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But in jamelskes world none of that makes him a criminal. so how do you think youd feel if you were 15 years old and you were locked at your house in that room for a year? >> i would not mind living down there in that dungeon. >> come on. >> it was absolutely beautiful. there was a bed. there was water. >> youre saying everything a girl could want in that dungeon? >> anything that they wanted except leaving at certain times was there. >> well, in any state ive been thats called kidnapping. >> th...

Eventually landed him in prison began in 1985 when his wife, dorothy, a respected preschool teacher, became seriously ill. >> we rushed her to the hospital hemorrhaging. they couldnt get the blood in to her faster than it was coming out. we almost lost her a couple of times. >> and what happened to your relationship at that time? >> well, i always loved her very much every single second, but, you know, sex was pretty much out of the question. and, you know, i needed my -- >> you needed to have s...

Shes, in fact, 16. >> so he is talking without the lawyer? >> hes talking. >> a misunderstood may/december romance is all there was to it, the old man said. >> that he didnt plan on making it a permanent thing, it was just kind of a fling for the present time. >> mid-life crisis, or what? >> he was a little bit old for a mid-life crisis. >> but no matter what they thought about the old mans motives, police now had a name and an address. his name was john jamelske, and their search of his house, ...

>> but you sat here for hours minimizing everything youve done. >> im not saying that i didnt do anything wrong. im just saying i am not this horrible monster. i never hurt anyone. >> and thats the way things are likely to remain in john jamelskes world, a place where dungeon accommodations are posh, a place where theres little difference between chains of bondage and chains of gold. and jail is a virtual walk in the park. you like it here? >> we play partner spades. the guys have taught me how ...

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 mount an insanity defense or gamble on an outright acquittal in the face of such da...

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 shes claiming that she was hit in an ankle. and -- >> you raped her, and you rob...

>> guilty. >> after 15 years of subjecting others to mental torture and sexual slavery, the syracuse dungeon master had quickly tired of the public spotlight. >> you are a sick coward. youre an evil man. youre a kidnapper and a rapist. your reign of terror is over. >> for once jamelske seemed uncharacteristically contrite. when his time came to speak, he was brief and emotional. >> im just truly sorry for what i did. ive had a lot of time to think about it. and im just very sorry for what i did ...

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? >>...

While 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. [ male announcer ] what can you do with plain white rice?

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