Exclusive: The Little Girl Forced to Live in a Cage

The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

From February 22, 2011: At age seven, Chelsea Vosters was rescued from living in a dog cage in a dark and cold basement. Thirteen years later, Chelsea shares her memories of being in the cage, recalls the day she was rescued and returns to her childhood home. She also opens up about life after the rescue, the relationship with her family and raising her own son.

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0:00.0	Through 25 seasons, 4,561 episodes, I believe the Open Winfrey Show was one of the greatest classrooms in the world.
0:10.0	I really never thought of it that way.
0:12.0	The AHA moments, the breakthroughs, the connections, the occasional ugly cry.
0:18.0	I'm missing so terribly, I'm missing every single minute.
0:22.0	The LOLs, the moments that matter, the eye-opening white lessons.
0:28.0	Never allow them to take to somewhere else.
0:31.0	I'm bringing them back!
0:33.0	It's time to open the vault.
0:35.0	I've personally chosen these classic episodes to share with you again.
0:40.0	Every single person you ever will meet shares that common desire.
0:45.0	They want to know.
0:46.0	Do you see me?
0:48.0	Do you hear me?
0:49.0	Does what I say mean anything to you?
0:52.0	You are listening to the Open Winfrey Show, the podcast.
0:58.0	It was one of the most heartbreaking stories we have ever shared, I believe, on our show.
1:03.0	11 years ago, we saw the chilling headlines about a little girl from Wisconsin.
1:09.0	We never knew her name.
1:11.0	She was only known as the girl in the cage.
1:14.0	The date was April 3rd, 2000.
1:17.0	The show was called Torture Children.
1:19.0	I could not believe what I was hearing.
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