EP 6 - The Hinterkaifeck Murders
In 1922, six members of a Bavarian farm family were found murdered in their barn and farmhouse. But the real horror came after: evidence shows the killer stayed on the property for days, feeding the animals, eating the family's food, and sleeping in their beds while the bodies lay undiscovered. This week, we dig into the eerie warning signs the Gruber family ignored and the neighbor who's remained the case's prime suspect for a century.
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Wikipedia contributors, "Hinterkaifeck murders," Wikipedia
Erin Blakemore, "The Chilling Story of the Hinterkaifeck Killings, Germany's Most Famous Unsolved Crime,"Mental Floss
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Tannöd (2009), released internationally as The Murder Farm, dir. Bettina Oberli, based on the novel by Andrea Maria Schenkel
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