The Unsolved Hinterkaifeck Axe Murders: A Haunting Mystery

TLDR The Hinterkaifeck Axe Murders remain unsolved, with the Gruber family brutally killed on their farm in 1922. The case is surrounded by eerie occurrences, suspicious behavior from neighbors, and possible motives, leaving the true identity of the killer a mystery.

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00:00 The podcast episode is about the Hinterkaifeck Axe Murders.
04:57 The Gruber family, consisting of Andreas, Kasselia, Victoria, and two grandchildren, lived together on a farm in Hinterkaifeck and were disliked by the community due to Andreas' abusive behavior and rumors of incestuous relationships within the family.
10:09 The maid quits because she believes the house is haunted, and a few months later, Andreas discovers footprints leading to his house but none leading away, as well as scratches on the lock of his tool shed.
14:43 After the maid leaves, strange things continue to happen at the farm, including attempted break-ins, missing keys, a strange newspaper, and sounds coming from the attic, causing Andreas to become increasingly unsettled.
19:52 On March 31st, 1922, the last day anyone saw the group alive, Maria Baumgartner started her first day as a maid at the Hinterkaifeck farm, and a few days later, on April 4th, a search party discovered the gruesome murders of the group, with the bodies of Andreas, Victoria, Cecilia, and the maid bludgeoned to death in the barn, and Joseph, the two-year-old, bludgeoned to death in his mother's bedroom.
25:02 The murderer used a mattock to kill the victims, with evidence suggesting that one of the victims survived for several hours after the attack, and the bodies were found covered up, indicating that the killer may have stayed in the house for a few days after the murders.
29:40 Lorenz Schlittenbauer, a neighboring man and suitor of Victoria, had a motive to commit the murders and exhibited suspicious behavior after the discovery of the crime scene.
34:26 The main living suspect, Lorenz Schlittenbauer, exhibited suspicious behavior at the crime scene and had no alibi for the night of the murders, while another suspect, Carl Gabriel, who had died in World War I, was brought back as a possible suspect due to speculation that he may have returned to find out about an incestuous relationship and snapped, killing everyone.
39:03 The conclusion from the students at the police academy is that they believe they know who the killer is, but they will not name the person because they still have living relatives.
43:37 The hosts thank the police academy for their findings and discuss Steve Gutenberg's Twitter account and his appearance in a Sharknado-esque movie.
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