Herb Baumeister: The Fox Hollow Farm Serial Killer

From the outside, Herb Baumeister looked like a successful Indianapolis businessman, husband, and father living with his family on an 18-acre estate called Fox Hollow Farm in Westfield, Indiana. But in the woods behind that sprawling home, investigators would eventually uncover nearly 10,000 human bones and bone fragments. During the 1990s, young men were disappearing from Indianapolis-area gay bars. Investigators came to suspect that Baumeister had been meeting men in those clubs, luring them back to Fox Hollow Farm, killing them, and hiding their remains on the property. One of the first major clues came from inside Baumeister’s own family. His son discovered a human skull and bones on the property. Baumeister reportedly explained them away as an old medical skeleton—but in 1996, after his wife Julie allowed investigators to search the estate, the horrifying truth began emerging from the woods. Authorities ultimately recovered thousands of burned and shattered human remains believed to represent numerous victims. Modern forensic genealogy has continued identifying those men decades later, including Allen Livingston, Manuel Resendez, and Daniel Halloran, as investigators work to give names back to those whose remains were found at Fox Hollow Farm. Baumeister was never brought to trial. As investigators closed in, he fled Indiana and traveled to Canada. On July 3, 1996, Herb Baumeister died by suicide in Ontario, leaving behind a note that mentioned his failing marriage and financial problems—but reportedly said nothing about the human remains discovered behind his home. And the mystery may stretch even further. Investigators have also considered Baumeister a prime suspect in the I-70 Strangler murders, a series of killings of boys and men in Indiana and Ohio during the 1980s and early 1990s. Those crimes remain officially unresolved, and the full number of Baumeister’s victims may never be known. This is the true crime story of Herb Baumeister and the Fox Hollow Farm murders—a seemingly ordinary family man, thousands of bones hidden behind a suburban mansion, and an investigation that is still identifying victims nearly thirty years after the suspected killer took his secrets to the grave. If you believe you are a relative of a missing person possibly connected to this case (missing young men from mid 1980's to mid 1990's, please call 317-770-4415. Sources used for this podcast Support the show Send Kris and Rob a Message JOIN THE  HITCHED 2 HOMICIDE IN-LAWS AND OUTLAWS START KRIS CALVERT'S BOOKS TODAY FOR FREE H2H WEBSITE H2H on TWITTER H2H on INSTA Herb Baumeister, Herbert Baumeister, Fox Hollow Farm, Fox Hollow Farm murders, Herb Baumeister serial killer, Fox Hollow serial killer, Westfield Indiana murders, Indianapolis serial killer, Indiana serial killer, Fox Hollow Farm victims, I-70 Strangler, I-70 Strangler murders, gay bar serial killer, Indiana true crime, serial killer DNA, forensic genealogy, Fox Hollow Murders Hulu, Playground of a Serial Killer, true crime podcast #HerbBaumeister, #FoxHollowFarm, #FoxHollowMurders, #FoxHollowFarmMurders, #IndianaSerialKiller, #IndianaTrueCrime, #I70Strangler, #SerialKiller, #ColdCase, #ForensicGenealogy, #TrueCrime, #TrueCrimePodcast, #TrueCrimeCommunity, #CrimeInvestigation, #Hitched2Homicide   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.