About this episode

The episode discusses the mysterious murders of an entire family at Hinterkaifeck and the unanswered questions surrounding the case.

An entire family is murdered on their farm and goes unnoticed for days. Who was this family? Who would be motivated to kill them all, including a baby? To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelicti Our merch store can be found at teepublic.com/stores/corpus-delicti-podcast Music by:Kai Engel"Daemones"Blooper music by:Art of Escapism"Coal Miners"This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA. Sources: https://www.thetruecrimedatabase.com/case_file/hinterkaifeck-murders/?utmt.com https://talesofluminol.wordpress.com/2020/08/03/the-hinterkaifeck-murders-the-suspects/ https://jackrosewood.com/hinterkaifeck-murders/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502044/chilling-story-hinterkaifeck-killings-germanys-most-famous-unsolved-crime Mysterious Murder 1922 - Mystery of a Seventh Corpse - Bavaria - SZ.de The myth of Hinterkaifeck • Hinterkaifeck

Topics covered

• true crime
• murder
• unsolved crime
• family tragedy
• historical crime

Keywords

• Hinterkaifeck
• murders
• true crime
• unsolved
• family
• Germany
• 1922

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CDM Productions

Books & works: Daemones, Coal Miners

Places: Hinterkaifeck

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