Episode 385: The killings at Fox Hollow Farm are one of Indiana’s darkest chapters. In the early 1990s, Herb Baumeister, a husband, father, and thrift store owner, lived a double life in the upscale suburb of Westfield. Behind the facade of Fox Hollow Farm, he is believed to have lured young men, mostly from local gay bars, to his home, where police later uncovered the remains of at least 25 victims scattered across the estate. Hundreds of burned and crushed bones were found by investigators, revealing years of concealed brutality. As the net closed in, Baumeister fled to Canada and took his own life at Pinery Provincial Park, leaving unanswered questions and devastated families in his wake.

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Who Was Herb Baumeister? Revisiting the Serial Killer's Crimes and Horrifying Post-Murder Rituals 29 Years After His Death
CrimeLibrary.com/Serial Killers/Sexual Predators/Herb Baumeister: Skeletons Beyond the Closet
Baumeister, Herb - fall, 2005
Herbert R. Baumeister  - Encyclopedia of Indianapolis
Herb Baumeister
QUEER CRIME: The Double Life of Herb Baumeister
I-70 Strangler
The Mystery of the I-70 Serial Killer - Unsolved Mysteries
The True Story Of The Fox Hollow Murders
30-year mystery solved: Missing man's remains among those found on suspected serial killer's estate
Allen Lee Livingston (1965-1993)
Investigators Uncover "Unimaginable" 10,000 Bone Fragments in Businessman's Backyard
This private investigator cracked the case of notorious serial killer Herbert Baumeister
'I-70 Strangler' remains mysterious Midwest boogeyman, but private investigator has theory

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