The Hinterkaifeck Murders

About this episode

The episode explores the chilling Hinterkaifeck murders where six family members were killed and the killer remained undetected for days.

Zoinks. Six people killed on an isolated Bavarian farm in the middle of a snowbound March night -- and then, for four days, the killer didn't leave. He fed the cattle. He stoked the fire. He ate their food. He slept in their beds. And nobody knew. The gang is heading to Bavaria. In the early hours of April 1, 1922, the Gruber family farm at Hinterkaifeck -- a remote homestead about 70 kilometers north of Munich -- fell silent in a way that had nothing to do with sleep. Six people were dead: farmer Andreas Gruber, his wife Cazilia, their widowed daughter Viktoria Gabriel, Viktoria's two children, and the new maid Maria Baumgartner, who had arrived only hours before and was killed on her very first day. The weapon was a mattock -- a farm tool, one that was already there. The killer used what the farm provided. What makes this case one of the most haunting unsolved murders in European history is not the killings themselves, but what came after. Witnesses in nearby villages noticed smoke rising from the Hinterkaifeck chimney for four days following the murders. Someone had collected the mail. Someone had fed the animals. When neighbors finally arrived and found the bodies…

People in this episode

Hosts: Shane L. Waters, Joshua Waters, Kim Morrow

Topics covered

• unsolved murders
• true crime
• historical mystery
• Bavarian folklore
• paranormal
• crime scene investigation

Keywords

• Hinterkaifeck
• murders
• Bavaria
• true crime
• Andreas Gruber
• unsolved mystery
• historical crime
• paranormal
• crime scene

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Hinterkaifeck, Bavaria, Munich

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