The Hinterkaifeck Murders: How a Family was Stalked and Murdered On Their Own Farm

Telling a Friend

Hofner told the daughters of Lorenz Schlittenbauer about the weird emptiness of the farm. That prompted them to tell their father, who sent his sons Johan, 16, and Josef, 9, to the farm to see the family.

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The More You Know

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