Case 124

Hinterkaifeck

*** Content Warning: child victims, incest, sexual assault ***

The small rural property of Hinterkaifeck lay approximately 70 kilometres north of the German city of Munich. Members of the Gruber-Gabriel family could usually be seen milling about, but in early April 1922, locals noticed that the Hinterkaifeck farmhouse was unusually void of activity.

Concerned for the family’s welfare, their 48-year-old neighbour Lorenz Schlittenbauer sent his two young sons to check if anyone was home. They found the entire farmhouse locked, with no lights on inside. All was silent, except for the cattle’s loud, frantic-sounding mooing.

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