The real-life inspiration behind ‘Orphan’s lead fooled everyone... but only too well.
The Big Picture Have you ever seen the movie Orphan, or its prequel Orphan: First Kill? Well if you haven't, consider this some major spoiler territory. Orphan sees a married couple, devastated after the stillbirth of their third child, adopt a 9-year-old Russian girl, Esther . Only Esther isn't Esther. She's Leena Klammer, from Estonia — and she's not 9.
What Did Barbora Skrlova Do? Barbora Skrlova, like Esther in Orphan, was born with hypopituitarism, so when she met Klara Mauerová in the Czech Republic, her story about being a 12-year-old girl named Anicka, certainly seemed plausible, as did her story about fleeing from a violent group home. The single mother of two took Barbora — Anikka — home, where she lived with her children and her sister Katerina. She treated her like a family member right away, with the intention of adopting her.
Still, there's more. The boys were sexually assaulted and made to cut themselves with knives. The most horrifying act perpetrated on young Ondrej, though, was being partially skinned, with his flesh eaten by those same relatives. It was sick and was only discovered after a nearby neighbor happened to install a TV baby monitor to watch his own newborn child.
From September to December 2007, Barbora managed to fool police, classmates, childcare workers, and teachers into believing she was, indeed, 13-year-old Adam. The only problem, though, was she underestimated just how deeply she had people tricked. When "Adam" disappeared from a children's home in Oslo, the concerned workers at the facility contacted police, who launched a nationwide search and distributed photos to the media of the missing "child.
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