A case with three gruesome murders and one twisted abduction from our home state of Ohio. We promise you’ll never look at a pile of crisp autumn leaves in the same way again.

P.S. We have an update on the Villisca murder bacon, courtesy of a patron and a former butcher we met at a bar recently. (It’s a little worse than we thought.)

Sources:

https://www.truecrimeavenue.com/2024/10/the-case-of-matthew-hoffman-he.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Hoffman_(murderer)

https://inews.co.uk/culture/matthew-hoffman-now-what-happened-to-tina-herrmanns-killer-and-how-long-hes-in-jail-3628368

https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/knox-county-detective-recounts-one-of-ohios-most-horrific-murder-cases-15-years-later-matthew-hoffman/530-7b709ec6-f783-4079-b418-8c7c4ddf60fb

https://moviedelic.com/matthew-john-hoffman/

https://abcnews.com/US/killer-matthew-hoffman-stockpiled-leaves-ohio-home-made/story?id=12877942

https://www.oxygen.com/twisted-killers/crime-news/why-matthew-hoffman-is-known-as-leaf-killer

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1354984/Matthew-Hoffmann-Confession-burglar-murdered-3-raped-girl.html

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