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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 wanna see? there aint nothing to do down here. its too boring. >> several times the girl looks right into the camera and appeals directly to jamelskes bosses, the men she believes have the power to set her free. >> you realize if i was...

That 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 throes of a second childhood, rapping along with one of his yo...

According to jamelske, every female who stayed in his dungeon went there willingly and happily exchanged sex for cash, room and board. so hes guilty of nothing more than cheating on his wife. >> thats basically -- what do you call it? adultery. so anyway -- >> but when you go to someone whos underage, its not called adultery. its called sexual assault. >> now i find that out. i had no idea. >> oh, come on. >> i never hurt anyone physically. >> chaining them up and keeping them in that room isnt ...

>> 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 throes of a second childhood, rapping along with one of his young captives. >> peace out. >> peace out. >> role playing with her. >> word up. ...

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 mount an insanity defense or gamble on an outright acquittal in the face of such damning evidence? but, when the time came t...

She went through bottles of a-1. i bought the biggest bottles i could find of a-1 steak sauce, and she could -- she could use like a half a cup on a steak. >> so youre saying youre waiting on jennifer hand and foot? >> yeah. i mean, thats the least i can do. i wanted to make it as nice as i possibly could for her. >> nice? its hard to believe, but in jamelskes mind each of the women he imprisoned found him charming and practically volunteered to be pampered in his subterranean love nest. in the ...

Nature for, you know, a little bit of unlawful imprisonment or whatever. >> jamelske admits he showed his victims an old police badge hed found and lied about working for powerful bosses just to keep the girls in line and persuade them that he was as much a victim of circumstance as they were. >> yeah, i told them that i cant make the decision as to, you know, when you go home. so, you know, you cant cry on my shoulder and -- >> because you, john jamelske, are taking orders from someone else? >>...

In the matter-of-fact tone of someone explaining the inner workings of a clock, jamelske says he simply wanted her for sex and decided to keep her chained close by in this shed on his mothers property. >> and you think thats okay? >> thats why i built the dungeon. she said, "this is kind of small." >> so you build the dungeon so you have more space? >> she said, "this is small, i want more room." >> can you blame her? >> hell, no. thats why i turned earth upside down to get this place bigger. >>...

A widower who had spent years nursing his sick wife. but for 15 years police say john jamelske had another identity as a sexual slave master in a makeshift underground dungeon he had built himself to abuse and imprison a string of young women. now hes heading to trial, accused of kidnapping and rape, and there would be a drama in the courtroom. once more, heres rob stafford. >> in early summer 2003 john jamelske entered a syracuse courtroom for the first time. after two months of saturation cove...