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Central new york's own dungeon master. it was a shock to those who thought things like that always happened somewhere else. >> i've lived in this county for pushing 60 years now. so i've been down that road many times. >> and you had no idea what was going on inside that house? >> nobody had any idea what was going on, including the neighbors that lived across the street. >> and plenty of people knew who this guy was? >> he's well known, you know, in his local community. he's been there for his entire life. >> but did anyone really know john jamelske, the 67-year-old grandfather now accused of...

For a sentence of 18 to life. >> how do you plead? >> 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. you're an evil man. you're 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. >> i'm just truly sorry for what i did. i've had a lot of time to think about it. and i'm just very sorry for what i did and for how it affected everyone. god bless ...

Hospitality was abused by captives like jennifer spalding. >> every time she requested something, just like that. 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 you're saying you're waiting on jennifer hand and foot? >> yeah. i mean, that's the least i can do. i wanted to make it as nice as i possibly could for her. >> nice? it's hard to believe, but in jamelske's mind each of the women he imprisoned found him charming and practically volunteered to be pampered in his subterranean...

>> i'm thinking, you know, maybe i'm going to get some community service or something of that nature for, you know, a little bit of unlawful imprisonment or whatever. >> jamelske admits he showed his victims an old police badge he'd 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 can't make the decision as to, you know, when you go home. so, you know, you can't cry on my shoulder and -- >> because you, john jamelske, are taking orders from someone else? >> ex...

Leave. and most of the time they were fine with it. >> but you sat here for hours minimizing everything you've done. >> i'm not saying that i didn't do anything wrong. i'm just saying i am not this horrible monster. i never hurt anyone. >> and that's the way things are likely to remain in john jamelske's world, a place where dungeon accommodations are posh, a place where there's 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 to play checkers. we talk. i have gotten ...