The Hinterkaifeck Murders
In April of 1922, neighbors of the Gruber-Gabriel family stumbled upon a grizzly scene on a remote farmstead near Gröbern, Bavaria called Hinterkaifeck. They found all 6 residents - Andreas and Cäzilia Gruber, their daughter Viktoria, her children Cäzilia and Josef, and their maid Maria Baumgartner - bludgeoned to death with a farm tool. When police began their investigation they realized something incredibly eerie - the killer had remained on the property for several days after the murder, feeding the farm animals and using the kitchen, before vanishing without a trace. The investigation would lead to wild speculation about family secrets and local suspects, but the case remains unsolved, cementing it as one of Germany’s most chilling true crime mysteries.
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Sources:
Die Chronologie • Hinterkaifeck
Hinterkaifeck murders - Wikipedia
The Chilling Story of the Hinterkaifeck Killings, Germany's Most Famous Unsolved Crime
Strange Company: The Hinterkaifeck Mystery
Books:
The Hinterkaifeck Murders:Terror in the German Countryside by DA Chadwick
The Hinterkaifeck Murders: The Unsolved Crime by Zelda Brodrick
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