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>> but there were still plenty of questions ahead. jamelske cooled his heels in jail, authorities desperately tried to get a final number on how many victims there were. and if there were any who did not make it out of the dungeon alive. coming up, sensational charges and an emotional outcome. >> ive had a lot of time to think about it. im very sorry for what i did. >> when "msnbc reports" continues. ♪ (underwater noises in background) (scuba diver speaking french in background) say this tub...

Im richard lui with your hours top stories. in iowa, dt taking to the stage for the second time in the day. this time in an urbandale high school. the students launched a social media campaign inviting candidate to speak at their homecoming. >> pope francis arrived in cuba today for an historic visit. its the tierd time a pope has visited the island nation. hell stop in philadelphia, new york, and washington, d.c. now, back to our msnbc special. returning to our story, at last, police believe ...

Were bumped from the front page and replaced bide lurid tales of sexual slavery at the hands of central new yorks own dungeon master. it was a shock to those who thought things like that always happened somewhere else. >> i lived in this county for pushing 60 years now. so i have been down that road many times. >> and you had no idea what was going on inside. >> nobody had no idea what was going on, including the neighbors that lived across the street. >> and plenty of people knew who this guy w...

>> as for the women who once lived in john jamelskes world, life above ground has had its ups and downs. kirsten and jennifer now have families of their own. some are still living lives at risk on the street, but each says theyll never be entirely free of the cold chains and clammy dungeon air that colors the darkest corners of their minds. >> sometimes ill just start crying for no reason at all, and i wont even know whats wrong with me. >> john jamelske has now been moved to a maximum security ...

Collection. thousands upon thousands of empty beer bottles, shelf after shelf. meticulously organized by brand. some of them stacked alphabetically. but it was at the back of this room that police discovered what they were looking for, the entrance to the dungeon. >> it was secured by four heavy steel doors. this ten-foot tunnel separates the dungeon from the rest of the house. you have to get on your hands and knees to get there. its cool, dark, and damp down here. police say this was the path ...

>> i bet. >> i miss her. >> at first glance, the dancing, singing, and role playing seem to be consensual, but remember, this girl, like jennifer and the 16-year-old african-american girl, was a prisoner locked underground and totally relied on jamelske for food and water. as far as she knew, her very life depended upon playing along. >> what do you guys want to see? there aint nothing to do down here. >> several times, the girl looks right into the camera and appeals directly to jamelskes bosse...

Statement he prepared, for fear hed hurt his already slim chances of parole. if allowed, jamelske told us he would have said some pointed things to the victims he felt had lied about the way he treated them. >> to number three, god bless you, and have mercy on you and have him help you increase your vocabulary. >> how can you say god have mercy on her? after what she has been through. >> because she lied. she lied about something very important. shes claiming that she was hit in the ear, and she...

Has been dubbed the dungeon master. animated. >> she goes luke this with the music. >> angry. emotional. >> very, very much. >> even before his house became smeared in a tangle of yellow police tape, jamelske was well known in his suburban syracuse home town, but not exactly beloved. his upscale neighbors put up a fence to prevent his junk-strewn yard from spoiling their view. though many knew that jamelske, a retired grocer, collected returnable bottles for the deposits, few could have guessed ...

Police officers the chills. now theyre about to discover john jamelske was keeping a few other secrets. here again is rob stafford. >> at john jamelskes house, investigators found evidence that jennifer spalding and the 16-year-old african-american girl had not been jamelskes only captives. in an upstairs bedroom, they discovered a stockpile of pictures and videotapes. that jamelske had taken of other young women in the dungeon. in this video, a younger looking jamelske seems to be in the throws...

One native-american, one african-american, one hispanic, one vietnamese and one caucasian. three told investigators they had known their captor by a biblical name, joshua, peter or paul. one said he told her to call him fish. four positively picked jamelskes mug shot from a photo array. but each described the dungeon in detail. >> your honor, for purposes of the arraignment -- >> it was certain to be a sensational trial, and everyone wondered, would an elderly man looking at life behind bars mou...