady who was considered missing by the public but who was actually locked up in her mother s attic for 25 years.
Blanche monnier march 1 1849 october 13 1913 often known in france as la séquestrée de poitiers roughly the confined woman of poitiers was a french socialite from a well respected bourgeoisie family in poitiers of old noble origins.
Only to be discovered locked in her mother s attic because of her scandalous sex life.
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