{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Loreplay","title":"The Hinterkaifeck Murders","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/d213e1cd\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2283,"description":"In 1922, six people were brutally murdered on a remote German farm known as Hinterkaifeck. There were no witnesses. No arrests. No clear motive. But what makes this case one of the creepiest unsolved murders in history isn’t just the violence — it’s what happened after. Neighbors reported footsteps in the attic before the murders. Footprints appeared in the snow leading to the farmhouse… but never away. And after the family was killed, someone stayed behind — feeding the livestock, eating the food, and living in the house with the bodies for days.\nIn this episode of Loreplay, we dive into the timeline, suspects, disturbing clues, and the enduring mystery of the Hinterkaifeck Murders — the case where the killer may never have truly left.\nPrimary historical / investigative\nBavarian State Police archival investigation files (1922 case records)\nContemporary German newspaper reports (April 1922 regional coverage)\nBooks\nPeter Leuschner — Hinterkaifeck: Germany’s Most Mysterious Murder Case\n(considered the definitive investigative reconstruction)\nReliable modern summaries\nHistoric Mysteries — Hinterkaifeck case analysis\nCrimeReads historical crime features\nAll That’s Interesting — Hinterkaifeck overview\nSmithsonian Magazine (crime history features referencing the case)\nBBC historical crime features (general European unsolved cases)\nAcademic / criminology discussion\nGerman criminology retrospective analyses of unresolved 20th-century cases\nCold case forensic review conducted by the Fürstenfeldbruck Police Academy (2007 student review project)","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/qrKRCVgS-SidSX8b9CGzZDHhnpF4bwxZyw2FLc5pukw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83MTBl/MDI3MGZkZGE0M2U0/MmJlYjhmNGQ4NjAy/NmY0Ny5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}