Episode 18: The Hinterkaifeck Murders

Strange occurrences start to plague a family on a remote farmstead in Germany months before they are brutally murdered with an axe. This is a case that is shrouded in mystery. Was the house haunted? Was there someone creeping around in the attic without the family knowing? Or did the family’s dark secrets have deadly consequences? 

 

Sources:

 

“The Hinterkaifeck Murders – Part One; an Introduction to Hinterkaifeck.” Two Queens True Crime, 4 Jan. 2024, twoqueenstruecrime.wordpress.com/2022/12/29/the-hinterkaifeck-murders.

 

“The Hinterkaifeck Murders – Part Two; the Timeline.” Two Queens True Crime, 11 Jan. 2024, twoqueenstruecrime.wordpress.com/2024/01/11/the-hinterkaifeck-murders-2.

 

“Hinterkaifeck Part Three; Evidence and Suspect List.” Two Queens True Crime, 14 Jan. 2024, twoqueenstruecrime.wordpress.com/2024/01/13/hinterkaifeck-part-three.

 

“Maria Baumgartner, Portrait of a Maid.” Two Queens True Crime, 14 Jan. 2024, twoqueenstruecrime.wordpress.com/2024/01/14/maria-baumgartner.

 

“Der Mythos Hinterkaifeck • Hinterkaifeck.” Hinterkaifeck, 26 Aug. 2023, www.hinterkaifeck.net. 

 

Wikipedia contributors. “Hinterkaifeck Murders.” Wikipedia, 1 June 2024, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinterkaifeck_murders.

 

Serena, Katie. “Hinterkaifeck Murders: The Unsolved German Massacre.” All That’s Interesting, 20 Oct. 2023, allthatsinteresting.com/hinterkaifeck-murders. 

 

---. “Municipalities of Germany.” Wikipedia, 7 Feb. 2024, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipalities_of_Germany. 

 

Kennedy. “20 Facts About the Hinterkaifeck Murders: Germany’s Most Notorious Unsolved Case.” Discover Walks Blog, 25 Sept. 2023, www.discoverwalks.com/blog/germany/20-facts-about-the-hinterkaifeck-murders-germanys-most-notorious-unsolved-case.

 

McNairn, Alan, et al. “The Mystery of Germany’S Hinterkaifeck Farmhouse Murders.” Historic Mysteries, 19 Sept. 2022, www.historicmysteries.com/major-crimes/hinterkaifeck-murders/14960.

 

“Germany | Facts, Geography, Maps, and History.” Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 June 2024, www.britannica.com/place/Germany/Years-of-crisis-1920-23. 

 

“Evidence and Clues.” Hinterkaifeck - Mordfall Gelöst, www.hinterkaifeck.ch/en/indications.

 

 

Farmhouse Layout: https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=hinterkiefck+layout&fr=mcafee&type=E210US91088G0&imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.modding-welt.com%2Fattachment%2F34219-39486-16b3905a-jpg%2F#id=2&iurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2Fce%2Fdb%2Fa7%2Fcedba7a3735be7359b09794d5243f59a.png&action=click