00:00Skin-crawling photos show the haunting interior of a Connecticut House of Horrors,
00:04where a wicked stepmother allegedly imprisoned her stepson in wretched conditions for over 20 years.
00:10The images were obtained by the Post just weeks after a judge ruled that Kimberly Sullivan,
00:15who was 57, could return to the Waterbury home,
00:18which was scorched by a fire set by her 32-year-old stepson to escape from her clutches in February, according to police.
00:24Most of the rooms have been reduced to bare beams and boards.
00:27Dry wall and plaster have been ripped from most of the walls,
00:30while loose wires, dirt, debris, and broken glass litter the dark halls, which have been left all but uninhabitable.
00:37One room, however, appears to have been untouched by the fire, offering creepy clues to the tastes of the lady of the house.
00:44In a hot pink den on the first floor, a large pair of women's eyes with full red lips seductively peer across the room,
00:51to a poster of a kitten in a lawn chair, with the words, Lazy Days, scrawled over the top.
00:56Hanging in a ceiling corner, a doll with blonde hair and piercing blue eyes watches over the room.
01:02In what's left of the kitchen, a half-melted poster of Marilyn Monroe hangs over the counter.
01:07The stepson, known only as the letter S, weighed just 68 pounds.
01:11When responding, firefighters discovered him covered in filth as the home burned around him on February 17th.
01:17He quickly began telling investigators a horrifying tale,
01:21claiming Sullivan had held him prisoner for more than 20 years,
01:23and taking him out of school as a child, and locking him in an 8x9 foot storage space,
01:28with just scraps of food and water, for 22 hours a day or more, according to authorities.
01:34Sullivan was seen at her home after the fire, but was arrested within weeks and accused of unlawful restraint,
01:39kidnapping, and other abuse charges.
01:41She pleaded, not guilty.
01:43Sullivan has denied holding her stepson captive,
01:45and has instead blamed his father, who was living in the home until he died last year,
01:50for what happened to him.
01:51Her lawyer also said the stepson could have walked away whenever he wanted.
01:55Sullivan is expected back in court on Halloween.
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