'Worse than Jeffrey Dahmer' - Serial killer who scattered 10,000 bones around
Labelled "worse than Jeffrey Dahmer" by some, one twisted serial killer's grisly legacy involves him leaving a macabre collection of 10,000 human bones around his home after strangling men during sex acts. That grim tally represents the highest count of unidentified remains in a criminal case, surpassed only by those found after the devastating 9/11 attacks.
Herb Baumeister, a married dad of three, is suspected of having claimed the lives of up to 25 young men during a frightening murder spree throughout the early 90s. Prowling gay bars in the heart of Indianapolis, he would entice his prey back to his sprawling 18-acre estate known as Fox Hollow Farm in Westfield, Indiana.
Not even apprehended yet, Baumeister's son shockingly stumbled upon a human skull in the woodland flanking their house.
At this ill-fated property, he'd engage in strangleholds under the guise of sexual thrills before ultimately murdering the men, later incinerating their bodies and carelessly tossing the charred skeletal fragments across his grounds whenever his wife and kids were absents. The crime scene's horrid bone count eventually reached an appalling 10,000.
As the police zeroed in on his atrocious actions, Baumeister made a dash for Canada, taking his own life and leaving a trail of unresolved mysteries, including whether he acted alone or had an accomplice, reports the Mirror US.
The four-part series, The Fox Hollow Murders, produced by ABC News Studios, has left true crime buffs absolutely gobsmacked. One gobsmacked viewer on X exclaimed, "'The Fox Hollow Murders' should've knocked Bundy, Dahmer, and Gacy off the front pages. This is crazy!".
"Did y'all see the documentary about the Fox Hollow murders? ? ? Over 10,000 bones found in the backyard," posted another viewer, clearly shocked.
One person said: "Okay the Fox Hollow Murders may be the craziest doc I've seen in a while and I'm still on episode one," while someone else remarked: "The Fox Hollow Murders is a WILD story. One of the craziest serial killers you've never heard of."
A bone-chilling detail from the series is that Baumeister's Fox Hollow Farm was brimming with mannequins. "Mannequins forever ominous after watching The Fox Hollow Murders doc," mentioned a viewer, evidently creeped out.
Another said: "I have watched many true crime documentaries, including serial killer series. I have never heard of these murders. This docuseries was one of the most chilling I've seen."
The enigma of Baumeister's murders lingers as the sole survivor, Mark Goodyear, has repeatedly altered his account of the events. He once admitted to fibbing about his relationship with the serial killer but has refuted any complicity in the killings.
Baumeister's heinous acts came to light when Goodyear stepped forward alleging he escaped an assault by a man he encountered in a pub in August 1994, who whisked him away to a vast farm in the suburbs and tried to throttle him.
The man at the centre of this sordid mystery was later confirmed to be Herb Baumeister. The cops have always harboured suspicions that Baumeister, a dad of three, might have covertly recorded his victims using a secret camera stashed in an air vent in his basement either before, during, or after the killings.
After fleeing to Canada, it's thought Baumeister took this key footage with him. His missus reported his hefty trove of tapes vanished from their pad, and the Canadian coppers spotted a box full of tapes in his motor just before he topped himself.
What happened to these so-called "snuff films" is still up in the air, including what dark secrets they might spill about Baumeister's murder spree. There's a question mark hanging over whether he dumped the tapes while bolting to Canada or if some dodgy accomplice helped stash them away before he slung his hook.
Years on, and more victims of Baumeister are being pulled out of obscurity. This past May, a bloke by the name of Daniel Thomas Halloran was pegged as the 10th known casualty of the killer who's now gaining infamy as one of the Yanks' most evil murderers.
Hamilton County's own coroner, Jeff Jellison, who's taken the charge in trying to ID all the Fox Hollow Farm victims, has declared that they've managed to put a name to Halloran using some clever investigative genetic genealogy work. Halloran clocks in as the second victim sussed out since Jellison's fresh probe kicked off in 2022 to pin names to all the bodies and unveil every one of Baumeister's unlucky targets.
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